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Trump blames Iran for downing US helicopter off Oman, vows response
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Trump blames Iran for downing US helicopter off Oman, vows response
The claim escalates already high tensions in the Gulf, where a fragile ceasefire has recently come under strain.
Jared Szuba
Jun 9, 2026
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This picture taken from a position in northern Israel, on the border with southern Lebanon, shows an Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache helicopter flying on June 4, 2026. — Jalaa MAREY / AFP via Getty Images
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a US Apache helicopter that crashed off the coast of Oman on Monday had been shot down by Iran and vowed retaliation amid a tenuous ceasefire.
“I have just been informed by our great military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote on social........
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