In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, April 5, Donald Trump specified that the military member had been injured and that the rescue operation had mobilized “dozens of aircraft.”
The second American pilot whose plane crashed in Iran was rescued by the US military and is now “safe and sound,” Donald Trump announced on Sunday, April 5.
“In the past few hours, the US military has carried out one of the boldest search and rescue operations in US history to help one of our incredible crew members, who also happens to be a very respected colonel,” the US president wrote on his Truth Social network.
“I am pleased to announce that he is now SAFE AND SOUND!” he added, however, noting that the military member had been injured. According to him, the rescue operation involved “dozens of aircraft.”
Iran claims to have shot down an American plane during rescue operations
Iranian and American forces had been searching since Friday for the crew of the first American fighter jet to crash in Iran since the start of the war. The Iranian military had claimed to have shot down an F-15E fighter bomber on Friday.
American media had reported that one of the two crew members had been rescued, which Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday. “This is the first time in military memory that two American pilots have been rescued, simultaneously, in the heart of enemy territory,” he emphasized.
According to the Iranian news agency Tasnim, the Revolutionary Guards claimed that an American plane had been shot down during the rescue operations in the Isfahan region.
