US President Donald Trump announced that US forces carried out “one of the most daring search and rescue operations in US history“ after the co-pilot of the F-15 shot down over Iran was rescued and is safe.
“This brave warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, pursued by our enemies who were getting closer with every hour, but he was never truly alone, because his commander in chief, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and his fellow officers monitored his whereabouts around the clock and meticulously planned his rescue“, Trump wrote in Truth Social.
According to the American leader, at his direction, the US military has sent dozens of planes, “armed with the world's deadliest weapons“, to help.