Airman shot down in Iran shares harrowing rescue story
The US military blew up two damaged MC-130J special operations transport aircraft that had been waiting to take the commandos and the rescued airman out of the country.
Wreckage, seen on April 5, from what Iranian authorities say is a US military helicopter that crashed during a mission to rescue the missing American pilot of an F-15E jet that was downed.
Iran Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance/Handout/Getty Images The American airman rescued from Iran after his aircraft was shot down in April shared for the first time details about the risky recovery operation during a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday.
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