April 5 (UPI) -- U.S. forces have rescued the second of two missing airmen who were shot down over Iran, President Donald Trump announced Sunday.
"WE GOT HIM!" Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform, adding that the "serious wounded" airman, whom he described as "a highly respected Colonel," was "safe and sound" following the search and rescue operation.
"We have rescued the seriously wounded, and really brave, F-15 Crew Member/Officer, from deep inside the mountains of Iran," the president wrote. "The Iranian Military was looking hard, in big numbers, and getting close."
The service member was one of two pilots on board an F-15E fighter jet that Iran shot down over its airspace on Friday. It was the first U.S. aircraft to be shot down by Iran since the start of U.S. and Israeli bombing on Feb. 28. Three other F-15 jets were shot down by mistake in Kuwait.
In his Sunday post, Trump also offered more details on the rescue of the first pilot, saying he was rescued "in broad daylight" after "spending seven hours over Iran."
