On June 8, a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache went down near
the Strait of Hormuz, carrying 20% of the world's oil shipments.
Trump blamed Iran on social media and directed
retaliatory strikes the next day, targeting air defenses, control stations, and
radar sites with precision munitions.
The pilots were rescued by a Navy drone boat off
Oman's coast—the first such recovery—while the crash cause is still under
investigation, with unconfirmed reports of a drone collision.
Iran denied involvement, warned U.S. forces to leave, and claimed civilian sites were hit; markets dropped sharply amid fears of wider conflict.