A daring US Air Force rescue operation in Iran successfully retrieved two downed F-15E pilots after two days of intense combat and deception. Despite significant aircraft losses, including two C-130s and a helicopter, the mission upheld the ‘no man left behind’ ethos. The costly operation underscores America’s commitment to its airmen, sending a powerful message of unwavering support.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A daring US Air Force rescue operation in Iran successfully retrieved two downed F-15E pilots after two days of intense combat and deception. Despite significant aircraft losses, including two C-130s and a helicopter, the mission upheld the ‘no man left behind’ ethos. The costly operation underscores America’s commitment to its airmen, sending a powerful message… Read More »Op ‘epic’ rescue: How much it cost US to save F-15E pilot & why America destroyed its own planes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":102019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102018"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}