US Jet Downed in Iran, Rescue Mission Underway

0:00On April 4th, Iran downed a U.S. F-15 jet, splashing it with wreckage picks all over front pages. Newspapers show an empty ejector seat from Iranian media and word is the second plane crashed near the strait of Hormuz. U.S. Special Forces pulled off a quick rescue, grabbing one crew member within hours in a high stakes up. But the second air crew is still missing, sparking a full-on race to find them. That ejector seat image? Straight propaganda gold for Iran. Aviation pros peg the jet to a squadron out of RAF, Lake Inheath, in the UK. An Iranian businessman even put up $60,000 for anyone snagging the crew alive. Trump weighed in, hoping no harm comes to the pilot while pushing a $1.5 trillion defense surge. This is the first U.S. aircraft lost inside Iran since the war started. Rescue helicopters trailed smoke, heading back to Iraq, but touchdown safe. As tensions boil, Europe's eyeing long-term energy hits from the Middle East mess with big firms raking it in will keep tracking these twists.