US military rescues pilot after F-15E shot down over Iran

US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday morning that a US soldier, who went missing after his F-15E fighter jet was shot down in Iran, has been rescued. According to observers, the rescue followed an intense firefight between Iranian security forces and US rescue teams.

The US and Iran had been competing to locate the airman for nearly two days. As the war between the US-Israel and Iran entered its 37th day, Tehran had called on civilians to find the soldier and hand him over to authorities in an attempt to take a US prisoner of war.