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Drone boat rescued two US aviators after their Army helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz 37%
By JON GAMBRELL54% KONSTANTIN TOROPIN68% MICHELLE L. PRICE47%
6/8/2026, 9:43:24 PM
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A drone boat rescued the crew of a U.S.
Army attack helicopter that crashed early Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway that Iran has effectively closed during its war with the U.S. and Israel, a U.S. military official said.
It was the first known drone rescue at sea by the U.S. military, said Capt.
Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for U.S.
Central Command.
He said the unmanned boat located the two aviators and brought them to shore after they spent about two hours in the water.
Military officials have not said what caused the Apache helicopter to go down.
A military news release said the crash is under investigation.
The crash occurred with the Middle East still reeling after Iran and Israel exchanged fire the previous day in the biggest blow yet to the strained ceasefire in the Iran war.
Iranian state television reported Tuesday that the Israeli attacks killed at least two members of the country’s air-defense units.
Trump also expressed renewed optimism over negotiations with Iran.
“We have a good chance” of signing a deal in “two or three days,” Trump said.
But he didn’t provide any details on why there was reason for new optimism.
In the two months since the U.S. and Iran agreed to an initial ceasefire, Trump has repeatedly predicted that a deal is near.
“We’re very close to having a very, very good, strong, powerful deal,” the president said.
“If we do the bombing — which we could do very easily if we want, and we spend another two or three weeks bombing — they’ll have nothing left whatsoever.
But you won’t have the strait open for months.”
Mediators, led predominantly by Pakistan, have been trying for weeks to get a deal across the line.
However, both Iran and the U.S. have taken hard-line positions.
Haykal’s visit comes as Lebanon’s government takes an increasingly hard line on Hezbollah but remains unable to disarm the powerful militia.
Hezbollah thanked Iran on Tuesday for attacking Israel “in defense of our Lebanese people,” suggesting that Lebanon’s government should take this opportunity to improve relations with Tehran.
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