CNN Has Learned New Details About The Rescue Of A U.S. Pilot Shot Down In Iran

Hundreds of U.S. military and intelligence personnel participated in the operation to evacuate him.

The American pilot of an F-15 shot down in Iran was rescued in the mountains, where he climbed cross-country, CNN wrote, citing two US officials.

The F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down in Iran on April 3. Both crew members ejected, one of them was quickly found. Special forces have been deployed to search Iranian territory. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) wrote that the downed F-15E Strike Eagle was the first known loss of an aircraft over Iranian territory since the start of the war.

The ejected wounded pilot hid in a mountain crevice behind the front lines. In all, he spent a day and a half - more than 36 hours - in enemy territory, the WSJ notes.

All the while, he managed to avoid capture by the Iranian military. Moreover, the pilot was able to climb cross-country to a ridge more than 2,000 meters above sea level. He was carrying only a pistol, a communication device and a tracking beacon.

There, in the mountains, he was found by the Americans. The rescue operation involved hundreds of US military and intelligence personnel, including special operations forces, as well as CIA agents, who confused the Iranian searchers.

The Americans lost two transport planes during the rescue operation - the Americans themselves destroyed them on the ground for fear that they could fall into the hands of the Iranians.

U.S. President Donald Trump earlier said that the operation to rescue the American pilot of the F-15 crew from Iran took place during the day, the U.S. military spent seven hours over Iran. "We rescued a severely wounded and truly brave F-15 fighter jet crew member from a mountainous area deep in Iran," he wrote on his social media network TruthSocial.

The Republican noted that the Iranian military conducted an intensive search for the pilot, using a large number of forces. Trump called the found pilot a "very distinguished colonel" and promised to hold a press conference with the military in the Oval Office on Monday, April 6.

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