David Marcus: The Easter Sunday pilot rescue shows what the Department of War signifies
When President Trump renamed the Pentagon to the Department of the Army last year, many viewed it merely as a branding move. However, the intensity of Operation Epic Fury in Iran revealed it was much more significant. On Easter Sunday, the military’s bold rescue of a downed airman behind enemy lines illustrated that the current […]
Rebecca Grant: The ‘Dude 44’ mission in Iran is the most daring military rescue by the US to date
Historic Air Combat Rescue Mission You’ve just witnessed one of the most daring rescue missions in U.S. military history—the operation to recover the F-15E crew, referred to as “Dude 44.” No other mission matches the stakes and risks involved. Since the Korean War, U.S. military helicopters have been engaged in rescuing downed pilots. From Vietnam, […]
Iran Claims Ambitious U.S. Airman Rescue Attempt Was a Failed Scheme to Take Enriched Uranium
Iran Questions U.S. Rescue Operation’s Intent Iran’s Foreign Ministry suggested on Monday that the U.S. rescue of a downed pilot on Sunday might have been a “deception operation,” possibly linked to an unsuccessful attempt to seize Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile. “The areas where U.S. pilots reportedly operated in Kogile and Boyer Ahmad provinces are quite […]
Trump and Ratcliffe Explain CIA Operation to Rescue U.S. Airman in Iran
On Monday, President Donald Trump and CIA Director John Ratcliffe elaborated on a high-risk rescue mission executed deep within Iran. This operation, bolstered by a CIA-led “deception operation,” followed the downing of an F-15E Strike Eagle. U.S. forces had to hurry to find and recover a wounded airman, who had remained hidden in a mountain […]
Rescue Mission for Fallen Airman Departed on Easter Morning
Historic Rescue Operation During a press conference on Monday, Army Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the second airman rescued following a significant operation was airlifted from Iran on Easter morning. “One of the downed airmen managed to evade capture for over a day by climbing a steep ridge while being pursued by the enemy,” Hegseth […]
Trump Promises to Identify the ‘Disturbed Individual’ Behind Iran Rescue Leak, Cautions Media Could Go to Jail for Not Revealing Source
Trump Vows to Identify Leaker of Rescue Operation Details On Monday, President Donald Trump declared that his administration would seek to uncover who disclosed information about the ongoing rescue of a crew member trapped in Iran. He emphasized the serious consequences for anyone who fails to cooperate. Early Sunday morning, the U.S. military, alongside Trump, […]
Pete Hegseth compares the resurrection of Jesus to the rescue in Iran on Easter Sunday
Army Secretary Compares Air Rescue to Easter Secretary of the Army Pete Hegseth recently likened the rescue of an Air Force officer shot down in Iran on Good Friday to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. During a press conference with President Donald Trump, Hegseth discussed the Easter weekend operation, detailing how the pilot […]
Trump calls the rescue of a U.S. officer behind enemy lines ‘historic’
US Air Force Official Rescued from Iran in Historic Mission In what President Donald Trump has described as a “historic” rescue mission, a senior U.S. Air Force official was successfully extracted from Iranian territory. This significant operation followed a weekend showcasing American military prowess, marked by a precision strike that destroyed key government facilities in […]
Expert states that prior intelligence made the rescue of the Iranian colonel possible.
CIA Deception Operation Rescues Missing U.S. Air Force Officer in Iran Paul Mauro, a contributor for FOX News, discussed a complex CIA operation that successfully retrieved a U.S. Air Force officer who had been lost in Iran for over 36 hours. The CIA employed fabricated information to mislead Iranian searchers, allowing them to accurately pinpoint […]
Former DHS chief praises F-15E crew rescue as ‘more complex than the Bin Laden operation’
Rescue Mission Praised by Former Homeland Security Chief Former President Barack Obama’s Homeland Security Secretary, Jeh Johnson, commended the recent rescue of an F-15E Strike Eagle crew that was shot down in Iranian airspace, suggesting that it was more intricate than the famous operation that killed Osama bin Laden. Johnson, who served as the Pentagon’s […]