Posted on 04/04/2026 4:57:52 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
Good news for once.
F-15 WSO recovered alive. Was escaping and evading. Massive fire fight on tgt. Iranians were actively looking for him in the area.
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Been hearing rumors on X for the past hour, some say that something is going down, like a firefight between US troops and regime forces, and that supposedly the pilot has been rescued, not sure what is true anymore Im just praying hoping for the best
I hope it’s true.
Good news for once? Glad you are only speaking for yourself, go away!
Bump
Let us pray!
Great news, if true. Just waiting for official word to celebrate.
Good news...
OTOH, I am old enough to remember when the loss of “only 26” American flyers was considered relatively good news...
From Chatgpt
Here’s the latest confirmed situation (as of today):
The U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle shot down over Iran had two crew members (pilot and weapons systems officer).
One crew member was successfully rescued in a high-risk operation.
The second crew member has not been rescued yet and is still missing while search-and-rescue efforts continue.
and:
In rescues like this (called combat search and rescue, or CSAR), the U.S. military typically cannot rely on aircraft alone, especially in hostile territory like Iran. Based on how these operations are normally conducted:
Rescue helicopters (often escorted by fighter jets and drones) are used to reach the downed crew.
But to actually secure the survivor, teams such as U.S. Air Force Pararescue (“PJs”) or special operations forces are usually inserted.
That means “boots on the ground” — even if only briefly — to:
Locate and identify the airman
Defend the landing zone
Physically extract them
Even when officials don’t spell it out publicly, a “high-risk rescue” in enemy territory almost always implies a ground element was involved at the pickup site.
Grok says CBS has confirmed the second pilot has been rescued.
I’m not seeing it reported on any news media.
The fact that he isn’t a second pilot at all makes grok a questionable source.
The guy missing is not a pilot. CBS has been reporting two pilots recovered: the F15 pilot and the A10 pilot (in a different crash yesterday).
My guess is MSM is in a panic trying to figure out how to make it sound bad. It will take a while.
Yup, something is going down right now.
All I’m seeing from CBS is that the F15 pilot and a Warthog pilot were rescued. Time will tell.
Just imagine all the tactical experience they got from this operation. It will be studied very closely, every scintilla of knowledge will be squeezed out of the data.
The trolls will be heavily upset.
Had already posted a few “CAPTURED” threads.
Confirmed
the only “source” reporting 2nd airman rescued so far is Jack Murphy... so...
https://x.com/JackMurphyRGR/status/2040563822784647473
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