Overview
- An AH-64 Apache crashed into the water off Oman's coast while on patrol and both crew members were rescued alive after about two hours in the sea.
- A joint CENTCOM operation involving Navy and Air Force units, the 82nd Airborne and Task Force 59 located the aviators and a 7.3-meter unmanned naval boat carried them ashore.
- The U.S. Army and CENTCOM have opened an investigation and officials have not confirmed whether the cause was mechanical failure, operational error, or hostile action.
- President Donald Trump told reporters that the pilots were uninjured and said an official report would be released the following day.
- The crash happened near the Strait of Hormuz, a key energy chokepoint whose security has been strained by the wider Iran–Israel/US conflict and whose disruption could raise risks for shipping and regional escalation.