GOT HIM! Downed F-15E Airman Successfully Rescued

A movie will be made about this rescue operation. On Good Friday, an F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iranian airspace. One pilot was successfully recovered, but the other went missing. This led to a massive search-and-rescue operation. During the effort, another aircraft, an A-10 Warthog, came under fire and had to ditch in the Persian Gulf. Fortunately, that pilot was safely rescued. To recap, from the standpoint of local time: Shot down early on Good Friday. Rescued Easter Sunday morning. If it were a movie plot, we'd roll our eyes at it for being too on the nose but here we are in real life… https://t.co/YxPKiVdGJB — Amy Swearer (@AmySwearer) April 5, 2026 Reports have been rife with conflicting information regarding the operation, ranging from prolonged gun battles between Ameri