FACTBOX - Confirmed US fighter jets shot down in modern conflicts

ISTANBUL

A US fighter jet was shot down over Iran on Friday, marking a first since the war began over a month ago.

US media reports say one of the jet's two crew members has been rescued, while the White House confirmed that President Donald Trump "has been briefed" on the situation.

Earlier, Iranian state media released photos and videos allegedly showing debris from the crash site, including what appears to be parts of the aircraft and one of the ejected seats. Initial assessments based on the imagery suggest the aircraft may have been an F-15 fighter jet.

The US lost three F-15 fighter jets to friendly fire in Kuwait on March 1, but this marks the first confirmed downing of a US jet by enemy fire in this conflict -- and the first confirmed shootdown by enemy fire in over two decades.

Below is a list of previously confirmed US jets shot down in modern conflicts:

April 8, 2003

An A-10A Thunderbolt II is shot down over downtown Baghdad by an Iraqi Roland surface-to-air missile.

May 2, 1999

An F-16C Fighting Falcon is shot down by a Yugoslav SA-3 surface-to-air missile near the city of Nakucani in what is today Serbia.

March 27, 1999

An F-117 Nighthawk stealth ground-attack jet is shot down near the village of Budanovci by a Yugoslav SA-3 surface-to-air missile.

June 2, 1995

An F-16C Fighting Falcon is shot down by a Serb 2K12 Kub surface-to-air missile near Mrkonjic Grad, while on patrol over Bosnia.

January-February 1991

During the Gulf War, the US lost multiple fighter jets to Iraqi air defenses and, in one case, air-to-air combat. These included an F-14, an F-4G, two OV-10s, two F-15Es, two F/A-18Cs, three F-16Cs, three A-6Es, five A-10s, and five AV-8Bs.