Another US plane hit by Iran after jet shot down & two Black Hawks also damaged as race to find missing pilot continues
TWO Black Hawk helicopters involved in rescuing one of the two F-15 pilots were pounded by small arms fire as they transported the stricken serviceman.
It comes as the frantic race to find the second missing crew member continues after the US fighter jet was struck down over Iran.
A second American aircraft was also shot down during combat operations around the same time near the Strait of Hormuz, the Washington Post reported.
The lone pilot of the A-10 attack plane, known as Warthog, navigated it to Kuwaiti airspace before ejecting and was subsequently rescued, three US officials said.
Meanwhile, Iranian state TV claimed that “an American A-10 aircraft was shot by the defence systems of the Army Air Defence Force and crashed in the Persian Gulf in southern Iran.”
It is unclear if this is the same Warthog, or another targeted during the rescue mission for the stranded pilots.
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