🇺🇸🇮🇷 Update from NYT and NBC:

After evacuating the second crew member of the downed F-15E, the U.S. had to destroy two HC-130J Combat King II rescue aircraft and two helicopters that were unable to leave Iran. The aircraft were blown up on the ground.

Three additional HC-130J Combat King II aircraft were then dispatched to continue the combat search-and-rescue mission.