Pilots Ejected; Search and Rescue Underway

Iranian state-run media has posted several images of wreckage from an American fighter jet that was allegedly downed today over Iran, with the images appearing to show the rear stabilizer and other parts of an F-15E Strike Eagle with U.S. Air Force’s 494th Fighter Squadron (494th… pic.twitter.com/q8y4FscpkP

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 3, 2026

Additional footage of U.S. Air Force HC-130J “Combat King II” Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) Aircraft and UH-60 Black Hawks flying at low-altitude this morning over Southern Iran, likely searching for the crew of a downed F-15E Strike Eagle. pic.twitter.com/66V6qrbjI2

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) April 3, 2026

U.S. UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopters, MQ-9 “Reaper” drones, and a MC-130J Special Operations Command aircraft are operating over Boyer-Ahmad County in central Iran.

They are likely either searching for the pilots of the shot down F-15E fighter jet, or carrying out a special… pic.twitter.com/JMmYauZBr6

— AMK Mapping 🇳🇿 (@AMK_Mapping_) April 3, 2026

Wild footage from a USAF C-130 fueling two helicopters over Iran shared by telegram channels. The cars & the dialect are Iranian and from southwest. pic.twitter.com/K9cufOOY26

— Ramin Khanizadeh (@RKhanizadeh) April 3, 2026

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