"The American crew member still stranded in Iran after his fighter jet was shot down has already been missing for somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 hours as of Friday afternoon."
"There was enemy fire during that rescue of one of the crew members who was successfully rescued after the F-15E was shot down in the southwest province of Iran."
"The F-15E was flying late at night, Thursday night. It was dark out when it was shot down, and the pilots had to eject."
"Once it was light out, special operations helicopters, Pave Hawks, were part of the search and rescue for the missing crew member."
An American crew member has been missing for approximately 15 hours after an F-15E was shot down in Iran. Enemy fire was reported during the rescue operation, which successfully retrieved one crew member who is now receiving treatment. The incident occurred late Thursday night U.S. time, and the U.S. military conducted the rescue with special operations helicopters involved in the search for the missing pilot. The timeline indicates the crew member has been unaccounted for since the aircraft was downed.
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