{"id":400166,"date":"2026-04-06T00:33:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/f15e-airman-rescue-iran-daring-mission\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T00:33:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T14:33:37","slug":"easter-miracle-2nd-us-f-15e-airman-rescued-in-daring-iran-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=400166","title":{"rendered":"Easter Miracle: 2nd US F-15E Airman Rescued In Daring Iran Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US has successfully rescued the second airman onboard the F-15E Strike Eagle downed over Iran on Friday. US forces conducted a daring search and rescue<\/a><\/span> mission that ultimately resulted in the stranded Weapons System Officer (WSO) being extracted by helicopter from a remote mountain crevice, a moment that President Trump has labeled an “Easter miracle.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The WSO spent around 36 hours on the run behind enemy lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19759,396,2125,412,8994,423,1328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2026-iran-crisis","category-aircraft","category-f-15","category-military","category-rescue","category-united-states","category-united-states-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t