F-15E pilot downed over Iran had been shot down a month prior

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An F-15E pilot was shot down over Iran on April 3 and had also been shot down in a friendly fire incident with a Kuwaiti F/A-18 less than five weeks earlier, making him likely the first Air Force fixed-wing pilot shot down twice in one conflict since Vietnam.
During the April 3 incident, the F-15E's weapon systems officer was injured due to a parachute malfunction after ejecting following an Iranian missile strike.
The incidents were confirmed by current and former Air Force officials, highlighting rare and significant events in recent Air Force combat history.

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