A United States F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet has been shot down by enemy fire over Iran, U.S. officials confirmed.
One of the aircraft’s two crew members has been rescued, Israeli media first reported. U.S. officials confirmed the reports in statements to CBS News and Axios.
The F-15E has a two-person crew with a pilot and a weapons systems officer.
A search for the second crew member is ongoing.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Military Times “the president has been briefed” on the downed fighter jet.
The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Officials in Iran, meanwhile, called for the search and capture of any surviving crew members of the jet, according to reports by the semi-official ISNA news agency and the Young Journalists Club.
The governor of one of the Islamic Republic’s provinces stated that anyone who captures or kills the crew would receive a special commendation.
Video circulating on social media appeared to show a low-flying U.S. Air Force HC-130 refueling a pair of HH-60G Pave Hawks over Iran while conducting a search for the downed crew.
Iran also shared an image of an Advanced Concept Ejection Seat allegedly from the shot down F-15E.
The search-and-rescue effort inside Iran during an ongoing conflict greatly raises the stakes for the United States.
Random internet F-15E image
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2026/04/03/us-fighter-jet-shot-down-over-iran/
The law if averages said it had to happen eventually. Hopefully they can find and rescue the second crew member. Being taken prisoner by savage muzzies is not a pleasant prospect. And it would complicate things enormously considering how traitorous and evil the left and their media whore accomplices are. They would use it in concert with Tehran to try and pressure Trump.
ReplyDeletePraying for that other crew member.
DeleteI would take myself out before I let them barbarians take me. They can be cruel leagues beyond what most people consider cruel.
Time for the pararescue to shine. Find that pilot or the wso. I pray for them.
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These CSAR events are risky at best. All the other resources being brought in to close proximity to the enemy is inherently dangerous.
DeleteLike you ... praying for that crew member and all the CSAR crews.