Those characterizations of complete U.S. air dominance over Iran were undermined on Friday after two U.S. warplanes were downed within hours of each other. An F-15E fighter jet was shot down over southern Iran on the same day as the Iranian military claimed it brought down an A-10 Thunderbolt with a surface-to-air missile near the Strait of Hormuz.
Read More: A Search is Underway for a Downed U.S. Crew Member in Iran. Here’s What the Mission Could Entail
The apparent miscalculation by U.S. military planners regarding Iran’s air defense capabilities comes as Trump is weighing a much deeper involvement in the conflict, and may complicate his plans.
“Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them. Glory be to GOD!” he said on Truth Social.
"The enemy should know that we will achieve the complete control of the sky of our country with new air defence systems built by the young scientists and proud youth of this country and one after another in the field of action... and prove the humiliation of the enemy to the world more than before," said a spokesman for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya joint military command.
Israel claimed to have destroyed much of Iran’s S-300 capabilities during the June 2025 attack on its nuclear facilities, and both the U.S. and Israel spent the first days of the war concentrating firepower on destroying its air defenses.
“Make no mistake, there still are select surface-to-air missile systems that can work…plus those shoulder-launched missiles that if you’re flying at a low enough altitude could still pose a threat,” Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of the Iran program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a conservative Washington think tank, told Fox News on Friday.
Although that deal runs from 2027 to 2029, the Financial Times said that some shipments could have arrived early. Russia has also reportedly supplied Iran with intelligence on U.S. military assets, including the locations of warships and aircraft.
The Pentagon and the White House did not immediately respond to TIME’s request for comment.
A race to find the missing American crew member
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it was searching the area near where the pilot's plane came down. Meanwhile, Iranian officials issued a public plea Friday for locals to go out and find the F-15 crew member, offering a reward that would equal $60,000.
“It is a very complex effort,” Brigadier General Houston Cantwell told TIME on Apr. 3 when asked about the process of rescuing a crew in enemy territory. “The most important piece of information is what is the location of the air crew. And that piece of information is so hard to get.”
According to Major General Thomas Kunkel, who TIME spoke to on Friday, this rescue crew is likely 10- to 20 members, deployed in a helicopter, potentially with an electronic jamming aircraft and a heavily armored A-10 designed to attack ground forces, both providing ground cover for the operation.
Israel has ceased its bombings over the area where the missing crew member is believed to be lost in an attempt to help the rescue operation, according to the New York Times.
Iran’s state media released a video of what it claimed showed a surface-to-air missile shooting down the A-10 on Friday. State media claimed that the plane was shot down between Qeshm and Hengam islands. U.S. officials have not commented on how the plane was brought down.
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