A US Army Apache helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, with both crew members safely rescued, the New York Times reported. The Pentagon has not confirmed the cause.
The crash came as the US-Iran ceasefire has grown increasingly strained. On June 6, US forces struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites after shooting down four Iranian attack drones launched toward the strait. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps responded with overnight strikes targeting a US air base and other facilities, with Tehran calling the US strikes a violation of the ceasefire agreement.
The US military has maintained a substantial helicopter presence in and around the strait since the early weeks of the conflict. Army AH-64 Apache and Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopters have been protecting commercial shipping and intercepting Iranian drones. On May 4, Apaches and Seahawks destroyed six Iranian fast-attack boats threatening merchant vessels, US Central Command confirmed.
Whether Monday’s incident resulted from hostile fire or mechanical failure remains unknown.
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