Local Iranian TV:

Anyone who captures the U.S. pilot alive will receive a valuable reward.

Trump:

With a little more time, we can easily OPEN THE HORMUZ STRAIT, TAKE THE OIL, & MAKE A FORTUNE — a ‘GUSHER’ for the world.

Iran: Armed tribesmen and villagers in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad are searching for possible U.S. forces after reports of a rescue attempt, patrolling mountains and rural areas.

Trump:

We will call JD Vance the “FRAUD CZAR,” and his focus will be “EVERYWHERE,” but primarily in those Blue States where CROOKED DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS, like those in California, Illinois, Minnesota (Somalia beware!), Maine, New York, and many others, have had a “free for all” in the unprecedented theft of Taxpayer Money.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian:

Does threatening to send an entire nation back to the Stone Age mean anything other than a massive war crime? This was the question I asked my Finnish counterpart, who is a jurist.

History is full of those who paid a heavy price for their silence in the face of criminals.

Axios confirms Iran has shot down a U.S. fighter jet.

Search and rescue effort is underway to locate two crew.

Iranian Embassy in Thailand:

The White House is proposing a record $1.5 trillion defense budget for 2027.

To help offset the cost, the plan includes $73 billion in cuts to domestic programs such as climate, housing, and education, along with increased funding for border and law enforcement.

Iranians are firing small arms at US aircraft searching for the pilots of the US F-15E shot down over Iran.

A Japanese LNG tanker has safely passed through the Strait of Hormuz, its co-owner Mitsui OSK Lines said Friday.

It is the first Japanese vessel to do so since the war began.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni traveled to Saudi Arabia, with stops planned in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Source: Reuters

Putin held a phone conversation with Turkish President Erdogan.

The leaders stated that their positions coincide on the need for a prompt ceasefire in the Persian Gulf area.

A U.S. Air Force F-16CJ is flying out of Iran/Iraq airspace and has squawked 7700— the universal code for a general in-flight emergency, indicating the crew is dealing with a serious issue.

Source: EGYOSINT

Israeli Channel 12 claims that one of the crew members of the U.S. F-15E jet downed in Iran has been successfully rescued.

Iran’s Ghalibaf continues to mock the U.S.

Israel is not involved in U.S. rescue operations for pilots in Iran.

Source: N12

One of the two crew members of the U.S. F-15E shot down over Iran has been rescued, while the search for the second continues.

Source: CBS News

New Earth photo.

📸 NASA

U.S. urges its citizens to depart Lebanon “while commercial flight options remain available.”