US says it rescued F-15 crew member missing behind enemy lines in Iran
發佈日期: 2026-04-05 20:34
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The US said it rescued a service member missing behind enemy lines since Iran downed an American fighter jet. This comes as US President Trump renewed his threats for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz by Monday or face devastating consequences.
The US said it rescued a service member missing behind enemy lines since Iran downed an American fighter jet.
US President Donald Trump said the aviator is injured but "will be just fine," adding the rescue involved "dozens of aircraft."
The airman's extraction followed a frantic US search-and-rescue operation after the Friday crash of the F-15E Strike Eagle, as Iran also promised a reward for anyone who turned in an "enemy pilot."
A second crew member was rescued earlier. The fighter jet was the first US aircraft to have crashed in Iranian territory since the war, now in its sixth week, erupted.
Meanwhile, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesperson said its "advanced new air defense system" struck "an ultra-advanced fifth-generation American F-35 fighter jet" on Friday.
During a video address, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, Spokesperson of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya, called it "a black and humiliating Friday for the American and Zionist enemies."
This comes as US President Trump renewed his threats for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz by Monday or face devastating consequences.
Referring to Iran, Trump "time is running out 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them."
Meanwhile, Iran has reiterated Iraq would be exempted from transit "restrictions" in the Strait of Hormuz, which "only apply to enemy countries."
With Israel and the US continuing to trade blows with Iran Iranian state media reported earlier strikes on the B1 bridge, which was still under construction, killed at least eight people and wounded 95.
The outlet said the victims had gathered under the bridge and along the riverbank for Nature Day, which Iranians celebrate by gathering outside.
Journalists from the Associated Press witnessed widespread destruction at a Shiite religious complex in Zanjan, a city in northwestern Iran.
Residents in the city told the AP an airstrike that hit the Grand Husayniyya of Zanjan on March 31st also caused damage to a library and clinic, within the complex, where people used to get treated for free.
Elsewhere, police forcibly dispersed anti-war protesters in Tel Aviv amid wartime restrictions and arrested at least 10 people.
Several hundred people attended the demonstration at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, calling for an end to the war, in between sirens warning of incoming missiles from Iran and Yemen.
