The operation occurred at 7.33 p.m. ET Monday and was led by the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the 82nd airborne division.
It remains unclear if the helicopter fell victim to a mechanical failure or if it was shot down by Iranian forces. CENTCOM said the “cause of the incident is under investigation.”
TIME has reached out to CENTCOM and the Pentagon for further information.
The attempt to restore the free flow of naval navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is ongoing.
The U.S. launched its own naval blockade targeting Iranian ports and associated vessels in the waterway in an effort to reopen the vital trade route.
The U.S. has lost a number of different aircraft since the start of the Iran War on Feb. 28.
In April, a two-person F-15E fighter jet crashedinside Iran. One of the crew members was rescued swiftly, but a high-stakes search operation had to be conducted for the second airman.
A number of other aircraft, including drones, have also been lost and damaged during the conflict, according to a Congressional research report from May 13.
Over the weekend and into the early hours of Monday, the two countries exchanged the worst fire seen since the fragile cease-fire came into play in April.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon said his country would hold off on further strikes against Iran, providing the fire is contained on both sides. If "Iran makes the mistake of resuming attacks on us, we will respond with overwhelming force," he said in a televised address, emphasizing Israel’s right to “self-defense.”
Israel continues to trade strikes with Hezbollah—the Lebanese militant group that last week rejected a cease-fire proposal agreed upon by Israel and Lebanon after U.S.-led negotiations.
Trump warns Netanyahu
Israel’s recent exchange with Iran and the continued operations against Hezbollah have put significant strain on the relationship between Trump and Netanyahu.
Speaking to the BBC after both Israel and Iran halted their strikes, the President claimed: “If I tell him [Netanyahu] to do something he does it."
Israel struck a petrochemical plant in Mahshahr, southwestern Iran, that it said was “used by the armed forces of the Iranian terror regime to produce and export raw materials for weapons production."
Reports stating that Trump had told Netanyahu not to retaliate after Iran struck, and then the subsequent Israeli strikes, appeared to suggest that the Israeli Prime Minister had defied Trump’s wishes.
When asked by reporters in New York if he had made the request to Netanyahu, he replied: “No, I said do what's right, but I want you to stop as quickly as you can, because they have to stop.”
Trump and Netanyahu shared a heated phone call last week over Israel’s initial plans to strike Beirut.
What is the status of the U.S.-Iran peace deal talks?
Progress towards a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran is still being made, according to the President, but a firm timeline has yet to be established.
Iran’s nuclear ambitions have proved to be a key stumbling block throughout ongoing negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
Iranian officials have argued that they must maintain some mechanism of control over the Strait of Hormuz—a notion Washington and many global entities are against.
Esmaeil Baghaei, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, on Monday said the peace deal talks between Washington and Tehran are taking place amid a backdrop off extreme suspicion, according to a statement carried by semi-official Fars news agency.
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