Inside daring mission to rescue a US airman downed in Iran
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Two MC-130 aircraft that had ferried some of the roughly 100 special operations forces into rugged terrain south of Tehran suffered a mechanical failure and could not take off, a US official said
A US airman hunted in Iran's mountains, a covert night rescue, and a firefight under enemy watch. Trump reveals how a high-risk mission unfolded. But what really happened behind enemy lines remains unclear.
The United States relied on dozens of aircraft, hundreds of personnel, secret CIA technology and a dose of subterfuge to rescue a two-man F-15E fighter jet crew downed deep inside Iran