Video purportedly showing tribesmen searching for missing American crew member
Video purportedly showing tribesmen searching for missing American crew member
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Sources say US troops are still searching for a crew member from an F-15 fighter jet shot down over Iran on Friday.
The US military and the White House have not commented on the situation or the status of the crew. US President Donald Trump has been briefed on the matter, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt previously said.
There have been reports from the area by state-affiliated Iranian media, saying tribesmen shot at US helicopters searching for the missing service member.
In the remote, mountainous areas of the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province and the Bakhtiari region, tribesmen shot at two Black Hawk helicopters, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported.
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency said the search for any missing crew had “so far been unsuccessful.” Separately, a Fars anchor said a reward was being offered for anyone who captures an “enemy pilot or pilots.”
The semi-official Mehr News also circulated a statement from the governor of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, who called claims that the US has rescued the missing crew member “a tactic of the enemy.”
The other crew member from the F-15 was rescued and is receiving medical attention in US custody, according to sources.
Mitchell McCluskey, Kareem El Damanhoury, Catherine Nicholls, Haley Britzky, Alayna Treene, Allegra Goodwin, Brad Lendon, Isaac Yee, Kevin Liptak and Kristen Holmes contributed reporting.
