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Indian Sailors Made Frantic Calls for Help After U.S. Missile Strike off Oman
ByPragati K.B. June 10, 2026June 10, 2026

The 24 crew members were stranded for more than two hours before being rescued by an Omani military helicopter. The U.S. military said that the ship had violated its blockade of Iran.

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U.S. Strikes Iran After Trump Vows to Retaliate for Downed Helicopter
ByEric Schmitt, Maggie Haberman, Euan Ward and Michael Levenson June 9, 2026June 9, 2026

The retaliatory U.S. attacks came on Tuesday as Israeli forces pounded southern Lebanon while targeting Hezbollah.

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U.S. Strikes Iran After Trump Vowed to Retaliate for Downed Army Helicopter
ByEric Schmitt June 9, 2026June 10, 2026

President Trump vowed to retaliate for what he said was Iran’s downing of an Apache helicopter. near the Strait of Hormuz. The pilot and gunner were rescued.

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Crew Is Rescued After U.S. Helicopter Goes Down Near Strait of Hormuz
ByEric Schmitt, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan June 9, 2026June 13, 2026

It was not immediately clear what led to the incident, which came at a time when the cease-fire in the war has grown tenuous.

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Pentagon Stays Mum on School Strike, Even as Trump Boasts of Iran Rescue
ByMegan Mineiro April 7, 2026April 7, 2026

President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s eagerness to recount details of the rescue of a downed airman followed weeks of silence on the deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian school.

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Here’s What Happened in the War in Iran and the Middle East on Monday
ByEphrat Livni April 6, 2026

President Trump escalated his threats ahead of his pending Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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Trump’s Lesson From Risky Rescue: Threaten to Go Harder at Iran
ByDavid E. Sanger April 5, 2026April 6, 2026

In an expletive-laced social media post, the president said Iran should open the Strait of Hormuz or he would bomb bridges and power plants.

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How the CIA Helped Locate a Missing Airman After Iran Downed a U.S. Fighter Jet
ByJulian E. Barnes April 5, 2026April 5, 2026

The intelligence agency also executed a deception campaign aimed at drawing Iranian forces away from where the missing Air Force officer was hiding.

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Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Friday
ByAshley Ahn April 4, 2026April 4, 2026

An American fighter jet was shot down by Iran for the first time since the start of the war, leading to an urgent search-and-rescue operation for a missing crew member.

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Ex-US Army Pilot Recalls Battle for Survival When Shot Down in Iraq
ByPranav Baskar April 3, 2026April 3, 2026

Ronald Young Jr. was in the Army when his Apache Longbow copter went down during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

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