US special forces entered Iran on Friday night to rescue a crew member of a downed F-15 fighter jet, The Telegraph reported.
The U.S. government has yet to report on such an operation.
Two crew members ejected in the shoot-down, reports suggested, triggering a race between Iran and the US to find the stranded American airmen.
One was rescued in an operation involving two US military helicopters and low-flying refuelling aircraft, which were targeted by light weaponry.
Iranian broadcasts offered a $60,000 bounty for the capture of the other airman.
Although Iran claimed it had downed a newer F-35 aircraft, analysts reported that images of the wreckage, including an ejection seat, are consistent with an F-15.
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