US President Donald Trump confirmed on Tuesday that a US military helicopter was shot down by Iran. He said in a statement that the United States “must” respond to the attack.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that he had been informed “that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz.”

He reiterated that the two pilots were safe and uninjured but ended the social media post with a warning. 

“The United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack,” he said in the post on Truth Social.

After a US Army Apache helicopter gunship went down near the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, Trump said that the two crew members on the aircraft were safely rescued and were ‘fine’.