'Capture US pilot alive': Iran announces $60K bounty for pilot after Tehran claims it downed F-15E

A US fighter jet was downed over Iran on Friday. This is the first known loss of a US jet inside the country since the war began on February 28. According to The New York Times and Wall Street Journal, the plane was an F-15E fighter jet. The warplane is crewed by a pilot and a weapons-systems officer in the back seat. However, one of the two crew on the plane had already been rescued by US special forces, but the search was ongoing for the second crew member, Axios and CBS News reported. An Iranian channel announced a reward for civilians if the pilots were captured and handed over to the police and military forces. An anchor on the channel read out an announcement saying, "Military forces have launched a search operation to find the American fighter pilot who was hit earlier today. Dear and honourable people of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, if you capture the enemy pilot or pilots alive and hand them over to the police and military forces, you will receive a valuable reward and bonus."