Trump: US Service Member Has Been Rescued

A US service member who has been missing since Iran shot down a fighter jet has been rescued, President Trump said in a Truth Social post early Sunday. The crew member has been missing since Friday, when Iran downed a US F-15E Strike Eagle, the AP reports. A second crew member was rescued earlier. "WE GOT HIM," Trump wrote, calling the rescue "one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History." He said it involved "dozens of aircraft." Trump wrote that the aviator is injured but "will be just fine."

• "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," Trump wrote.
• "This miraculous Search and Rescue Operation comes in addition to a successful rescue of another brave Pilot, yesterday, which we did not confirm, because we did not want to jeopardize our second rescue operation," the president added.

The fighter jet was the first US aircraft to have crashed in Iranian territory since the conflict began in late February. A frantic US search-and-rescue operation unfolded after the crash of the F-15E jet on Friday, focusing on a mountainous region in Iran's southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad. Iran also promised a reward for anyone who turned in the "enemy pilot."