An American fighter plane crashed this Friday near the Strait of Hormuz shortly after Iran shot down a united states hunt within its territory, two US officials informed The New York Times.
As explained to the Times, the only passenger who was traveling on the A-10 is fine and is in custody United States. However, no details have been given on how and where exactly the incident occurred.
Meanwhile, US forces continue working to find the second crew member of the F-15, whose situation has not been revealed.
One of the two pilots of that plane was recovered by Washington and is receiving medical attention, according to two people close to the matter told CNN.
The demolition in iranian territory represents a new step of the operation Epic Furyas the Administration of the American president baptized, donald trumpto the joint operation against Tehranafter, two days ago, the president promised to attack the Islamic republic “hardly” during the next two or three weeks.
Trump offered a speech to the nation this Wednesday in which, far from declaring the end of the war, he did not specify details of how the supposed last weeks of conflict will be carried out, nor of the opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
🚨 BREAKING: A SECOND US Air Force combat plane, an A-10 Warthog, has GONE DOWN in the Persian Gulf region today
Luckily, the pilot is SAFE after being rescued
This happened around the same time an F-15 went down over Iran, per NYT
Details are very scant. pic.twitter.com/T4KcpjyFNZ
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