The second crew member of a downed F-15E fighter jet has been rescued from an Iranian mountain by US commandos overnight, ending a two-day search after the warplane crashed in south-west Iran.

The crew member, a colonel and weapons systems officer, had been wounded but was successfully rescued from a mountain hideout by US special forces, Donald Trump first announced in a social media post soon after midnight.

The US president called it “one of most daring search-and-rescue operations in US history” – and claimed that not a “single American” had been killed or wounded in the operation.

Trump said he would hold a press conference in the White House on Monday “with the Military” to provide more detail. In a subsequent social media post, he threatened Iran with the bombing of its power plants and bridges on Tuesday if Tehran did not open the strait of Hormuz to merchant shipping.

.Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell,” he wrote. In a subsequent interview with the Wall Street Journal the president added that all the country’s power plants would be destroyed, adding that Iranian civilians wanted that to happen because they were “living in hell”.

Trump also described the F-15 crew member as “seriously wounded, and really brave” on Sunday. The officer was a “highly respected Colonel” who had been picked up in the “type of raid is seldom attempted because of the danger to ‘man and equipment’”.

Once located hiding in the mountains, having at one point climbed a 7,000ft (2,135-metre) ridge, the colonel was rescued by a 200-strong special forces team under a hail of heavy covering fire. Three Revolutionary Guards were killed, according to Iranian sources.

Iran’s military said on Sunday that it had destroyed four US aircraft involved in the search operation and that the Americans had used an abandoned airstrip south of Isfahan as a base. State media shared images of charred wreckage scattered across a desert area, with smoke still emanating from the site.

Two $115m (£85m) modified Hercules had to be destroyed in Iran because they had run into difficulties, having become bogged down in the ground, according to US media. Three more transport planes had to be flown in to complete the extraction.

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, highlighted the cost of the lost aircraft with an apparent photograph of the wreckage: “If the United States gets three more victories like this, it will be utterly ruined.” Iran also said two Black Hawk helicopters were destroyed on the ground while a Reaper and Hermes-900 drones were shot down from the sky.

Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated the US leader. The Israeli prime minister said: “As a nation that repeatedly carried out daring rescue operations, and as someone who was wounded in such a mission and lost a brother in the Entebbe rescue, Israelis and I, we know what a bold decision you took.”

Footage emerged of what was said to be night-time clashes in Iran’s Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, near the city of Dehdasht, about 30 miles from the coast in the south-west of the country, the area whereUUS searches had been taking place.

The pilot of the aircraft had been rescued on Friday, after the F-15E Strike Eagle became the first US plane to be downed over Iran during the five-week-long war. On Sunday, Trump said the pilot had been rescued “in broad daylight” having spent seven hours on the ground in Iran.

The US air force had launched a massive search-and-rescue effort, using low-flying Pave Hawk helicopters and specialist C-130 Hercules transport planes.

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The CIA took more than a day to locate the missing airman and launched a disinformation campaign in Iran to give the impression that he had been found in order to fool Iranian forces on the ground.

Uncrewed Reaper drones were used to protect the crew member once he had been located, by “striking Iranian military-aged males believed to be a threat who got within three kilometers”, according to a correspondent with the US Air & Space Forces Magazine, who said he had been briefed on the operation.

Once found, using what Trump called “beeping information”, there were for a time concerns that the airman was in Iranian captivity and rescue commandos were being lured into a trap.

Military pilots said the missing F-15 crew member would have been trying to hide for as long as possible from the Iranian military. If possible, the colonel would have tried to transmit their location relative to a known secret point in the hope that US special forces coming in via helicopter would be able to rescue them.

Iran said it had shot the F-15 down on Friday, a point confirmed by Trump who told Axios it had been hit with a shoulder fired missile. The US military is yet to publicly comment. Trump previously said the episode would not affect efforts to negotiate a peace settlement with Iran.

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.The US military had not had a jet shot down by enemy fire in more than 20 years – since a warplane was downed during the 2003 invasion of Iraq – retired air force Brig Gen Houston Cantwell told the Associated Press.

Iranian media released pictures of the wreckage of a plane, including a distinctive F-15 tail fin, and a used ejector seat on Friday, with state media and businesses in the country offering a bounty if the missing crew member could be captured.

It also emerged that a Pave Hawk helicopter was hit by fire from the ground during the rescue of the pilot on Friday, but was able to fly away. Another combat plane, an A-10 Warthog attack aircraft, crashed near the strait of Hormuz with Iran claiming it had shot it down. Its pilot was rescued.

The loss of the F-15 and other aircraft had come as a relative surprise, given the air superiority the US and Israel have established over Iran from the beginning of the five-week-long war. But it demonstrated that after thousands of bombing missions, Iran still has the capacity to inflict high-profile damage on the US.

Trump said the US would never leave an American warfighter behind, committing the country’s military to similar rescue efforts if any more planes are brought down.

Meanwhile, heavy bombing of Iran continued. Israel attacked several facilities at Mahshahr, a petrochemical complex in Khuzestan province, on Saturday, and on Sunday Iranian officials said that production there had been shut down. Five people were reported killed and 170 injured.

Israel also attacked Lebanon, having issued a warning that people should evacuate at least 300 metres away from a building in southern Beirut that it said was affiliated with Hezbollah. Eleven people were recorded by the Lebanese authorities as killed in a strike on Kfar Hatta, 30 miles north of the border with Israel.

A fire broke out at the Borouge petrochemical plant in the United Arab Emirates after falling debris from a missile interception caused a blaze, prompting operations at the facility to be suspended. A fire was extinguished at a storage tank belonging to Bahrain’s state energy company, the company said on Sunday.

A building in Haifa, northern Israel, was destroyed by an Iranian missile and an 82-year-old man seriously injured on Sunday. It also emerged that the Aero Sol drone factory in Petah Tikva had been destroyed by an Iranian missile on Thursday.

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救援行動對象包括美國一架 A-10 疣豬式攻擊機（A-10 Warthog），該機在波斯灣上空遭擊中，飛行員彈射逃生後獲救。另一架載運 F-15E 戰機獲救飛行員的直升機遭輕武器火力擊中，機上人員受傷，但最終安全降落。

伊朗伊斯蘭革命衛隊（IRGC）表示，居住在該國山區的遊牧部落射擊了兩架參與救援任務的美軍黑鷹直升機。據美國媒體報導，數十名特種部隊成員，以及美軍戰機與直升機都參與了這次行動，中央情報局（CIA）也有介入。

20260405，美國總統特朗普在社交媒體上表示：「我們已從伊朗深山中救出這名身受重傷、極為勇敢的F-15機組人員／軍官。」

這名空軍成員的磨難始於20260403日，當時傳出一架載有一名武器系統官與一名飛行員的F-15戰機在伊朗南部上空遭擊落。

，中情局也發動了一場欺敵行動，在伊朗境內散布消息稱美軍已經找到第二名空軍人員。

特朗普在社交媒體上發文表示，美軍「派出了數十架搭載全球最致命武器的飛機」前往營救。

當美國特種部隊向受困軍官前進時，美軍使用炸彈與武器火力阻止伊朗部隊靠近他的所在地。美國媒體也報導，原本用來載運救援人員撤離的兩架運輸機無法從伊朗境內一處偏遠基地起飛，之後被摧毀以避免落入敵手。

特種部隊隨後搭乘三架額外派出的飛機撤離。BBC事實核查證實的影像與照片顯示，在伊朗中部山區、距離伊斯法罕（Isfahan）東南約50公里處，可見一處仍在冒煙的飛機殘骸。

20260404晚間，大約100名特種作戰部隊投入救援。以海豹部隊第六小隊為主，三角洲部隊與遊騎兵待命支援。美軍還採取額外措施：干擾電子訊號、轟炸目標周邊的關鍵道路，阻止人員靠近。四架B-1轟炸機投下近100枚兩千磅衛星導引炸彈。MQ-9「死神」無人機對接近數公里內的可疑武裝人員進行打擊。突擊隊員找到了他。他受了傷，但還活著。他們將他帶下山脊。

這名飛行員的身份尚未確定，他是20260404被伊朗軍隊擊落的F-15E“攻擊鷹”戰鬥機（呼號為“Dude 44”）上的兩名機組人員之一

根據俄羅斯的情報顯示出,美國此次救援F15-E.飛行員的行動,出現三角洲特種部隊及海豹特種部隊,聯合營救,(將近100 餘名),傳聞以色列亦支援特種部隊搜救,並且斷後阻擋,伊朗革命衛隊的攻擊,除此之外3方均有激烈交火,但是傷亡情況不詳,伊朗聲稱擊落2架黑鷹直昇機,美國則是自行引爆.1架MC-130J.運輸機(因為\故障).但是美國此一時彼一時為什麼大肆搜救不惜成本與代價 要救回F-15E.飛行員"? 

俄羅斯軍事戰略專家分析:

1:美軍已經派遣第82 空降師約5000名左右部隊等待機會空降伊朗山區實施攻擊主要目標摧毀伊朗核子設施工廠及飛彈製造廠及軍火彈藥庫除此之外20000萬餘名海軍陸戰隊已經抵達KSA.展開站前的佈署.準備攻擊伊朗發動地面場的登陸戰鬥.

2:由英國派出F-15E.戰鬥機有特殊設備其飛行員為上校軍官,有中東地區實戰經驗,其目的在白晝飛行,突擊伊朗山區及相關地區測試出,伊朗防空系統相關的軍事資訊,以提供美國未來的陸地登陸攻擊作戰之用,尤其是為美國的特種部隊蒐集情報,據美國與以色列探詢伊朗在此地區有地下核子試驗區域及工廠,儲藏大約400KG.濃縮鈾235.及鈽等製造核子武器的原料.因此美國總統川普曾經揚言不惜代價要摧毀或是奪回400KG.濃縮鈾235.及鈽等製造核子武器的原料,絕對不讓伊朗發展核子武器.

3:目前伊朗已經擁有超高因速導向飛彈,攻擊以色列精準迅雷不及掩耳,以色列無法攔截,如果伊朗成功研發展核子武器,則加裝核子彈頭於飛彈,如此一來以色列將澈底失敗,甚至於亡國滅種,這樣一來就可以說明以色列與美國為什麼要攻打伊朗?

4:20260228.美國與以色列攻擊伊朗以來,伊朗唯一能夠反擊的就是利用各式各樣的導向飛彈,攻擊以色列及美國駐中東地區的美國軍事基地,而且取得良好的戰績,為21世紀創造出新型的戰爭記錄,也就是說第3次世界大戰的前哨戰有戰例可以模擬.除了赫摩斯海峽佈置水雷封閉,伊朗截至筆者發稿為止,是朝向戰爭勝利的大道邁進.

5:俄國軍事戰略專家評估,即使美國發動地面戰爭也好,無法擊敗伊朗,反而會傷亡慘重,得不償失,所以美國只是充場面,撐面子,如果是以

B-52.及B2.轟炸機執行地毯式的戰略轟炸伊朗全境,則美國的庫存武器彈藥不足以供應長期戰爭,註定失敗,最後議和,如此一來美國的帝國主義霸權愈來愈消退.

6 :202605.美國總統川普訪問中國,極為可能性提出要求中國協助向伊朗議和,談條件最終可能象徵性的賠償戰爭損失,並且由中國,俄羅斯,法國英,國保證監督下,有限制的發展核子武器,並且加入限武組織成員,接受管制與檢查,甚至於美國與伊朗恢復過來外交關係,因為川普是生意人,伊朗有許多物質及礦產是美國企業界需要的.

7:美國極為可能性解除伊朗的美元帳戶SWIFT,因為要通過赫摩斯海峽的各國油輪及貨輪,需要繳納過路費200萬美元 ,如此一來美國當然會重啟伊朗的SWIFT.美元帳戶, 順便收取服務費何樂而不為? 

否則英國的匯豐銀行HSBC.已經放話,要協助伊朗開設新的美元帳戶,進行交易, 如此一來西方國家就是資本主義的謀利者,有錢好辦事.

8:伊朗與美國以色列戰爭期間,俄羅斯提供軍事衛星的定位相關資訊,給予伊朗伊斯蘭革命衛隊的導向飛彈,實施精準的打擊,至於中國則提供北斗衛星的通訊服務,包括伊朗民眾通訊,也就是說服務伊朗境內的外籍新聞記者的通訊功不可沒.

9:伊朗軍方表示，在這次行動中，美軍兩架C-130運輸機與兩架黑鷹直升機遭到摧毀，並稱「美軍在伊斯法罕南部一座廢棄機場進行的欺敵與逃脫行動……已被完全挫敗」.

10:對於美國五角大樓而言，這是最糟糕的情況。軍事專家表示，這是20多年來美軍有人駕駛飛機首次在敵方領空墜毀。如果敵方掌握了被俘美軍飛行員的視訊，德黑蘭將獲得重要的政治宣傳工具和在戰爭關鍵時刻的籌碼。美國官員擔心，伊朗會利用飛行員被俘一事來尋求最大限度的讓步。以增加日後議和談判的籌碼.所以美國不惜代價與成本的要救出F-15E.的飛行員.

A Daring Rescue Inside Iran.The mission is more evidence of U.S. military competence and bravery.BY USA SPECIAL FORCES.

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Behind enemy lines: How the US rescued a downed airman deep inside Iran.Elite commandos, airpower and covert ops combine in high-risk rescue deep inside Iran. The dramatic rescue of a US Air Force officer deep inside Iran — after his F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down — has spotlighted one of the most complex and high-risk military operations: Recovering a pilot behind enemy lines.

According to reports from The New York Times and Axios, US special operations forces carried out a massive, multi-layered mission to extract the injured weapons systems officer, who had evaded Iranian forces for more than 24 hours in mountainous terrain.

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The operation unfolded as a high-stakes race between US rescue teams and Iranian forces searching for the downed airman — a scenario military planners consider among the most dangerous in modern warfare.

The operation involved dozens of aircraft and hundreds of special forces troops, with US warplanes striking Iranian convoys to keep them away from the airman, according to reports. A firefight also broke out as American forces moved in, underscoring the risks of the mission deep inside Iranian territory