Iran-US war latest: Rescue mission underway after US plane crash in Iraq as Trump says conflict ‘moving rapidly’
A rescue mission is underway after a US military refuelling aircraft crashed in Iraq, according to the US Central Command.
A US official told AP the aircraft had at least five crew members aboard. It was not immediately clear if there were any casualties.
The KC-135 refuelling aircraft went down in western Iraq after an “incident” involving another US plane. The second aircraft landed safely at the Ben Gurion Airport in Israel yesterday evening, Centcom said, claiming the incident was “not due to hostile fire or friendly fire”.
“The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury,” it said in a statement, using the military name of the US operation against Iran.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump said the situation in Iran was “moving along very rapidly” as he hailed the US military as “unsurpassed”.
Iran has warned that it will not back down despite sustaining heavy damage to military and civilian infrastructure.
It also threatened to set the region’s oil and gas “on fire” if there were further attacks on its energy infrastructure.
