WASHINGTON: A US warplane has gone down over Iran and US forces have rescued one of many crew, main US media retailers reported Friday (Apr 2) after Iranian media aired footage of plane wreckage.
Axios and CBS Information, citing unidentified sources, reported that one of many two crew on the airplane had already been rescued by US particular forces however that the search was ongoing for the second crew member.
Based on The New York Occasions and Wall Road Journal, the airplane was an F-15E fighter, which is crewed by a pilot and a weapons-systems officer within the again seat.
CNN additionally stated that evaluation of what Iranian media stated had been images of the wreckage confirmed an F-15, somewhat than an F-35 stealth fighter, as claimed in some Iranian reviews.
US media reported that US President Donald Trump had been briefed on the state of affairs.
Nevertheless, there was no fast on-the-record response from the White Home or Pentagon to requests for remark.
US media reported {that a} search-and-rescue operation was underway by specialised US forces, following what could be the primary identified lack of a jet inside Iran since Trump ordered the war.
Pictures and video circulating on social media and Iranian information retailers had been cited by main US media retailers as displaying US helicopters and different plane flying at low altitude over the presumed website of the downed fighter jet.
