Third US Aircraft Downed in Strait of Hormuz

A second US warplane was shot down in the Persian Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, according to The New York Times, citing informed sources.

The sources indicated that the aircraft was an A-10 Warthog and was shot down at approximately the same time that an F-15E fighter jet was downed over Iran.

Sources provided few details about the A-10 crash, including how and where it occurred.

Reuters, citing Iranian state media, reported that Iranian air defenses targeted a hostile A-10 Warthog aircraft in southern waters near the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian air defenses targeted three US warplanes on Friday, according to Iranian sources. The first was an F-15 fighter jet, which was hit by Iranian air defense fire and completely destroyed. Images of the wreckage were released, and the US military claimed to have found one of its pilots, while another was captured by Iranian forces, according to the Iranian news agency Tasnim.

The second aircraft, an A-10 fighter jet, was also targeted by Iranian air defenses and crashed near the Strait of Hormuz. The pilot was rescued.

The third aircraft shot down was a Black Hawk helicopter, which was hit by Iranian fire while searching for the F-15 crew members in Iran. The damaged helicopter managed to escape. Iran.