One crew member rescued after US F-15 shot down over Iran while search continues for other pilot

The US and Iran are in a race to find an American service member who went missing after Tehran struck down a F-15 fighter jet.

One of two crew members aboard the F-15 fighter jet has been rescued. Iran is reportedly offering locals around £50,000 to anyone who hands over the missing pilot alive.

An anchor on the Iranian state media channel said: “If you capture the enemy pilot or pilots alive and hand them over to the police, you will receive a precious prize.â€

Iran also reportedly hit an A-10 attack plane in the Persian Gulf region on Friday, which made it to Kuwaiti airspace, where the pilot ejected and the aircraft crashed, officials said.

Trump told The Independent he is not yet ready to say what the US will do if Iranian forces get to the downed airman first. “We hope that’s not going to happen,†the president said before ending the call shortly thereafter.

It comes as Iran targeted US tech firm, Oracle, in Dubai’s Internet City district, after accusing the company – along with 17 others- of being involved in “terrorist espionage” operations in Iran.