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Issue 01U.S. says fighter jets struck Iranian radar and air defense sites after Army helicopter incident near Hormuz
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The U.S. military said it carried out strikes on Iranian air defense, ground-control and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz after a U.S. Army Apache went down off Oman. Two crew members were rescued and were in stable condition. Iranian media reported explosions in Qeshm, Sirik, Bandar Abbas and near Jask.
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