US Forces have rescued missing crew member
of F-15E jet downed by Iran in daring
mission, intense fighting: reports
New York Post,
by
Ariel Zilber
Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought,
4/5/2026 12:31:30 AM
US forces have successfully extracted a downed American airman from Iran, with the rescued crew member and the special operations team now “safely out of Iran,” according to reports.
The airman was one of two aboard an F-15E Strike Eagle shot down earlier this week. Both had ejected over southwestern Iran, triggering a high-risk rescue mission.
The second crew member was recovered following intense fighting near the crash site, as US forces carried out a complex operation deep inside Iranian territory, according to Fox News. The airman and the rescue team that pulled him “from behind enemy lines in Iran are all safely out of Iran,”
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
hurricanegirl 4/5/2026 12:35:41 AM (No. 2089053)
Thank you, Father, for answering our prayers!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
thefield 4/5/2026 1:06:36 AM (No. 2089057)
I gave a small Thanksgiving prayer. this has to be the final stone that destroys Iranian pyschy.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
ldb51 4/5/2026 1:36:59 AM (No. 2089060)
Thank G-d we have a Chief Exec who is not afraid to walk point through these political times, and the most skillful band of heroes that ever backed their brothers and sisters.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
kono 4/5/2026 3:34:32 AM (No. 2089063)
Our pilot is rescued.
And our Lord is risen.
Happy Easter, all.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 4/5/2026 6:03:57 AM (No. 2089087)
The Colonel kept his composure. He relied on his training. He is a cool cat.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
5 handicap 4/5/2026 6:17:52 AM (No. 2089089)
What a wonderful Easter morning Message! All Praise and Glory be to Yahweh and his Son Jesus the Christ!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
petrichor 4/5/2026 7:01:31 AM (No. 2089096)
I wonder if flyers over Iran carry sidearms. Doubtful that a sidearm will do much good when in enemy territory, but it is a little comforting. I carried one in Nam, even though we flew over four enemy divisions. Tigers!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 4/5/2026 7:03:34 AM (No. 2089097)
Thank You, Father, for hearing our fervent prayers and giving us this blessed Easter Miracle! And to all who searched for this man, our heartfelt gratitude.
All the time he was missing, I was thinking how our enemedia was hoping for a horrific outcome for this crewman so they could splash it 24/7 over our airways and Internet to bash President Trump and our nation. How right I was. At 6am EST this morning, I turned on the TV to watch the news. They led with the story about how our F15E jet fighter was shot down, followed by a number of photos of aircraft wreckage. Then they showed the Iranian news report with the Iranian TV reporter in a hijab reporting how the victorious Iranians had shot down the US jet fighter. The Iranian report continued that they had hit one of our helicopters. After 20+ sentences into the story, the final sentence in the report was four words; that ''both crewmwn were recovered'. Do you remember a few years ago that a poor soul was captured by the Muslims and the mullahs deemed him an enemy. They put him in a cage, doused him in gasoline, with a trail of gas going up to the mullahs. They lit the trail of gas which erupted and snaked down to this poor man and burned him alive. This sadistic barbarism was widely broadcast throughout all the Muslim countries and here as well although is the US, they stopped right before this poor man caught fire. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the evil demonrats and the enemedia were hoping for a similar horrific fate for our navigator so the could bash Trump non-stop for the next month. Praise our Father in Heaven for this Easter Miracle.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
vrb8m 4/5/2026 7:21:24 AM (No. 2089106)
Praise God.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
homefry 4/5/2026 7:21:56 AM (No. 2089107)
dim-0s are in mourning hearing this news.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 4/5/2026 7:26:02 AM (No. 2089108)
Please excuse the second reply. “There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the evil demonrats and the enemedia were hoping for a similar horrific fate for our navigator so the could bash Trump non-stop for the next month.”
I too have no doubt. Democrats are quislings.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 4/5/2026 7:29:29 AM (No. 2089113)
This is such great news for an Easter Sunday.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Hazymac 4/5/2026 7:38:35 AM (No. 2089118)
We know that Democrats were hoping for bad news. Screw them. God bless and keep our warriors. God may do something else with the enemy, both foreign and domestic.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
dickpam 4/5/2026 7:46:45 AM (No. 2089120)
"the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in US History" and I am sure it was. We had a number of CSAR's like this in SEA during the Vietnam war, and that is were the technique and the procedures were born. I am so proud of the crews of the Combat Search and Rescue operations and that includes the Pararescuemen, flight engineers and pilots. It is an extremely dangerous job, but rcovering a downed crew member is a great reward.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 4/5/2026 8:02:00 AM (No. 2089123)
Great news!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
walcb 4/5/2026 8:07:36 AM (No. 2089125)
Mamdani's prayer was not answered.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bpl40 4/5/2026 8:14:09 AM (No. 2089129)
Thank God he is safe. As are all the members of the recue team. I think we are permitted a bit of a schadenfreude here that the NYT, CNN,NBC BBC are all deprived of the horrific headlines they were hoping for.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Ruhn 4/5/2026 8:26:21 AM (No. 2089135)
#7, US aircrew are issued sidearms while flying in a combat zone. Weapon and combat load vary among missions (Combat Air Forces; AFSOC). In addition, ejections seats are packed with the GAU-5A. This is a modified M-4 that can be broken down to be stored in the seat and quickly assembled if downed.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/5/2026 8:50:08 AM (No. 2089151)
Trump, gotta love him but does he have to spike the football after EVERY touchdown?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Phantomll 4/5/2026 8:57:54 AM (No. 2089154)
Great news on this Easter morning!
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 4/5/2026 9:41:49 AM (No. 2089170)
An answer to prayer. I thought we had lost him. The pilot must have been overjoyed, while Congressional Democrats are glum today.
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God bless the USA. Happy Easter.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 4/5/2026 11:01:02 AM (No. 2089207)
Thank you Lord for watching over our military and saving this Colonel. We could tell President Trump was praying too for this missing crew member. He loves the troops!
Happy Easter to all our fellow L-dotters. Have a wonderful day!
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Lucky5 4/5/2026 11:07:26 AM (No. 2089210)
Great news. PTL.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
LadyVet 4/5/2026 11:35:54 AM (No. 2089220)
#19, If he doesn't do it, who will? It would be as described by #8.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/5/2026 11:41:07 AM (No. 2089221)
Thanks be to God. An Easter miracle...
Although injured he climbed to a 7000 foot ridgewherehe hid in a crevasse.. He was said to have only a pistol.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
dbdiva 4/5/2026 1:52:36 PM (No. 2089249)
Thank You LORD for giving this wounded Colonel the fortitude that allowed him to climb that ridge to find a hiding place to wait for his brothers to reach him as well as the ability to remain calm throughout. Thank You that his rescuers are all safe as well.
This is wonderful news, especially on this day!!
Happy Resurrection Day to all LDotters and staff.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Safari Man 4/5/2026 3:09:48 PM (No. 2089271)
Dimocrats devastated
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
hurricanegirl 4/5/2026 4:21:35 PM (No. 2089278)
U.S. forces rescued the pilot ***with the help of the Israelis!***
Thank you, Israel.
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