F-15 US Fighter Jet Shot Over Iran
32 minutes ago Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper Reporting from Washington, NYTimesF-p15 Fighter Image A U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jet taking off from RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom in 2020. Credit... Chris Radburn/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Iran shot down a U.S. fighter jet over the country, U.S. officials and Iranian state-affiliated media said on Friday. The fate of the plane’s crew was unclear, as American officials scrambled to mount a search and rescue operation before Iran could get to any survivors, officials said. U.S. Central Command keeps multiple task forces set up near Iran for search and rescue operations in the event that American warplanes are shot down, including in both Iraq and Syria, the officials said. But such an operation is highly difficult because Iran has demonstrated its ability to launch strikes, particularly at slow-moving helicopters that might be involved in such an operation. The warplane was shot down the sa...
