{"id":42253,"date":"2026-04-05T21:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42253"},"modified":"2026-04-05T21:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T21:53:00","slug":"rescue-of-second-f-15-airman-in-iran-was-easter-miracle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42253","title":{"rendered":"Rescue of Second F-15 Airman in Iran Was &#8216;Easter Miracle&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Donald Trump is calling the rescue of the second airman from the downed F-15E in Iran on Saturday an \u201cEaster miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump commented on the U.S. special operations forces\u2019 rescue, which officials said was a high-risk combat search-and-rescue mission, in a text message to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2040756233339121835\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kwelkernbc\/status\/2040756233339121835\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rescue was an Easter Miracle. The enemy was large and violent. The rescuers were brilliant, strong, decisive, and as cool as anyone can be,\u201d Trump said, according to NBC News\u00a0<em>Meet the Press<\/em> moderator Kristen Welker.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Iranians thought they had him, but it wasn\u2019t even close, and remember, we got two, but couldn\u2019t talk about the first in that it would have highlighted that there was a second,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The president called it a first-of-its-kind rescue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">\u201cSuch a rescue has never happened before in so violent an enemy territory.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>It is usually not done because it is considered not doable. Such a great military \u2014 Like no other. Happy Easter! President DJT,\u201d he concluded in his message.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<p>The pilot of the F-15E was rescued shortly after it was downed by Iranian forces Thursday night, but the location of the weapons system officer (WSO) was not determined by U.S. personnel until Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The recue unfolded as Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) attempted to locate the WSO.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/04\/u-s-rescues-second-f%e2%80%9115-airman-in-iran-after-firefight-all-personnel-safe\/\">noted<\/a>, citing reports:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>U.S. air assets conducted strikes to prevent Iranian forces from closing in, while special operations units on the ground executed a layered extraction under fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">The weapons systems officer had evaded capture after ejecting alongside the pilot, using Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) training to move away from the wreckage and take cover on elevated terrain while activating an emergency beacon, according to reporting\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenGriffinFNC\/status\/2040637421373505989\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">cited<\/a>\u00a0by<em> Fox News<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>There was fighting on the ground during the mission, though no U.S. personnel were killed, according to sources familiar with the operation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Trump said Sunday morning in a Truth Social post:<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col space-y-4\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col relative z-0\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col space-y-4\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col space-y-2\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>We have rescued the seriously wounded, and really brave, F-15 Crew Member\/Officer, from deep inside the mountains of Iran. The Iranian Military was looking hard, in big numbers, and getting close. He is a highly respected Colonel. This type of raid is seldom attempted because of the danger to \u201cman and equipment.\u201d It just doesn\u2019t happen! The second raid came after the first one, where we rescued the pilot in broad daylight, also unusual, spending seven hours over Iran. An AMAZING show of bravery and talent by all! I will be having a News Conference, with the Military, at the Oval Office, on Monday, at 1:00 P.M. God Bless our great MILITARY WARRIORS! President DONALD J. TRUMP<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/116351956955900185\/embed\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Soon after, Trump emphasized that Iran is running out of time to open the Hormuz Strait before he unleashes destruction on Iranian infrastructure such as energy plants and bridges.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex flex-col space-y-4\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col relative z-0\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col space-y-4\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col space-y-2\">\n<p>\u201cTuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin\u2019 Strait, you crazy bastards, or you\u2019ll be living in Hell \u2014 JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; border: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/116351998782539414\/embed\" width=\"600\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/05\/trump-rescue-of-second-f-15-airman-in-iran-was-easter-miracle\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump is calling the rescue of the second airman from the downed F-15E in Iran on Saturday an \u201cEaster miracle.\u201d Trump commented on the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}