U.S. Launches Strikes on Iran; Tehran Claims Attacks on U.S. Fleet

The United States and Iran exchanged attacks early Wednesday in the Middle East after the downing on Monday of a U.S. helicopter gunship near the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. Central Command later said that Air Force and Navy jets had struck Iranian air defenses, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz.