Centcom said it carried out a ‘proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression’ after President Trump said the Iranian regime shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter.

The U.S. has begun retaliatory strikes after Iran downed an Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz, according to Central Command.

A drone boat rescued two Army aviators who were aboard the Apache attack helicopter when it went down near the waterway that Iran has effectively closed during its war with the U.S. and Israel.