### [2026-06-9](/feed/2026/06/9/index.md)

##### Middle Eastern crisis
# A United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopter goes down near the Strait of Hormuz while on patrol. Both crew members are rescued by an unmanned vessel, while neither United States Central Command nor the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have put forward a possible cause. 




### Sources:

1. [NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pilots-fine-us-military-helicopter-goes-down-strait-hormuz-rcna349137)

### Changes:

1. A United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopter goes down near the Strait of Hormuz while on patrol. Both crew members were rescued.  _2026-06-09 15:42:42 (First version)_
1. A United States Army AH-64 Apache helicopter goes down near the Strait of Hormuz while on patrol. Both crew members are rescued by an unmanned vessel, while neither United States Central Command nor the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have put forward a possible cause.  _(Current version)_

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