A US airman who became stuck behind enemy lines after the downing of a US fighter jet has been saved in an audacious rescue mission.
President Donald Trump touted the operation late Saturday night as 'one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History'.
The airman and a pilot were shot down in an F-15 fighter jet over a remote area of Iran on Friday.
The pilot had safely ejected and was rescued by two military helicopters the same day, but the second crew member had remained missing.
Iranians have been offered a $60,000 bounty for the pilot's 'head,' as the regime urged locals near the crash site to seize the American.
However, President Trump said dozens of aircraft armed with 'the most lethal weapons in the World' were sent by the US military to retrieve him.
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