U.S. rescue teams are racing against time as the search for the missing F-15 crew member enters its second day. The missing airman, a weapons systems officer, ejected along with the pilot of the downed F-15E over southern Iran.
In a daring rescue, the pilot was extracted as Iranian regime forces and militias were closing in on the area. “Two helicopters also took part in the search and rescue mission and successfully retrieved the F-15E pilot who had ejected, officials said,” CBS News reported Friday. “The helicopter carrying the recovered pilot was hit by small arms fire, wounding crew members on board, according to the officials, who said the helicopter landed safely.”
With the search-and-rescue mission underway, President Donald Trump told the Mullahs in Tehran to agree to his terms or “all Hell will reign down on them.”
“Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out – 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them,” President Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Glory be to GOD!” he concluded.
The president is following the developing situation. According to Fox News, “President Donald Trump has been briefed on an F-15E fighter jet that went down over Iran.”
U.S. pilots and servicemen were carrying out the mission with great courage as they flew low, braving enemy fire. A single-pilot A-10 Thunderbolt crashed near the Straits of Hormuz. The pilot was safely rescued.
NBC News reported Saturday:
A U.S. aircraft that was mobilized to support the search and rescue mission was also struck by Iranian fire after the F-15E jet was downed, a U.S. official told NBC News.That aircraft, a single-pilot A-10 Thunderbolt, known as a Warthog, made it to Kuwaiti airspace, where the pilot ejected and the aircraft crashed, the official said. The pilot is safe and the A-10 is down in Kuwait, according to the official.
With U.S. fighter jets and helicopters conducting a large-scale rescue mission, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued its strikes on Iran’s air defense systems. Reports suggest that Israel is prioritizing the airmen’s rescue, calling off strikes that could potentially disrupt the U.S. mission.
The Israeli fighter jets are targeting Iranian air defense systems and ballistic missile capabilities. On Friday, “the IDF struck regime aerial defense sites, including an IRGC aerial defense site where missiles intended to target aircraft were stored,” the military said on Saturday. “In addition, the IDF struck a military site responsible for safeguarding the regime’s weapons research and development facilities.”
“Simultaneously, the IDF struck a site where ballistic missiles were stored, along with additional weapons production, research and development sites,” the IDF added. “These completed strikes are part of the ongoing phase of increasing damage to the Iranian terror regime’s core systems and foundations.”
As the operation Epic Fury enters its sixth week, Israeli fighter jets struck the command center of Iran’s Quds Force Lebanon Corps in Beirut. “The IDF completed an additional wave of strikes targeting command centers belonging to the Quds Force’s Lebanon Corps in Beirut,” the IDF said on Saturday.
On Friday, “the IDF completed a wave of strikes targeting terror infrastructure sites across Lebanon,” the military disclosed. “The IDF struck a command center belonging to the Quds Force’s Lebanon Corps. The Lebanon Corps serves as a liaison between Hezbollah and the Iranian terror regime and supports Hezbollah’s force buildup and military entrenchment.”
The latest wave of strikes also targeted the Iranian proxy Hezbollah and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist groups. “In addition, the IDF struck two headquarters of the PIJ terror organization, which were utilized by the organization’s senior officials for decision-making and coordination with Hezbollah,” the IDF statement added. “Likewise, the Israeli Navy struck a Hezbollah observation post.”
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