‘WE GOT HIM’: Trump declares success after US airman shot down in Iran rescued | EUROtoday

A lacking U.S. fighter pilot who was shot down in Iran has been rescued, Donald Trump has introduced.

“WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History,” the president posted on Truth Social late Saturday night time.

The determined race to seek out the F-150 crew member had been ongoing for nearly three days after the plane was shot down Friday whereas endeavor army operations in Iran.

Iranian authorities had provided a bounty to anybody who fingers over the lacking pilot alive, a state tv anchor introduced. White House officers had remained largely silent on the search.

In his put up Trump mentioned that the “incredible” crew member, “who also happens to be a highly respected Colonel,” was now “SAFE and SOUND!”

“This brave Warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran, being hunted down by our enemies, who were getting closer and closer by the hour, but was never truly alone because his Commander in Chief, Secretary of War, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and fellow Warfighters were monitoring his location 24 hours a day, and diligently planning for his rescue,” the president wrote.

“At my direction, the U.S. Military sent dozens of aircraft, armed with the most lethal weapons in the World, to retrieve him.”

Trump added that the pilot had sustained accidents in the course of the crash however “will be just fine.”

Prior to Saturday night time’s put up, the president had not addressed the general public in regards to the search-and-rescue operation, and final appeared publicly on the Supreme Court on Wednesday, after which he delivered a nationwide deal with in regards to the battle.

He is staying on the White House by means of Easter weekend, reasonably than at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, and doesn’t have any public occasions scheduled, resulting in hypothesis on-line about is absence, although the White House was fast to close down rumors that it was for health-related causes.

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