U.S. Launches Strike Against Iran After Downing U.S. Helicopter

The U.S. has launched new strikes against Iran after Iranian forces shot down a U.S. Army helicopter last night.

Breaking news: The U.S. military launched a new round of strikes on Iran on Tuesday evening, hours after President Trump said doing so would be necessary after Iranian forces downed a U.S. Army helicopter. https://t.co/SLCZU5C5ec

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 9, 2026

From The Washington Post:

U.S. military officials said in a statement that it had begun launching “self-defense strikes” against Iran at Trump’s direction “in response to yesterday’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter.”

“The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression,” the statement said.

The action came after the helicopter, carrying two U.S. soldiers, was downed on Monday evening while flying near the Strait of Hormuz. Trump said the crew members were “fine” — with no injuries — and said the United States “must, of necessity, respond to this attack.”

Didn’t Trump say Iran’s military capability was “decimated?”

Read more here.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces began launching self-defense strikes against Iran at 5 p.m. ET today at the Commander in Chief’s direction, in response to yesterday’s downing of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter. The mission is a proportional response to unjustified Iranian…

— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 9, 2026

So… Iran, a country whose military we’ve “destroyed”, was able to shoot down one of our Apache helicopters, during a “ceasefire”, in the middle of a war that isn’t a war, which is “two days” away from ending?

— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) June 9, 2026