Video purportedly exhibiting tribesmen trying to find missing American crew member
Sources say US troops are nonetheless trying to find a crew member from an F-15 fighter jet shot down over Iran on Friday.
The US army and the White House haven’t commented on the scenario or the standing of the crew. US President Donald Trump has been briefed on the matter, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt beforehand stated.
There have been experiences from the realm by state-affiliated Iranian media, saying tribesmen shot at US helicopters trying to find the missing service member.
In the distant, mountainous areas of the Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province and the Bakhtiari area, tribesmen shot at two Black Hawk helicopters, Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency reported.
Iran’s semi-official Tasnim information company stated the seek for any missing crew had “so far been unsuccessful.” Separately, a Fars anchor stated a reward was being provided for anybody who captures an “enemy pilot or pilots.”
The semi-official Mehr News additionally circulated an announcement from the governor of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, who known as claims that the US has rescued the missing crew member “a tactic of the enemy.”
The different crew member from the F-15 was rescued and is receiving medical consideration in US custody, in accordance with 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.