As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL deliver ongoing updates and analysis.
The second US crew member of a downed F-15E jet fighter has been recovered in Iran early on April 5 local time in a dramatic rescue operation, US officials told RFE/RL, in an apparent successful ending to a tense mission in hostile territory.
WASHINGTON -- A reported incident involving a US F-15 over Iran is drawing renewed scrutiny to the risks American aircraft face when operating in heavily defended airspace, underscoring a broader reality: Even one of the world’s most successful fighter jets is not immune in contested environments.
US President Donald Trump on April 4 told the Iranian regime that “time is running out” and that it must make a peace deal or open the crucial Strait of Hormuz to shipping or face “hell,” renewing an earlier threat in which he vowed to send Iran “back to the stone ages.”
Rescue teams continue to search early on April 4 for a US crew member missing after their fighter jet was brought down over Iran, one of two American forces planes reportedly knocked out of the sky in the region a day earlier.
Two US air strikes on April 2 destroyed part of a key highway bridge connecting Tehran to the city of Karaj to the west. In a post on X.com, Iran's foreign minister condemned attacks targeting civilian infrastructure, while US President Donald Trump wrote that more strikes of this kind would follow.
The F-15E Strike Eagle, which US officials say was shot down over Iran on April 3, is one of the US military’s most advanced dual-role fighter aircraft, designed to carry out both air-to-air combat and deep strike missions against ground targets.
A US crew member has been rescued by American forces after a jet fighter was shot down over Iran, a US official told RFE/RL, and the search is ongoing for a second, in the first known loss of an American plane to hostile fire since the war began.
Shuttered factories in India and a key US military aircraft destroyed in Saudi Arabia feature in RFE/RL's roundup of photos of the fifth week of the US-Israeli war with Iran.
Scaled-back resolution seeks to restore shipping without force mandate as Tehran tightens grip on key global oil route.
The flow of volunteer humanitarian aid from the United States to Ukraine -- a critical lifeline for frontline communities -- is coming under mounting strain, as disruptions linked to the Iran conflict ripple through global shipping networks.
President Donald Trump said the US military "hasn't even started" to destroy what is left of Iran after a month of devastating attacks and he threatened to strike electrical power plants and more bridges in his latest warning to the regime in Tehran.
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