A Search is Underway for a Downed U.S. Crew Member in Iran. Here’s What the Mission Could Entail
TIME spoke with military personnel about how search and rescue operations are carried out.
Iranian forces shot down a U.S. F-15E fighter jet on Friday. As U.S. rescuers closed in, another aircraft also took fire and crashed. Charlie D'Agata reports and Aaron MacLean has analysis.
TIME spoke with military personnel about how search and rescue operations are carried out.
"When you're flying... 13,000 missions over a country that's firing back at you, sooner or later you're going to lose an aircraft."
A former US marine tells the BBC the priority of any recovery team would be to look for signs of life.
The war in Iran enters its 6th week as the search continues for the missing U.S. service member who bailed out of a fighter jet shot down over Iran on Friday.
An F-15 fighter jet went down in Iran and one of the pilots has been rescued, a source told Fox News, while a search is ongoing for the second crew member.
UPDATE: Per CBS, one crew member has been rescued, US officials say. The post BREAKING UPDATE: F-15E Confirmed Downed – Search and Rescue Underway for Two Crew Members, One Crew Member Rescued appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Two US military helicopters that were involved in the F-15 search and rescue efforts were struck by Iranian fire, according to reports.
One of two crew members of a U.S. fighter jet that was shot down over Iran was located and rescued by U.S. special forces, and the search for the second is ongoing, an Israeli official and a second source with knowledge of the situation told Axios. The latest: Iran is also hunting for the crew and has asked civilians in the area to join the search,…