Operation to remove the crew member from the country is still ongoing, US government official tells Al Jazeera
1-MIN READ1-MINSCMP ReporterPublished: 12:14pm, 5 Apr 2026The second crew member of a downed US F-15E fighter jet has been located following a “heavy firefight”, a US government official told Al Jazeera.
The missing airman had been confirmed rescued but was not yet safe, as the operation to extract the crew member from Iranian territory was still ongoing, the report said.
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