A U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter conducts low-level flight operations over mountain terrain, May 26, 2026. A U.S. Army Apache helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz on June 8, 2026; both crew members were safely rescued, with President Donald Trump confirming the pilots were uninjured. (Keith Garner/U.S. Army)
A U.S. Army Apache helicopter went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and the two crew members were rescued, according to a report from The New York Times.
It was not clear what caused the aircraft to go down. President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters in New York on Monday evening, said more details would be released Tuesday.
“The pilots are fine, nobody injured,” he said.
U.S. Central Command did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
U.S. forces have continued to operate in and around the Strait of Hormuz even after a ceasefire in the war with Iran took effect in April. Their mission includes defending commercial and military vessels from attacks and holding a naval blockade on Iranian ports.
For weeks, U.S. officials have signaled that a peace deal is near, but talks have been stalled by intermittent fighting. The war began in late February with strikes by the U.S. and Israel that killed a number of Iran’s top leaders.
Iran retaliated by attacking American military bases in the Middle East and choking off traffic in the strait, which is a major sea lane for oil shipments.
Sunday marked one of the most serious days of fighting between Iran and Israel after tensions in Lebanon escalated.
Iran insists Lebanon is party to the ceasefire deal and has rebuked Israel’s continued campaign against Hezbollah, an Iran-backed paramilitary group in the country. The two countries agreed to pause their fighting after the U.S. intervened on Monday.
Trump said Monday the U.S. is “two or three days” away from having a “very, very good, strong, powerful deal” with Iran.
The U.S. can resume bombing “very easily,” but doing so would cause more casualties and likely further delay reopening the Strait of Hormuz, he said.
“If we do the bombing, a lot of people are going to be killed,” Trump said. “Who wants to do that? I don’t.”