U.S. Rescues Downed Pilot as Trump Sets 48-Hour Deadline to Reopen Hormuz

Overview

• The U.S. confirmed Sunday it recovered the missing F-15E crew member inside Iran, and President Trump said the injured pilot is expected to recover.
• Iran’s military claimed it shot down a U.S. C-130 and two Black Hawk helicopters during the rescue, a claim U.S. officials have not corroborated.
• A separate A-10 attack jet went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and its pilot was recovered, as two U.S. helicopters took fire but exited Iranian airspace.
• Trump issued a 48-hour ultimatum on Saturday for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway that carries about one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas and has already pushed prices higher.
• Iranian strikes have damaged Gulf infrastructure in recent days, including fires at Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi refinery and harm to a desalination plant that supplies drinking water.