The US military continued its intensive search on Saturday for a missing pilot over a remote area in southwestern Iran, a day after the Islamic Republic shot down a US warplane and pledged to give a reward to whoever finds and hands over the pilot.
Iran stated that the downed aircraft was an F-15E Strike Eagle, one of two U.S. fighter jets targeted on Friday. One pilot was rescued, while the other remains missing. This marks the first time the United States has lost an aircraft inside Iranian territory during the six-week-long conflict, potentially increasing pressure on President Donald Trump's administration to end the fighting.
The war, which began with joint US-Israeli strikes on February 28, has killed thousands, disrupted global markets, and led to the disruption of key shipping routes and soaring fuel prices. There are no signs of it abating, as Iran continues to retaliate against the airstrikes with attacks across the region.
The downing of the two American drones came two days after US President Donald Trump declared in a national address that the United States had “defeated and totally destroyed Iran.” The US and Israel have also recently boasted of destroying Iranian air defenses.
Meanwhile, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced that an airstrike hit an area near the Bushehr nuclear facility , killing one security officer and damaging a service building. This marks the fourth time the facility has been targeted during the war.
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