US EditionU.S. rescues missing crew member in Iran after fighter jet shot down
- On Sunday, U.S. forces rescued the missing weapons systems officer from an F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over Iran on Friday. President Donald Trump confirmed the aviator is injured but "will be just fine."
- The F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down Friday during military operations over Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province. Iranian Revolutionary Guards claimed credit for the downing and offered a bounty for the missing crew member.
- Helicopters carrying rescue teams took small-arms fire from local tribesmen in the mountainous region. Air Force Pararescuemen equipped with GPS trackers and encrypted radios located the aviator hiding in the "treacherous mountains."
- President Trump renewed threats against Iran, demanding the Strait of Hormuz reopen by April 6 or face "all Hell will reign down." Tehran dismissed the ultimatum as "unbalanced and foolish."
- Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi told The Associated Press ceasefire efforts are "right on track." Israel is reportedly preparing to attack Iranian energy facilities next week, pending U.S. approval.
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Us Pilot In Iran: 'Bleeding profusely, hiding in crevice': Trump discloses details of daring rescue of downed US pilot in Iran
US News: US President Donald Trump on Monday revealed dramatic new details of the daring rescue of the second downed member of an F‑15E crew in Iran, describin.
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Hong Jeong-gyu = U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. military leadership held a briefing at the White House on the 6th (local time) regarding the... shot down by Iranian forces
The United States reported two months of operation "extremely dangerous" - with ten planes and helicopters flying day and night in Iran - saving the two aircraft that had landed, which had trained the important material losses of Washington and had fought with five deaths in Iran, AFP reported.
Dozens of aircraft and helicopters flying by day and night, in the heart of Iran: the United States reported on Monday the double "extremely dangerous" operation to save two ejected aviators, which resulted in significant material losses for Washington and resulted in five deaths in Iran.
A Modern-Day Parable in the Mountains of Iran
This weekend’s dramatic and harrowing rescue of a downed United States Air Force Officer deep in the mountains of Iran will undoubtedly be recreated and featured one day in a movie or documentary. But the incident also drove home an immediate foundational and long held principle and mantra of the American military: No man or woman is ever left behind. It was on Thursday night in Iran when a F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet was hit by Iranian fire…
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