US media: two search and rescue helicopters from the US military were hit, no one injured.

On the 3rd, the American National Broadcasting Company reported, citing a US official as a source, that two US military helicopters were hit by Iranian fire while conducting a rescue mission for the US fighter jet pilot shot down in Iranian territory. The crew onboard the helicopters were unharmed. Earlier that day, a US Air Force F-15E fighter jet was shot down over Iran. US military search and rescue aircraft and helicopters entered Iranian territory, rescued one crew member, and are currently searching for the second crew member.