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The airman was rescued by U.S. special operations forces reportedly after a fierce firefight that was the culmination of a massive high-risk search operation.
The F-15E Weapons System Officer (WSO), missing since his plane was shot down on Friday, has been rescued after a very risky combat search and rescue operation and fierce firefight in southern Iran. The pilot had already been retrieved during the rescue operation in which two HH-60H Jolly Green II combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopters were reportedly damaged by incoming fire, injuring several troops.
President Trump took to Truth Social confirming multiple reports that the WSO was safely in American hands.
www.twz.com
Earlier Saturday evening, the Instagram account for U.S. Air Force Special Warfare Recruiting said the WSO was rescued.
“BREAKING: The missing F-15E weapons systems officer that was shot down in Iran yesterday was recovered alive by American Special Operations with Air Force Special Warfare attachments inside contested enemy area in Iran.
Special operators willingly put their lives on the line to rescue the fallen, engaged in a ‘massive firefight’ at the extraction site, and fought with all they had ‘so that others may live.’
What a win for America, and the WSO who paid attention in SERE training. What a win for the Air Force Special Warfare community. If you are looking to join America’s best and bravest that bring our fellow Americans home on their worst days, contact your local Air Force Recruiter today!
F-15 WSO recovered alive. Was escaping and evading. Massive fire fight on tgt. Iranians were actively looking for him in the area.”
In addition to the F-15E that was shot down and the two rescue helicopters damaged by Iranian fire, an A-10C Thunderbolt II close support jet crashed after being hit, with the pilot bailing out. Another A-10 may have been damaged during the search effort as well.
The reality is that this was one of the most daring combined arms operations in years and the whole story as to how it all went down successfully is sure to be of huge interest in the coming days and weeks. As always with this type of operation and the initial reporting surrounding, details are bound to change as a clearer picture of what happened and what didn’t happen comes to light.
UPDATE: 12:57 AM EDT—
NYT reports that the operation involved landing multiple transport aircraft inside enemy territory. Two of the aircraft (likely MC-130Js) got stuck at the forward airfield and three more aircraft had to come and pickup the U.S. forces now stranded there. The aircraft were demolished in place in order for them not to fall into enemy hands.
So this went far beyond a heliborne rescue operation and according to the report, fixed-wing aircraft landed in enemy territory that was hot with activity. Of course, there are shades of the disastrous Operation Eagle Claw here, but this time, the end result was very different.
The airman was rescued by U.S. special operations forces reportedly after a fierce firefight that was the culmination of a massive high-risk search operation.
The F-15E Weapons System Officer (WSO), missing since his plane was shot down on Friday, has been rescued after a very risky combat search and rescue operation and fierce firefight in southern Iran. The pilot had already been retrieved during the rescue operation in which two HH-60H Jolly Green II combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopters were reportedly damaged by incoming fire, injuring several troops.
President Trump took to Truth Social confirming multiple reports that the WSO was safely in American hands.
F-15E Weapon Systems Officer Shot Down Over Iran Has Been Rescued (Updated)
The airman was rescued by U.S. special operations forces reportedly after a fierce firefight that was the culmination of a massive high-risk search operation.
www.twz.com
Earlier Saturday evening, the Instagram account for U.S. Air Force Special Warfare Recruiting said the WSO was rescued.
“BREAKING: The missing F-15E weapons systems officer that was shot down in Iran yesterday was recovered alive by American Special Operations with Air Force Special Warfare attachments inside contested enemy area in Iran.
Special operators willingly put their lives on the line to rescue the fallen, engaged in a ‘massive firefight’ at the extraction site, and fought with all they had ‘so that others may live.’
What a win for America, and the WSO who paid attention in SERE training. What a win for the Air Force Special Warfare community. If you are looking to join America’s best and bravest that bring our fellow Americans home on their worst days, contact your local Air Force Recruiter today!
F-15 WSO recovered alive. Was escaping and evading. Massive fire fight on tgt. Iranians were actively looking for him in the area.”
In addition to the F-15E that was shot down and the two rescue helicopters damaged by Iranian fire, an A-10C Thunderbolt II close support jet crashed after being hit, with the pilot bailing out. Another A-10 may have been damaged during the search effort as well.
The reality is that this was one of the most daring combined arms operations in years and the whole story as to how it all went down successfully is sure to be of huge interest in the coming days and weeks. As always with this type of operation and the initial reporting surrounding, details are bound to change as a clearer picture of what happened and what didn’t happen comes to light.
UPDATE: 12:57 AM EDT—
NYT reports that the operation involved landing multiple transport aircraft inside enemy territory. Two of the aircraft (likely MC-130Js) got stuck at the forward airfield and three more aircraft had to come and pickup the U.S. forces now stranded there. The aircraft were demolished in place in order for them not to fall into enemy hands.
So this went far beyond a heliborne rescue operation and according to the report, fixed-wing aircraft landed in enemy territory that was hot with activity. Of course, there are shades of the disastrous Operation Eagle Claw here, but this time, the end result was very different.
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