President Donald Trump announced the U.S. has rescued a crew member of a downed fighter jet that went down behind enemy lines, while levelling new threats against Iran as the war continues.
Trump, in a post to Truth Social on Sunday, said troops had rescued the “seriously wounded, and really brave, F-15 crew member/officer” from inside Iran’s mountains.
“The Iranian Military was looking hard, in big numbers, and getting close,” Trump wrote. He has a lot of respect for Colonel. This type of raid is seldom attempted because of the danger to ‘man and equipment.’”
He went on to say the search and rescue came after a earlier rescue, in which he said the pilot was found. Trump said that first rescue was not publicly confirmed to keep the second operation secret.The rescues of both service members came after the Friday crash of the F-15E Strike Eagle. At the time, Iran had promised a reward for anyone who turned in an “enemy pilot.”
A separate jet that recently went down, a U.S. In a separate post on Truth Social, Trump warned Iran that it would strike the country’s power plants and bridges on Tuesday. The A-10 attack aircraft has not been located, and the crew’s status was not immediately known. In a post filled with expletives, he warned Iran that it would be “living in Hell” if it did not open the Strait of Hormuz. Iran continues to attack Gulf states. This is not the first time that Trump has made threats of this nature during the month-long conflict; he has previously extended them after mediators claimed that progress had been made toward resolving the conflict. Despite the threats from Trump, Iran has shown no signs of slowing down its own military actions against neighbouring Gulf states
Drone attacks on Kuwait resulted in significant damage to power plants and a petrochemical plant. A water desalination plant was also put out of service, according to the country’s Ministry of Electricity. However, no injuries have been reported.
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