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US presses search for a missing serviceman as Iran calls on public to find 'enemy pilot'
Iranian state media offered rewards as U.S. forces rescued one crew member and searched for another after the downing, officials said.
- On Friday, officials confirmed two U.S. warplanes—an F-15E over Iran and an A-10 Warthog over Kuwait—were downed by Iranian fire, leaving one pilot missing and prompting urgent search operations.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps is searching for the missing airman in southwestern Iran while the regional governor promised a commendation to anyone who captures or kills the "forces of the hostile enemy."
- Tensions escalated as Iran struck the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation's Mina al-Ahmadi refinery with drones on Friday; attacks were also intercepted over Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi.
- U.S. Central Command reports 13 service members killed and more than 300 wounded, with the missing pilot raising stakes for Washington in a conflict with low public support.
- Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said on X the U.S. and Israel's war had been "downgraded from regime change" to a hunt for their pilots, as ceasefire efforts led by Pakistan reached a dead-end.
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The search for the missing crew member of a U.S. fighter jet is in full swing. Now air strikes are reported from Iran in an area where the U.S. soldier is to be located.
The search for the missing crew member of a U.S. fighter jet is in full swing. Now air strikes are reported from Iran in an area where the U.S. soldier is to be located.
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