CBS: Same F-15E crew member survived two aircraft losses during Iran war

CBS: Same F-15E crew member survived two aircraft losses during Iran war CBS News reported that a US pilot whose F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down in Iranian airspace in early April had previously survived another aircraft loss only weeks earlier, in what sources described as a friendly-fire incident involving Kuwaiti forces. According to CBS, the pilot was part of the crew of one of three US F-15E fighter jets mistakenly shot down over Kuwait during the opening days of the war with Iran. The report said Kuwaiti air defences and a Kuwaiti fighter jet were involved in the incident.