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helicopter was downed** near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. President Trump blamed Iran for the incident. Starting at 5 p.m., the U.S. strikes targeted "Iranian air defense, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites
incident:** The US carried out military strikes against Iranian targets after President Donald Trump said Iran had shot down a [US Apache helicopter](/news/2026/6/9/trump-says-iran-shot-down-us-helicopters-over-hormuz-vows-to-respond) in the Strait of Hormuz, marking a significant escalation and raising
Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote in a social media post on Tuesday. “There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured. Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond
helicopter, the US managed to strike more than 20 sites in Iran including radar and anti-aircraft sites, according to US officials. And on Wednesday in the Oval Office, Trump warned of a fierce response
helicopter and the US said it is investigating the incident. Despite hopes that the exchanges could be contained, the incident quickly spiralled. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) responded to Tuesday’s US strikes
Trump administration's response to the Minab strike. - **A drone strike near Kabul airport in Afghanistan in August 2021:** The Pentagon initially said it had targeted a vehicle known to be an imminent Islamic State
incident in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility,” the department posted on social media, referring to the US military’s Indo-Pacific Command. The statement said the US is determined “to disrupt illicit networks and interdict
incident remains under investigation. In what the US Central Command (CENTCOM) described as the first known operation of its kind, an uncrewed surface vessel then rescued the two American aviators shortly after the crash