Just eight minutes after midnight on Easter Sunday, President Donald Trump delivered a message to America:
“WE GOT HIM!”
The second crew member on the F-15 fighter jet that was shot down over Iran last week was recovered “safe and sound.”
Early reports on the rescue mission to save the weapons systems officer from the Iranian mountains sound like something out of a movie.
The colonel was reportedly wounded after ejecting from the downed jet but was able to make contact with the U.S. His first words were, “God is good.”
The CIA bought time by launching a deception campaign, ensuring Iran was fed false intel that the U.S. had already found him and was preparing extrication.
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