Wounded US Airman Evades Iranian Forces for 36 Hours in Daring Mountain Rescue
A wounded American weapons systems operator ejected over southwest Iran after his F-15 was shot down. Despite a damaged leg, he survived in harsh mountain terrain for 36 hours, using SERE training to hide from local militia offering a reward for his capture. As Iranian Revolutionary Guard units closed in, US intelligence deployed a misinformation campaign to buy time. Multiple aircraft – including AC-130 gunships, A-10s, MH-6 attack helicopters and drones – coordinated with special forces to pinpoint his location and prepare a combat rescue. Helicopters inserted commandos at low altitude under the cover of gunships. They verified his identity, extracted him to Kuwait for medical care and destroyed two stranded US planes to protect sensitive equipment. The mission highlights the speed and scale of a race-against-time operation.
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