We’re following some breaking news here. One crew member has been rescued after an American fighter jet was shot down over southwest Iran. The US launched *** rescue operation and again found one of those pilots. The status of the other one is currently unknown as of this video. White House Press Secretary Caroline. Levitt says that President Donald Trump has been briefed on that downed F-15 fighter jet, but again this is happening in Iran, where Iranian state media has told people to hunt, capture, and then hand over those American pilots alive. We will continue to follow this story, so stay tuned for some more updates.
2 US aircraft shot down as war in Iran escalates. At least 1 crew member is missing
Updated: 4:24 PM CDT Apr 3, 2026
A second U.S. Air Force combat aircraft went down in the Middle East on Friday, reports say, the same day a U.S. F-15 fighter jet was shot down in Iran.Officials said one of two crew members in the fighter jet was rescued. The whereabouts of the second crew member was unknown.Separately, a U.S. A-10 aircraft went down in the Middle East on Friday, according to a U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive military situation. It was not clear if the aircraft crashed or was shot down or whether Iran was involved. No other information was immediately known including the whereabouts of the pilot. The Pentagon and White House did not immediate comment.The A-10, also known by the nickname Warthog, is a single-seat aircraft.The fighter jet rescue occurred as the U.S. military was conducting a search operation, a U.S. official and an Israeli official said. Three people familiar also confirmed that a search had been underway. All spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitivity of the situation. The circumstances that downed the F-15 were at first unclear. But in an email from the Pentagon obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. military said it received notification of “an aircraft being shot down” in the Middle East, without providing more details.The incidents mark a major escalation in the conflict just two days after President Donald Trump said in a national address that the U.S. has “beaten and completely decimated Iran” and was “going to finish the job, and we’re going to finish it very fast.”Iran fired on targets across the Mideast on Friday, keeping the pressure on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors, despite U.S. and Israeli insistence that Iran’s military capabilities have been all but destroyed.Iran’s attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure and its tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas transits in peacetime, have roiled stock markets, sent oil prices skyrocketing, and threatened to raise the cost of many basic goods, including food. W2lmcmFtZSBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vaGVhcnN0dGVsZXZpc2lvbmRhdGFqb3VybmFsaXNtLmh0dmFwcHMuY29tLzNkLW1vZGVsL2YtMTVlL3YzL2luZGV4LXdwb3B1cC5odG1sIiBmcmFtZWJvcmRlcj0iMCIgaGVpZ2h0PSI2MDBweCIgd2lkdGg9IjEwMCUiIHNjcm9sbGluZyA9ICJubyJdWy9pZnJhbWVd
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates —
A second U.S. Air Force combat aircraft went down in the Middle East on Friday, reports say, the same day a U.S. F-15 fighter jet was shot down in Iran.
Officials said one of two crew members in the fighter jet was rescued. The whereabouts of the second crew member was unknown.
Separately, a second U.S. Air Force combat aircraft went down in the Middle East on Friday, according to a U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive military situation. It was not clear if the aircraft crashed or was shot down or whether Iran was involved. Neither the crew’s status nor where the aircraft went down was immediately known.
The New York Times earlier reported that the second aircraft went down.
The fighter jet rescue occurred as the U.S. military was conducting a search operation, a U.S. official and an Israeli official said. Three people familiar also confirmed that a search had been underway. All spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitivity of the situation.
The circumstances that downed the F-15 were at first unclear. But in an email from the Pentagon obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. military said it received notification of “an aircraft being shot down” in the Middle East, without providing more details.
The incidents mark a major escalation in the conflict just two days after President Donald Trump said in a national address that the U.S. has “beaten and completely decimated Iran” and was “going to finish the job, and we’re going to finish it very fast.”
Iran fired on targets across the Mideast on Friday, keeping the pressure on Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors, despite U.S. and Israeli insistence that Iran’s military capabilities have been all but destroyed.
Iran’s attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure and its tight grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas transits in peacetime, have roiled stock markets, sent oil prices skyrocketing, and threatened to raise the cost of many basic goods, including food.