Overview
- U.S. officials said Friday a two‑seat F‑15 went down over Iran, and American forces launched a search and rescue for the crew.
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and state media claimed they shot down U.S. fighters, but wreckage photos and an ejection seat seen online align more with an F‑15E than an F‑35.
- Local Iranian TV urged residents to capture any U.S. pilot for a reward and at one point ran a crawl telling viewers to shoot them if seen.
- Iranian outlets shared videos of a C‑130 transport and UH‑60 helicopters flying low over southwest Iran that they said were part of the U.S. rescue effort.
- CENTCOM has dismissed multiple earlier shoot‑down claims and analysts say the new imagery remains unverified, yet any confirmed loss or captured aircrew would sharply raise the stakes in Operation Epic Fury.