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.

Another United States aircraft has crashed during the conflict with Iran ... this according to a report from the New York Times. NYT -- citing two officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity --

As the Iran war passes the five-week mark, President Trump hailed the rescue of a U.S. airman who was missing for days inside Iran — and threatened to hit power plants if Iran doesn't let the Strait of Hormuz open.

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

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.

An Iranian missile attack on a Saudi Arabia base last week destroyed a U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry, a valuable early warning and control aircraft, multiple outlets have reported. The destruction of the Boeing-made E-3 Sentry,