https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116721129088347687
https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/2064389363992023539#m
Trump Says Iran Shot Down U.S. Helicopter & U.S. Will Respond
A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman Monday, with both crew members rescued within two hours and reported in stable condition by US authorities.
President Trump said on Truth Social that Iran shot down the helicopter and that the U.S. “must, of necessity, respond.”
Iran’s IRGC Navy claimed it shot down the aircraft after it ignored warnings, targeting it with fire from a speedboat. The Pentagon has not confirmed or denied the Iranian account. CENTCOM had said only that the cause is “under investigation.”
speculation on a couple of military forums that the apache was tasked with shooting down a shahed but did so within the blast radius of the explosion, so the “great military” may have stepped on a rake with this one. i don’t know if i believe it, but that could jibe with the tweet warning us pilots of “their own human error”