© EPA/VALDA KALNINA The pilot was rescued.
The US Air Force suffered the loss of a second plane in the area of the Persian Gulf on Friday , The New York Times indicated , referencing a pair of American functionaries.
The A-10 Warthog went down close to the Strait of Hormuz, according to representatives. The single pilot of the aircraft was saved. The sources offered no added specifics concerning the A-10 incident, including the manner and location of its occurrence.
Roughly concurrently, an F-15E fighter plane from the U.S. Air Force was downed over Iranian territory. Following the downing of the aircraft by the Iranian armed forces, the two airmen in the F-15 fighter successfully ejected. Axios states , citing confidential U.S. officials, that during a search and rescue mission, special operations forces located one of the two aircrew. An Israeli official mentioned that Israel is supplying the U.S. with information to aid in the retrieval of the other aircrew member.
Previous reports indicated that around half of Iran’s missile platforms are still functional. According to the latest assessments from US intelligence, Tehran still possesses a large quantity of kamikaze drones, despite US-Israeli offensives directed at military installations since the close of February.