Greg Myhre

Hegseth was asked what the military would do during the two-week ceasefire now in place.

But several key issues will have to be negotiated, such as the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran still controls, and the fate of Iran's nuclear program, which still includes highly enriched uranium.

Greg Myrie, NPR News, Washington.

An F-15, which is a very good fighter jet, was struck by Iranian fire in western Iran.

And this set off an urgent rescue operation by U.S.

forces for the two crew members, a pilot and a weapons officer.

One was rescued.

We still don't know the fate of the other.

The rescue operation is still ongoing.

This is coming from a U.S.

official not authorized to speak publicly.

Yeah, Scott, until yesterday, Iran had not shot down a single American warplane despite five weeks of heavy U.S.

bombing.

We're talking thousands of missions.

Well, two were hit on Friday.

First, an F-15, which is a very good fighter jet, was struck by Iranian fire in western Iran, and this set off an urgent rescue operation by U.S.

forces for the two crew members, a pilot and a weapons officer.

One was rescued.

We still don't know the fate of the other.

The rescue operation is still ongoing.