The U.S.military released dramatic new video on Tuesday showing parts of one of the largest combat search-and-rescue operations in its history, including the moment elite Air Force pararescue operators reached a badly injured American airman stranded deep inside Iran.The footage documents portions of the massive April operation to rescue the two-man crew of an F-15E Strike Eagle, call sign Dude 44, after the fighter was shot down by an Iranian shoulder-fired missile.The pilot, known as Dude44 Alpha, and the backseat weapons systems officer, Dude44 Bravo, ejected from the aircraft and landed miles apart, leaving both stranded inside Iran.While Dude44 Alpha was rescued after a little more than six hours, Dude44 Bravo suffered a broken back, arm and shoulder after a damaged parachute led to a hard landing.
He remained stranded for nearly two days before U.S.forces reached him.HOLLYWOOD LEGEND MAKING MOVIE ABOUT EPIC IRAN RESCUE MISSION TO SAVE F-15 FIGHTER JET CREWNewly released U.S.
military video shows Air Force pararescue operators reaching Dude44 Bravo on a mountain ridgeline after the injured airman spent nearly two days stranded inside Iran.(U.S.
Air Forces Central)The newly released video shows U.S.military helicopters searching for Bravo as American forces worked to locate and recover him.Despite his injuries, Bravo moved away from his landing site and began climbing toward a roughly 7,000-foot ridgeline as daylight revealed the desert valley and steep cliffs surrounding him.The footage also shows American bombers and drones striking Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces that were in close proximity to Bravo.TRUMP RETALIATES AFTER IRAN ATTACK AS EXPERT WARNS REGIME IS GROWING MORE DANGEROUSU.S.
military helicopters search for Dude44 Bravo during a massive combat search-and-rescue operation after his F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran in April.(U.S.
Air Forces Central)"There was clear intent out of the Iranian ground force to come find those two guys,"...