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2026-04-05 15:17:47
[US Media: Rescued US Pilot Sent to Kuwait] According to a report by The New York Times on the 5th, the second pilot from the downed US F-15E fighter jet has been sent to Kuwait for treatment. During the rescue operation, the US military destroyed two "stranded" US transport planes involved in the rescue mission. The report stated that the pilot had been hiding in mountainous terrain for over 24 hours, evading Iranian searches, and his only weapon was a pistol. The US military deployed hundreds of special operations personnel to complete the rescue, during which a firefight occurred with Iranian forces. The report stated that two US transport planes became "stranded" due to malfunctions while carrying out the pilot rescue mission in Iran. The US military subsequently dispatched three new aircraft to continue the rescue mission and destroyed the two malfunctioning transport planes. Separately, according to Iran's Tasnim News Agency on the 5th, the public relations department of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that a US aircraft searching for a missing pilot was shot down in Isfahan province. Iran's Mehr News Agency also reported that a US C-130 transport plane was shot down on the 5th. U.S. President Donald Trump said on April 4 that the U.S. military had rescued the second pilot from Iran aboard the downed F-15E fighter jet. (Xinhua)
