Daring rescue of US airmen

The U.S. military has completed a harrowing 36-hour search and rescue operation deep inside Iranian territory to recover two downed airmen.

President Trump lauded the mission as 'historic,' revealing that elite forces saturated the region to extract the personnel before they could be captured.

Tactical deception was reportedly used to lead Iranian search parties away from the airmen's location in a remote mountainous area.

Despite the success, the operation involved significant aircraft losses, including two C-130s and a helicopter destroyed to prevent technology from falling into enemy hands.