India, June 10 -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Iran had shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond, deepening doubts about prospects for peace between the two countries.

Trump said the two U.S. pilots involved in the incident were uninjured. U.S. Central Command said on X that two crew members from a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter was rescued after the aircraft went down near the coast of Oman. The helicopter was patrolling regional waters when the incident happened. American forces rescued both soldiers within about two hours of the crash.

The two crew members were reported to be in stable condition after the rescue. U.S. officials said the cause of the incident is still under inve...