One of two crew members from an American fighter jet that was shot down by Iranian forces on Friday is still missing as of midday Saturday.

A second US fighter plane crashed in the Persian Gulf area Friday — and the lone pilot was safely rescued, according to US officials. The A-10 Warthog attack plane fell to the ground near the Strait of Hormuz at roughly the same time an Air Force F-15E was shot down over Iran,

The laws of armed conflict allow attacks on civilian infrastructure only if the military advantage outweighs the civilian harm, legal scholars say. It’s considered a high bar to clear and causing excessive suffering to civilians can constitute a war crime.

The search was on for the backseater since Friday's incident, when the pilot was rescued shortly after the strike.

President Trump called it ‘one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History’.

A U.S. service member who went missing after an F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down inside Iran has been rescued, President Donald Trump said in a social media post.

An A-10 Warthog fighter jet crashed near the the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, at about the same that an Air Force F-15E was shot down

A U.S. F-15 jet went down in Iran, prompting a U.S. recovery effort as Iranian authorities called on civilians to find the crew first.

TEHRAN, Iran — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday made expletive-laden new threats to escalate strikes on Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his deadline, after American forces rescued an aviator whose Iran-downed plane fell behind enemy lines.

A second US Air Force combat plane crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday, and the lone pilot was safely rescued, New York Times reported, citing two US officials. The A-10 Warthog attack plane went down about the same time that an F-15E was shot down over Iran.