New Delhi, April 3 -- US officials have claimed that one of the two crew members of a downed warplane in Iran has been rescued, while attempts are being made to locate the other. According to US media reports citing unnamed sources, American special forces rescued one of the crew members after the fighter jet, believed to be an F-15E, was shot down over Iran.

Photos and videos circulating on social media showed what appears to be US helicopters and other aircraft flying at low altitude over the presumed site of the downed fighter jet.

The F-15 fighter was crewed by a pilot and a weapons-systems officer in the back seat when it went down, making it the first known loss of a US fighter jet in the ongoing war.

Earlier, Iranian media aired...