Iran’s Fars news agency reported on Friday that the country’s military has initiated a search for the pilot of a U.S. fighter jet that was struck by an air defense system.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM), responsible for military operations in the Middle East, did not immediately respond to a request for comment, The Caspian Post reports, citing AFP.

“Military forces have launched a search operation to find the American fighter pilot who was hit earlier today,” Fars said.

A local television station aired footage of what it said was wreckage of a downed US jet.

It said the aircraft was targeted over central Iran and may have gone down in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, citing a police statement.

The statement urged residents of the area to join the hunt for the pilot or pilots, offering a bounty for the capture of any US servicemen.

The incident is the first report of a US fighter jet being downed in Iranian territory since the United States and Israel launched its war on the Islamic republic on February 28.