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A US fighter jet was shot down over Iran on Friday, marking the first such incident since the war began over a month ago. US media reports indicate that one of the jet's two crew members has been rescued, while the White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump "has been briefed" on the situation.

According to Anadolu Agency, Iranian state media have released photos and videos allegedly showing debris from the crash site, including what appears to be parts of the aircraft and one of the ejected seats. Initial assessments based on the imagery suggest the aircraft may have been an F-15 fighter jet.

This event marks the first confirmed downing of a US jet by enemy fire in this conflict and the first confirmed shootdown by enemy fire in over two decades. The US previously lost three F-15 fighter jets to friendly fire in Kuwait on March 1.

The following is a list of previously confirmed US jets shot down in modern confli cts:

- April 8, 2003: An A-10A Thunderbolt II was shot down over downtown Baghdad by an Iraqi Roland surface-to-air missile.

- May 2, 1999: An F-16C Fighting Falcon was shot down by a Yugoslav SA-3 surface-to-air missile near Nakucani, Serbia.

- March 27, 1999: An F-117 Nighthawk stealth ground-attack jet was shot down near Budanovci by a Yugoslav SA-3 surface-to-air missile.

- June 2, 1995: An F-16C Fighting Falcon was shot down by a Serb 2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile near Mrkonjic Grad while on patrol over Bosnia.

- January-February 1991: During the Gulf War, the US lost multiple fighter jets to Iraqi air defenses and air-to-air combat, including an F-14, an F-4G, two OV-10s, two F-15Es, two F/A-18Cs, three F-16Cs, three A-6Es, five A-10s, and five AV-8Bs.