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Confirmed
An American helicopter went down over the Strait of Hormuz and its two pilots were rescued safely by drone boat, the U.S. military said Tuesday, sparking new American attacks on Iran and retaliation by Tehran against U.S. bases across the Middle East.
Earlier, President Donald Trump said that Iran had shot down the American military helicopter while it was patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz and that the U.S. would “respond to this attack. “The Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” the president said on Truth Social, adding that he had been briefed by the military on the situation.
Trump said the helicopter had been patrolling the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping channel that was effectively closed days after the US and Israel launched its first strikes on Iran in late February. The incident was first reported by The New York Times , which said the helicopter had gone down over the Strait of Hormuz.
Air defence systems, ground control stations and radar sites were targeted near the Strait of Hormuz, the US military Central Command (Centcom) said. It said their U.S. Army AH-64 Apache was patrolling regional waters and that the cause of the incident was under investigation.
In response, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched strikes on 21 targets at US bases in the region, one in Bahrain and the other in Jordan, while Kuwait's army said it was also intercepting an attack.
Separately, a U.S. official said current indications were that the Apache was brought down by an Iranian drone.
Background
The Strait of Hormuz is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of Oman, with a portion of the southwest of the peninsula under the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Wikipedia — Strait of Hormuz (CC BY-SA)
What's confirmed
- Earlier, President Donald Trump said that Iran had shot down the American military helicopter while it was patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz and that the U.S. would “respond to this attack.
- An American helicopter went down over the Strait of Hormuz and its two pilots were rescued safely by drone boat, the U.S. military said Tuesday, sparking new American attacks on Iran and retaliation by Tehran against…
- “The Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” the president said on Truth Social, adding that he had been briefed by the military on the…
What's still developing
- Air defence systems, ground control stations and radar sites were targeted near the Strait of Hormuz, the US military Central Command (Centcom) said.
- In response, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it launched strikes on 21 targets at US bases in the region, one in Bahrain and the other in Jordan, while Kuwait's army said it was also intercepting…
- Trump said the helicopter had been patrolling the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping channel that was effectively closed days after the US and Israel launched its first strikes on Iran in late February.
- Separately, a U.S. official said current indications were that the Apache was brought down by an Iranian drone.
- It said their U.S. Army AH-64 Apache was patrolling regional waters and that the cause of the incident was under investigation.
- The incident was first reported by The New York Times , which said the helicopter had gone down over the Strait of Hormuz.