On earth and in the sky… Washington and Tehran are racing to find the American pilot

Five weeks after the start of the war launched by the United States and Israel on February 28 against the Islamic Republic, this event is considered a setback for the US Air Force.

The matter became more serious after Iran announced that it had hit another American plane, an air support plane that later fell in the Gulf.

The New York Times had previously reported that a plane had fallen near the Strait of Hormuz, and he had been rescued. Its pilot.
After a long silence, the White House merely said that President Donald Trump had been informed of the loss of a plane in southwestern Iran.

In an interview with NBC, Trump confirmed that this "It doesn’t change anything at all" Regarding the possibility of holding negotiations with Tehran to find a solution to the conflict affecting the global economy.

Since the beginning of the war, no American soldier has been killed inside Iranian territory and no soldier has been captured. But 13 soldiers were killed in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, or Iraq.

The New York Times and the Washington Post reported that they had verified photos and scenes circulating on social networking sites and in the Iranian media showing American helicopters and planes flying at low altitude over the region.

Iranian state television broadcast images that it said were of the plane’s wreckage, announcing a reward for whoever finds the pilots.

Houston Cantwell, a former US Air Force pilot, told Agence France-Presse that special forces are keeping units ready. Always during operations like this to rescue pilots who fall in hostile territory.