{"id":19794,"date":"2026-04-05T06:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=19794"},"modified":"2026-04-05T06:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:08:22","slug":"trump-says-second-downed-u-s-fighter-crew-member-rescued-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/04\/05\/trump-says-second-downed-u-s-fighter-crew-member-rescued-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says second downed U.S. fighter crew member rescued in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Donald Trump said U.S. forces have rescued a second crew member from a downed fighter jet in Iran during what he described as a \u201cbold\u201d and complex operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the injured U.S. Air Force officer had recovered from mountainous terrain while being pursued by Iranian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that dozens of aircraft equipped with advanced weaponry were deployed under his orders to carry out the mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis miraculous search-and-rescue operation followed the successful rescue of another brave pilot yesterday, which we did not confirm at the time to avoid jeopardizing the second mission,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Trump, the crew member\u2019s location had been monitored around the clock after the aircraft was shot down, with detailed planning carried out before the rescue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There has been no independent verification or evidence released by the U.S. military regarding the operation or the condition of the rescued personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier reports said U.S. helicopters had extracted another crew member from an F-15E Strike Eagle inside Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Donald Trump said U.S. forces have rescued a second crew member from a downed fighter jet in Iran during what he described as a \u201cbold\u201d and complex operation. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the injured U.S. Air Force officer had recovered from mountainous terrain while being pursued by Iranian forces. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19795,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19794\/revisions\/19795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}