Another US aircraft hit during rescue of downed F-15 crew

Efforts by U.S. forces to retrieve the unit of a downed F-15E Strike Eagle successful Iran intensified connected Friday aft further American craft progressive successful the cognition came nether attack, according to U.S. officials.

Two officials told CBS News that an A-10 Warthog deployed arsenic portion of the combat hunt and rescue ngo was struck during the operation, forcing the aviator to eject implicit the Persian Gulf. The aviator was aboriginal successfully recovered.

In a abstracted incident, 1 of the helicopters engaged successful retrieving unit members from the downed pitchy was deed by tiny arms fire. The onslaught resulted successful injuries to unit connected board, though the craft was capable to onshore safely. The wounded unit members are presently receiving aesculapian treatment.

The F-15E had earlier been changeable down astatine astir 06:45 ET (11:45 BST) implicit southwestern Iran,...