The desperate search for the missing American pilot of an F-15E that was shot down over Iran stretched into the night Friday — after his co-pilot was rescued in a daring search-and-rescue mission that saw other US aircraft targeted.
The A-10 Warthog attack plane plunged to the ground near the Strait of Hormuz as it searched for the crew of an Air Force F-15E that was shot down earlier over Iran, a US official said.