we have no name...no update...just dropped after the movie version of victory...since it was a failed mission.

If there was a second pilot, was he captured?

CNN Pentagon correspondent.

Krasnov eliminated the Pentagon press corps. I have heard no one ask this administration about the failed uranium extraction raid.

We lost millions of dollars in aircraft, hopefully we didn't lose any troops.

I posted on here it was Orwellian because everything was so vague. It was unlike Trump not to want to parade him around. I get he was supposedly hurt, but again, Trump being Trump, there would have been pictures of the downed pilot thanking Trump for his rescue.

And at that rank most likely either squadron commander or the strike package Commander

It was Jessica Lynch.

Another FAILURE invading a desert country.

But But trump was a genius for sending out a secret mission.

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just assumed that the rear seater was a top level ops officer, Colonel or Brig General who was in direct charge of a special air operation -- and may not have actually been allowed to be up their in the first place -- and they didn't want that person captured for obvious reasons. That person may now be in the shits, hence no word on name, etc.

I would put nothing past these lying fucks, though, and if they fucked up a special ops mission and are spinning it as a dramatic Entebe level mission, sounds plausible.

I know exactly what type of organization India-Today is. As a matter of fact, this is the first time I have even clicked on it.

The fact that India - Today reported this makes it all the more believable to me.

75% of the links that people do here are right wing, it is one of my pet peeves.

Feel free to alert on me for citing a right wing news source but the narrative it portrays certainly isn't right wing.

Did you even read what the article said?

The amount of aircraft involved in a rescue mission is extremely not normal and certainly wasn't a made up internet conspiracy theory. There is enough evidence out there that common sense would tell me that this was more than a rescue mission.

One of the reasons that General Randy George was fired was because he said that a mission to secure Iran's uranium was foolhardy.

I doubt that Krasnov or Whiskey Pete would ever go public about a failed mission.

Without a viable Pentagon press corps we are in the dark.

That's plenty of aircraft to extract an aircrew.

Coincidentally, they could safely extract more than a few tons of uranium.

"Israel's Oct 7 false flag from Gaza was just an excuse to move in and capture the largest natural gas deposits in the region. Lebanon also has mass deposits making Israel monstrously rich" - @FinanceLancelot

You're relying on a lunatic for your claim.

Were they near enough a known storage site to serve as a base of operations?

Or were they a diversion?

Double super secret storage site, perhaps?

The victor can write the history books.

At the time I recall wondering about the second pilot, and the lack of reporting about this massive "rescue" operation.

Any US outlets reporting on this “story”?

Sweet summer child. 🙄

"But conspiracy theories fill the void for unanswered questions. In the US and Israel's war against Iran, the latest theory circulating on social media alleges..."

"No official confirmation or credible evidence has yet emerged to substantiate these allegations."

Look, if there had been a second pilot rescued during a valiant attempt on Easter, no less, then don't you think Trump would be parading that person around like the Door Dash Grannie so that he could get his proper praise?

No name, no story, no interviews, no family, nothing...

It's almost like another ear grew back.

Any General who was foolish enough to disagree with him got taken out and shot. Problem solved.

Has anyone seen or heard from this pilot who was reportedly rescued?

You would think they would put him or his family on tv to crow about how wonderful the pedo-in-chief is.

To my knowledge nothing close to that has happened.

There was way too much equipment and manpower brought in to rescue one pilot.

We reportedly blew up our 2 AC130 airplanes valued at 100 million a plane along with 2 helicopters and I think they would parade
this heroic pilot out to thank everyone. Or at least tell us how he is doing.

Did we really rescue the pilot?

I am not sure.

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But I am surprised at the number of people in the thread falling all over themselves to swallow without question the Trump regime’s version of events. Talk about weird.

and start from there. Or you can note that the plane came down in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, but the anonymous tweeters claim "the primary stockpile is located at Isfahan, exactly where the pilot was lost", but that is in Isfahan province, over 100 km from Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province.

Then you could wonder if we are "defending the Trump regime’s version of events", or just trying to keep basic facts and reality in view, as opposed to believing an anonymous tweeter who also claims the Oct 7 attacks were an Israeli false flag.

Everything out of this administration should be viewed with suspicion, questions about veracity, etc., Skepticism. And I mean EVERYTHING. Why? Because they're all a bunch of confirmed serial fucking liars.

I would have thought that would be obvious to everyone by now. And frankly, nobody here knows what the "facts" are so "establishing" them, with this cabal in charge, is virtually impossible.

That story is that an anonymous person who also claims Oct 7th was a false flag operation is lying about where Isfahan is, and using that as their "evidence" that the rescue was really a failed attempt to seize uranium. This is not an accusation from someone with any credibility - and India Today notes that. But the OP claims "overwhelming evidence" that it was about uranium. That is the "weird" thing here.

I if claimed that Trump was running Uighur slave labour camps, and I had no credible evidence for that, I'd hope several DUers would pull me up, and point out the holes in my claims. Even though Trump is evil and corrupt enough to be willing to do it.

The source is best used to cover the bottom of the birdcage

I was wondering why he wasn't taking advantage of a grand photo opportunity

Plane and pilot went down 100 miles away supposedly. I doubt an injured pilot traveled that far on foot.
If it was really a rescue they would be parading him around non stop.

Also seems strange the amount and type of military hardware used

There were large numbers of aircraft as part of the rescue - the grifter let that slip at a presser.

I remember hearing something about some planes that crashed as part of the "rescue", which were destroyed by us...so they wouldn't get the technology. It was something that made me go "HUH?"

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The US crewmember was on the ground for 30+ hours?
Planes have a limited amount of fuel/munitions to stay in the area defending/looking for him, and I believe they kept a search up in another area also to throw off the Iranian's.
If even 20 planes were up at once over the area for 30+ hours that would be 100's+ as they rotated back for fuel/munitions every few hours and were replaced with fresh planes.

very first words are "In the fog of war, clarity often arrives late. But conspiracy theories fill the void"
It's outright telling you the article is based on social media gossip

Defence Security Asia - don't know much about them or their backers.

(DEFENCE SECURITY ASIA) — The American extraction of a surviving F-15E Strike Eagle crew member inside Iran has rapidly evolved from a celebrated rescue operation into an explosive geopolitical confrontation carrying potentially far-reaching nuclear implications.

Iranian officials now claim the operation was never primarily intended to recover the missing American weapons systems officer, but instead masked a covert raid targeting sensitive material inside central Iran.

Because the reported American landing zone allegedly differed dramatically from the believed location of the surviving airman, Tehran argues the rescue narrative conceals a deeper strategic objective.

President Donald Trump described the operation as a daring triumph, declaring “WE GOT HIM!” after American special forces extracted the surviving crew member following approximately thirty-six hours inside Iranian territory.

https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/tabas-ii-iran-claims-us-f15e-rescue-mission-was-cover-for-secret-uranium-raid-near-isfahan/