TOI correspondent from Washington: The United States on Friday acknowledged that it has lost a F-15E fighter jet over Iran, days after the Pentagon boasted that it has degraded Iranian air defense to such an extent that American planes are flying unimpeded over the country amid President Trump's threat to bomb it to the stone age "where it belongs."
The fate of the jet's two-member crew was unclear as American teams scrambled to mount a search and rescue operation before Iran could get to any survivors, unnamed officials told the U.S media. A US helicopter on search mission for downed jet was also downed, the Iranian media claimed, even as Teheran announced a $ 60,000 bounty to any citizen who locates the downed American pilots.
