In a post on Truth Social on Sunday, April 5, Donald Trump clarified that the military personnel 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,” announced Donald Trump on Sunday, April 5.
“In the past few hours, the US military has carried out one of the most daring search and rescue operations in US history to assist one of our amazing crew officers, who is also a highly respected colonel,” wrote the American president on his Truth Social platform.
“I am delighted to announce that he is now SAFE AND SOUND!” he added, specifying that the military personnel had been injured. According to him, the rescue operation mobilized “dozens of aircraft.”
Iran claims to have shot down an American aircraft during rescue operations
Iranian and American forces had been searching for the crew of the first American fighter jet to crash in Iran since the start of the war. The Iranian army 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, a fact confirmed by Donald Trump on Sunday. “This is the first military memory where two American pilots are rescued, separately, in the heart of enemy territory,” he emphasized.
According to the Iranian news agency Tasnim, the Revolutionary Guards claimed that an American aircraft had been shot down during the rescue operations in the Isfahan region.
