US President Donald Trump on Monday revealed dramatic new details of the daring rescue of the second downed member of an F‑15E crew in Iran, describing how the severely injured Air Force officer survived nearly 48 hours behind what he called “enemy lines” before being extracted in one of the most complex missions in recent US history.
The officer, a colonel known by the call sign “Dude Bravo 44”, was part of a downed F-15E Strike Eagle crew. While the pilot was quickly recovered near Isfahan, the weapons systems officer landed a significant distance away and remained stranded in hostile terrain, The New York Post reported.
