Donald Trump confirmed in a social media post on Sunday morning the second aviator from the downed F-15E Strike Eagle was injured "but will be just fine".

The US president said the service member “was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour."

The fighter jet was downed by the Persian Gulf state on Friday.

According to several national media outlets, the aircraft belonged to the 494th Fighter Squadron based at RAF Lakenheath.

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The two crew members from the downed fighter jet have now both been found.

The PA News Agency reports a search-and-rescue operation unfolded after the crash of the F-15E jet on Friday, focusing on a mountainous region in Iran’s south-western province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.

The fighter jet was the first US aircraft to have crashed in Iranian territory since the conflict began in late February.

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