New Delhi, April 4 -- In a major escalation of the nearly five-week-long conflict, Iran on Friday shot down two US military planes in separate attacks. Two American service member has been rescued, while at least one other is still missing.

The incidents mark the first confirmed losses of US aircraft being brought down since the fighting began. The development comes just two days after President Donald Trump, in a national address, declared that the US has "beaten and completely decimated Iran" and was "going to finish the job, and we're going to finish it very fast."

More than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran since the war began on 28 February with US and Israeli strikes. In a review released Friday, the Armed Conflict Location an...