A crew member of a US F-15E fighter shot down over Iran has been found and rescued. This was reported on Friday, April 3, on CBS News, citing two American officials.
Meanwhile, the search for the second pilot continues. According to White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt, US President Donald Trump was informed of the incident, explaining later. TV channel.
Tasneem, in turn, claims that the United States used helicopters and a C-130 Hercules aircraft as part of a rescue operation for a fighter pilot shot down by Iran – though, it was not successful.
According to Time magazine, Iran’s large-scale retaliatory strikes against American and Israeli targets in the region caught US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by surprise. The Pentagon expected a restrained response from Tehran, but Iran attacked countries that had long been considered closed to attack.
Earlier, journalists from CNN expressed the opinion that the US authorities will collapse if Iran continues to retain control over the Strait of Hormuz at the end of the military conflict.