We got him’: Trump confirms second crew member from downed US F15 rescued from Iran

We got him’: Trump confirms second crew member from downed US F15 rescued from Iran
April 5, 2026

US President Donald Trump confirmed that the missing US pilot has been “successfully rescued from Iran.” In a post on TruthSocial, he described the operation as one of the most “daring search-and-rescue missions in US history”, saying that the pilot is now “safe and sound.”

The pilot had been “behind enemy lines in the mountains of Iran”, pursued by hostile forces, Trump said, adding that the US military for executing the mission without any American casualties, calling it a “historic achievement in American air dominance.”

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