A second United States Air Force combat aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday as rescue teams continued searching for a missing crew member from a downed F-15E Strike Eagle, according to two U.S. officials cited by The New York Times.
The second aircraft, an A-10 Thunderbolt II, went down near the Strait of Hormuz, and its pilot was safely rescued, the officials said.
The crash occurred around the same time that an F-15E was shot down over Iran, where one crew member has already been recovered and search teams continue looking for the second.
The US lost quite a few aircraft during Desert Storm.
The US lost 33 to combat opperations in Desert Storm, 170 in Desert Storm 2 Electric Boogaloo. In contrast it is estimated the US lost 10k in Vietnam.
2003 to 2009 the US lost 23 aircraft not counti g helos