US Special Forces Hunt Missing Pilot in Iran

0:00On April 4th, U.S. Special Forces are in a frantic race deep in southern Iran's mountains to find the missing weapon systems operator from a downed, F-15E Strike Eagle. The jet got blasted by an Iranian surface-to-air missile on Friday, but the pilot ejected safely and got picked up in just 45 minutes. Iran up the stakes with a 50,000-pound bounty for his capture, turning local nomads and herders into amateur hunters. Meanwhile, armed tribesmen are scouring the rugged terrain, egg-drawn by Tehran media blasting reward alerts and images of U.S. search planes overhead. This all ties into Operation Epic Fury, the war that kicked off February 28th, with Iran firing over 50 ballistic missiles and 100. 50 drones at U.S. targets in the last three days alone. U.S. officials worry that airmen could become a major bargaining chip, echoing the 1979 hostage crisis that haunted Jimmy Carter. Experts say his series training survival, evasion, resistance, escape,

1:01has him hiding by day and moving only a night, blending into the landscape, too. Last several days, if needed, a Black Hawk chopper took ground fire during the search, but landed safe, and another A-10 crashed in the Gulf with its pilot rescued over Kuwait. 13 U.S. troops killed so far, and Trump is warning Iran to reopen the strait of Hormuz, or face hell in 48 hours. Israel posh strikes to aid the ground hunt with navy seals and green berets, while talks to end the fight hanging the balance. Trump insists there. On, Iran denies it. Every hour counts in this high-stakes game of cat and mouse.