President Donald Trump gestures during a visit to Verst Logistics in Hebron, Kentucky on March 11, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
President Donald Trump joked about confiscating Iran's oil as search crews were desperately trying to find a fighter pilot who was downed in the war-torn country.
"KEEP THE OIL, ANYONE?" Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday while the search was underway.
Hours earlier, an F-15E crashed in southern Iran. One pilot was rescued, and a search for the second pilot was reportedly in progress.
Iran was reportedly offering its citizens a reward valued at about $76,000 U.S. dollars to find the missing pilot alive, CNN reported.
A second combat aircraft, an A-10 Warthog, crashed in the Persian Gulf at about the same time, officials told The New York Times.
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