In a triumphant post on Truth Social this morning, US President Donald Trump announced the second US service member of the downed F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet had been rescued.
The high-stakes search began after the aircraft was shot down over Iran on Friday, with state media releasing photos of what it claimed was wreckage of the jet, as well as a damaged ejection seat which CNN analysis found was consistent with that of an F-15E. The first crew member was rescued alive shortly after the crash.
Trump has touted the operation as “the first time in military memory that two U.S. Pilots have been rescued, separately, deep in Enemy Territory.”
The precise details of the…