Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
Coming to you live from London, I'm James Kamarasamy.
There are incidents in wars which come to be seen as defining moments,
moments which have an outsized impact on the narrative and the outcome of the conflict.
So could this be one of them?
Iran says it has shot down two US military jets,
an F-15 flying over the southwest of the country, and a second plane involved in the rescue mission.
There has been no statement as yet from the Pentagon, but US officials say one member of the F-15 crew was rescued.
While the fate of the second person is unclear.
Reports from the United States say the second plane was an A-10 warthog,
which came under fire during the rescue, but whose pilot ejected and was found.
It all comes as Iran has today reported attacks on a petrochemical plant and another near the Bushir nuclear power plant,
and Iranian missiles and drones have been fired towards Israel, Iraq, Bahrain and Dubai.
Well, we'll discuss the implications.
Of the hunt for the missing American pilot in a moment.
First, though, the BBC's Joe Inwood has been looking at how the incident is being reported inside Iran.
On a rocky, barren hillside, somewhere in the southern Iranian province of Kugilyar, dozens of men are running.
The direction is not clear, but their target is quite obvious.
Iranian state TV has just put out this message.
If you capture an enemy pilot and hand them over alive to the military or law enforcement,