US President Donald Trump confirms that US airmen shot down over Iran Friday were rescued, calling the mission to get back the navigator Saturday “one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History,” in a message on his Truth Social network.
Trump says the unnamed crew member was injured but “will be just fine,” describing him as “SAFE and SOUND!”
The soldier was stuck in “the treacherous mountains of Iran” and was rescued as enemy forces closed in on him, he writes.
“At my direction, the U.S. Military sent dozens of aircraft, armed with the most lethal weapons in the World, to retrieve him,” he writes, also confirming the rescue of the pilot of the F-15E a day earlier.
“This is the first time in military memory that two U.S. Pilots have been rescued, separately, deep in Enemy Territory,” he writes. “The fact that we were able to pull off both of these operations, without a SINGLE American killed, or even wounded, just proves once again, that we have achieved overwhelming Air Dominance and Superiority over the Iranian skies.
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