4/3/2026, 11:31:11 AM TX-1610
Iran Unites States Confirmed Intelligence
Confirmed: US forces in a pilot search operation. American aircraft shot down or crashed.
4/3/2026, 11:34:26 AM TX-1611
Iran Iraq Unites States Military Unconfirmed
Unconfirmed news: US pilot located. Conditions, location and method of discovery not specified.
4/3/2026, 11:43:41 AM TX-1612
Iran Unites States Military
Iranian authorities declare the capture of a US military pilot. Identity, conditions and place of detention not specified.
4/3/2026, 11:51:19 AM TX-1613
Iran Unites States Military
US pilot located in the province of Khuzestan, southwestern Iran. Geolocated coordinates: 30.6594N 50.1232E. Iranian territory confirmed, US recovery excluded.
4/3/2026, 12:20:49 PM TX-1614
Iran Unites States Attack Military
Bushehr (Iran): direct clashes between IRGC and US forces during a pilot search operation. First documented direct land contact between American and Iranian forces on Iranian territory.
4/3/2026, 12:25:38 PM TX-1615
Iran Unites States Military
Contradictory information about the capture of the US pilot. The Iranian government issues a bounty for locating the pilot indirectly confirms that the pilot is not yet in Iranian custody.
4/3/2026, 12:49:54 PM TX-1616
Iran Unites States Intelligence Military
Operational hypothesis: the contradictory Iranian statements about the capture of the pilot could be deliberate disinformation — the objective: to attract US rescue planes to the area to conduct an ambush.
4/3/2026, 1:32:07 PM TX-1619
Iran Unites States Confirmed Military
Khuzestan (Iran): Iranian citizens reported shooting at US planes in a pilot search operation. Involvement of the civilian population in operations on the ground.
4/3/2026, 1:52:48 PM TX-1620
Iran Unites States Confirmed Intelligence Military
USAF F-15E Strike Eagle shot down in Iran: two crew members missing. US conducting search operations with Black Hawks, C-130 and drones. CENTCOM denies, but wreckage confirms the shootdown.
4/3/2026, 3:32:21 PM TX-1631
Iran Unites States Military Unconfirmed
UNCONFIRMED — F-15E UPDATE: US sources report at least one pilot has been recovered. Search and rescue operations still ongoing. No official confirmation from CENTCOM.
4/3/2026, 8:18:10 PM TX-1634
Iran Unites States Attack Confirmed Military
Partially successful US SAR operation: helicopters hit during recovery but mission completed, one pilot recovered. The fate of the second pilot is still unknown.
4/3/2026, 9:47:39 PM TX-1639
Iran Unites States Confirmed Military
IRGC isolates the province of Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad for search operations for the missing US pilot. Active military cord