{"id":2000107525,"date":"2026-04-05T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/?p=2000107525"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:10:14","slug":"trump-announces-daring-rescue-of-second-u-s-pilot-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/trump-announces-daring-rescue-of-second-u-s-pilot-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump announces daring rescue of second U.S. pilot in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Speaking on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump declared, \u201cWe got him,\u201d revealing that the rescued officer, a highly respected colonel, had been trapped deep in Iran\u2019s mountainous terrain after the aircraft went down two days earlier. Despite sustaining injuries, the pilot is expected to recover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Trump, the rescue followed hours of intense planning and coordination, with military leaders closely monitoring the pilot\u2019s location while he remained behind enemy lines. He praised the operation as a moment of national pride, highlighting the professionalism and determination of US forces involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reports indicate that the mission involved a specialized commando unit backed by heavy air support and included a firefight during the extraction. While the pilot has been secured, officials said the operation remained sensitive until all forces safely exited the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks a rare instance where two US pilots have been rescued separately from hostile territory following the same incident. The first pilot had been recovered earlier, but confirmation was delayed to avoid compromising the second mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident stems from escalating tensions after Iranian forces reportedly shot down the US F-15 jet, as well as an A-10 Warthog aircraft in the region on Friday. Both sides had launched search efforts for the missing crew members in the aftermath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. officials confirmed on Friday that two U.S. rescue helicopters, including a UH-60 Black Hawk, which undertook the search-and-rescue operations for the jets, were also struck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed the successful rescue of a second American pilot whose F-15 fighter jet was shot down inside Iranian territory, describing the mission as one of the most daring in US military history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000107528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[151,69,101],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000107525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-48","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","tag-internationl","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":{"id":2000107528,"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pi.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1024,"height":512,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pi.jpg","width":150,"height":75},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pi.jpg","width":300,"height":150},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pi.jpg","width":768,"height":384},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pi.jpg","width":1024,"height":512},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pi.jpg","width":1024,"height":512}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000107525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000107525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000107525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000107529,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000107525\/revisions\/2000107529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000107528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000107525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000107525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000107525"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000107525"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000107525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}