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official tells NPR a second U.S.
Air Force combat plane crashed today near the Strait of Hormuz and that it had one crew member on board who was rescued.
service member of a two-person crew on an F-15E fighter jet that was shot down over Iran has been rescued.
The search for the second crew member continues.
Several videos on social media appear to show these rescue efforts, including...
two American helicopters and a refueling aircraft flying low over the country.
Iranian state media posted several photos of debris from a U.S.
F-15 jet, along with what looks like an empty ejection seat and televised a call out asking for nomadic tribes and local villagers to target any foreign pilots in the area.
The White House is asking Congress for the largest defense budget in modern U.S.
The spending boost comes amid the U.S.
's more than a month-long war with Iran.
And Pierce Daniel Kurtzleben has more.