Overview
- U.S. forces recovered one of two crew members on Friday after a U.S. combat jet was shot down over Iran, according to sources who spoke to CNN.
- Iran’s military launched its own hunt for the aircrew and state media offered a reward for the capture of any surviving “enemy pilot,” leaving the second flier’s status unclear.
- Following Thursday’s strike that collapsed Karaj’s B1 bridge and left at least eight dead and about 95 wounded, President Trump warned that bridges would be targeted next, then power plants.
- Iran expanded retaliatory attacks across the Gulf, with Kuwait reporting damage at a desalination and power complex and a refinery, a threat to water and fuel supplies that millions rely on in extreme heat.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps also claimed a strike on an Amazon data center in Bahrain, a statement not independently verified, as the war that began on February 28 continues to spill into energy markets and information campaigns.