
Daring Iran Rescue: US Special Forces Save Pilot
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US Air Force Colonel rescued from Iran after daring two-day hike, evading capture. SEAL Team Six extracts him from mountain ravine amidst chaotic rescue operation. US forces destroy stranded aircraft to prevent enemy capture. Trump hails mission as proof of US dominance, Iran disputes claims.
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0:00On April 5th, a U.S. Air Force colonel, the weapons systems officer from a downed F-15E strike eagle, just got pulled out of Iran and what's called the most daring special forces rescue ever. Shot down Friday near Taakuncha, he ejected injured, separated from his pilot and evaded capture for two days, hiking 70 miles of seven. Thousand feet, with just a pistol, while Iranian forces hunted him down. Earlier this week, the pilot got extracted fast by Jolly Green helicopters under fire, but the colonel went dark, using his beak and sparingly to dodge. Detection. CIA drone spotted him, took out threats within three kilometers, and seal team six flew in on Little Bird Saturday, snatching him from a mountain. Reveen before Iranian militias closed in, words spread quick of a $60,000 bounty from Iran, sparking tribesmen and besiege fighters to swarm the hills, but U.S. A-10 warthogs blocked. Roads and hit comms towers, killing at least four. Rescue turn chaotic, when two C-130 planes and a helicopter
1:04bogged down in desert mud at a makeshift strip near Mayar, stranding dozens, behind lines. Hundreds of commandos held off attacks under gunfire blew up their own stranded aircraft worth millions to keep them from enemy hands, then three more. Plains swooped in for a clean evac to Kuwait by midnight. No American deaths reported, despite some injuries. Trump lit up truth social, calling it proof of U.S. dominance, the first double-deep enemy line pilot rescue on record, while Iran claims they downed. Those planes and calls the whole thing a flop. With missiles still flying at Israel and Kuwait, this op shows the stakes they sky-high in the fight.
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