Overview
- U.S. officials said Friday a U.S. F-15E went down over southern Iran, and a search-and-rescue mission pulled one crew member out alive while the second remains unaccounted for.
- Iranian state media urged residents to seize any surviving U.S. pilot for a cash reward, and the Revolutionary Guard deployed its own search teams near the reported crash area.
- Rescue aircraft came under fire, with an A-10 attack jet hit before the pilot ejected into Kuwait and two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters struck, with no reports of serious injuries.
- Regional infrastructure was hit again as Kuwait reported damage at a desalination and power complex and a fire at the Mina al-Ahmadi refinery, and Iran’s Guard claimed a strike on an Amazon data center in Bahrain.
- The exchange follows the February 28 U.S.-Israeli strikes that drew Iranian retaliation and curbs on the Strait of Hormuz, and President Donald Trump now threatens to target bridges and power plants next.