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'Miraculous': US rescues second pilot downed in Iran, Trump confirms
Iran claims another US aircraft involved in the rescue of the F-15 fighter pilot has been shot down.The United States has rescued the second crew member of a US F-15 jet shot down, President Donald Trump confirms, as Iran claims another US aircraft involved in the rescue has been downed in the province of Isfahan.“This brave Warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies,” Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday. “He sustained injuries, but he will be just fine.”Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Iran’s coastline: architecture of controllist 2 of 3Universities hit as US, Israel ramp up attacks on Iran’s infrastructurelist 3 of 3How will Pakistan deal with the fallout from Iran war?end of listThe airman, who Trump said held the rank of colonel, was the second member of a two-person crew of an F-15 that Iran said on Friday had been brought down by its air defences.“This miraculous search and rescue operation comes in addition to a successful rescue of another brave pilot yesterday, which we did not confirm because we did not want to jeopardise our second rescue operation.”The rescue resolves a crisis for the White House with the war on Iran in its sixth week.The first member of the crew had been rescued, triggering a high-stakes search for the remaining airman by both Iran and the US.Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi, reporting from Tehran, said there had been no confirmation or denial from the Iranians on the pilot’s rescue.“Over the past 24 hours, we have witnessed continuous air strikes on the location where the fighter jet was downed,” he said.Another plane down?Separately on Sunday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it shot down a US aircraft that was looking for the missing officer in the southern province of Isfahan, according to Iran’s Fars news agency.Fars posted a photo on its Telegram channel, showing thick smoke rising from a field, and said: “Trump’s desperate attempt to cover up a huge defeat.”The plane was a C-130 class aircraft, it said, and was destroyed by a police commando unit called the Faraj Rangers.The high-stakes US rescue effort, which involved dozens of military aircraft, encountered fierce resistance from Iran.Before Trump’s confirmation, Al Jazeera’s Jon Hendren, reporting from Washington, DC, quoted a US official as saying that US forces had encircled and were moving in on the downed airman, who had managed to avoid Iranian units for...
Missing US pilot has been rescued in Iran, says Trump | Euronews
A US military pilot who had been missing after his plane was shot down in Iran was rescued early on Sunday. A few hours after the rescue was announced, US President Donald Trump issued an expletive-laden threat to Iran's power plants and bridges if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened on Monday. Having issued a 48-hour ultimatum on Saturday, Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social that "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it." "Open the fucking strait, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in hell - just watch," he continued, adding: "Praise be to Allah." Though Trump's social media posts often incendiary and occasionally contain profanity, combining it with mention of Allah is likely to cause additional anger in the Muslim world. Search-and-rescue mission succeeds A frantic US search-and-rescue operation unfolded after the crash of the F-15E Strike Eaglejet on Friday, as Iran also promised a reward for anyone who turned in the “enemy pilot.” “This brave Warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour,” Trump wrote after the rescue, adding later that he was "seriously wounded". The rescue involved “dozens of aircraft”, according to Trump, and the US had been monitoring his location “24 hours a day, and diligently planning for his rescue.” The fighter jet was the first US aircraft to have crashed in Iranian territory since the conflict began in late February. A second crew member had already been rescued on Friday. Drones hit Gulf infrastructure In Kuwait, an Iranian drone attack caused significant damage to two power plants and put a water desalination station out of service, according to the Ministry of Electricity. No injuries were reported from the attack, the country's ministry said. In Bahrain, the national oil company said that a drone attack caused a fire at one of its storage facilities, which was extinguished. It said the damage was still being assessed and no injuries had been reported. In the United Arab Emirates, authorities said that Khor Fakkan, a key port in the Gulf of Oman, had been targeted by Iran. No injuries were reported. Trump's repeated threats Trump had already threatened Iran with "hell" in a separate social media post on Saturday unless it opened the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway for global energy shipments that has been choked off by...
'We got him': Trump confirms rescue of missing US officer from Iran
7 hours ago ... The United States has rescued both crew members of an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet that was shot down over Iran, with the second airman recovered after a ...
Missing U.S. crew member from downed fighter jet rescued in Iran, Trump ...
12 hours ago ... Trump said the pilot was rescued "in broad daylight" after U.S. forces spent "seven hours over Iran." He plans to share more about the operation at a news ...
