The F-15E was the first U.S. warplane shot down by Iran in the war. The episode presents challenges for the United States that would grow if the missing airman is taken prisoner.

Iran shot down two U.S. military planes in separate attacks Friday, with one service member rescued and at least one missing, in a dramatic escalation since the war began nearly five weeks ago. It was the first time U.

Major developments in the US-Israel war in Iran. 2 US military planes have been shot down. Will Americans consider the operation a success if the Strait of Hormuz is still closed, if oil and gas prices are still sky-high and if the Iranian regime still holds power?

A U.S. fighter jet was shot down over Iran and a search-and-rescue operation to find any survivors is underway, a U.S. official told Reuters on Friday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity,

One crew member rescued Friday after an American aircraft went down in Iran. That’s according to one U.S. and one Israeli official, who both spoke on condition of anonymity to describe sensitive ongoing military operations.

One F-15 crew member from jet rescued. The four-member crew successfully completed a "translunar injection burn" on Thursday, sending them out of Earth's orbit and toward the moon. NASA recently launched the Artemis II mission,

The president was already in a quandary about how to get out of the war before the lives of two F-15 crew members were endangered.

Two U.S. warplanes were downed over Iran and the Gulf, Iranian and U.S. officials said on Friday, with two pilots rescued and a third still missing and being hunted by Tehran’s forces. The incidents show the risks still faced by U.