How the US unleashed overwhelming firepower to save stranded airman under enemy fire in Iran... then obliterated every weapon left behind
US forces undertook a daring military operation to rescue an airman who was left stranded atop a mountain behind enemy lines after his F-15E Strike Eagle with the call sign of 'Dude 44' was shot down.
- How the dramatic US airman rescue from Iran unfolded with reaper drones and a covert mission The Standard —
- Operation 'epic' rescue: How much it cost US to save F-15E pilot & why America destroyed its own planes Times Of India —
- Inside the daring mission to rescue a U.S. airman downed in Iran CBS News —
- Reaper drones, hundreds of crack troops, two £100m aircraft obliterated and a furious firefight... GUY ADAMS on one of the most daring rescues in military history Daily Mail —
- How a perilous US rescue mission nearly went off course RTE —