A second US fighter plane crashed in the Persian Gulf area Friday — and the lone pilot was safely rescued, according to US officials. The A-10 Warthog attack plane fell to the ground near the Strait of Hormuz at roughly the same time an Air Force F-15E was shot down over Iran,

A U.S. official confirmed that another aircraft was shot down by Iranian fire after an F-15E was downed earlier in the day. The single-pilot aircraft was an A-10 Thunderbolt, known as a Warthog, the official said.

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A US F-15E was shot down over Iran, with one crew member rescued and another still missing as both the US and Iran search for them. Separately, an A-10 crashed with its pilot rescued, and a Black Hawk helicopter was reportedly shot down during a rescue mission.

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