US Forces Rescue Colonel in Iran

0:00On April 6, U.S. forces just pulled off a high-stakes rescue in Iran after an F-15E strike eagle got hit by enemy fire over a remote mountain area. The jet, call sign Dude 44, carried a pilot and a weapon systems officer and Air Force Colonel. Both ejected safely, but while the pilot got picked up by helicopters that same day, the Colonel stayed hidden for nearly 48 hours, injured, but armed only with a handgun. He climbed 7,000 feet into a rocky crevice, using his survival training to dodge Iranian search parties. Meanwhile, about 100 Special Ops troops, dozens of warplanes, helicopters, and drones swept the zone, firing missiles at any threats closing. In, the CIA even ran a fake intel op, spreading word that the Colonel was already safe to buy time and throw off the enemy. Iranians up the ante with a $60,000 bounty on his head, sending militants with rifles into the hills. Back in DC, defense secretary Pete Hegseth and top brass briefed President Trump, who

1:04greenlit the plan on the spot, saying they had to get him before, propaganda videos hit. It was the first time in over 20 years a piloted U.S. plane went down over hostile turf. The op got dicey, early helicopter runs to ground fire, some planes got stuck in the dirt, forcing teams to blow up million dollar MC-130Js, and little bird choppers to keep gear from enemy hands. B-1 bombers dropped nearly 102,000-pound bombs, reapers took out trackers, and Israel pitched in with strikes. No U.S. casualties, though. In the end, SEAL Team 6 nabbed the Colonel from his hideout, flew him to Kuwait for treatment, and the whole crew slipped out clean. Trump called it one of the boldest search and rescues in history, a straight win against the odds.