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Iran Media Says Army Searching for Pilot of Downed US Fighter Jet
Iran’s Fars news agency said Friday the army had launched a search for the pilot of a US fighter jet hit by an air defence system.
“Military forces have launched a search operation to find the American fighter pilot who was hit earlier today,” Fars said.
A local television station aired footage of what it said was wreckage of a downed US jet.
It said the aircraft was targeted over central Iran and may have gone down in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, citing a police statement.
The statement urged residents of the area to join the hunt for the pilot or pilots, offering a bounty for the capture of any US servicemen.
