The injured pilot spent more than 24 hours in the mountains of Iran before being rescued by special forces on Saturday night.
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Two pilots have been rescued from an F-15 jet that crashed on Friday. According to US officials, one pilot was rescued immediately after the crash. The other pilot was rescued on Saturday night. US President Donald Trump spoke to the American media outlet Axios about the rescue operation. According to him, the US had set up a temporary barracks in Iran to rescue the second pilot. The pilot had sent a radio message to US soldiers. ‘The message was coming from the US soldier’s radio set about his whereabouts.’ However, at first, officers suspected that he had been captured by Iran and that the Iranians were sending this message to capture more soldiers,’ Trump said.
‘The radio message sounded like a call to God.’ "That's the kind of language that Muslims often use," he added, "but people who knew the pilot told the officer that he was a religious man."
The pilot, who was injured, spent more than 24 hours in the mountains of Iran before being rescued by special forces on Saturday night. Trump said about 200 troops were deployed on the mission.
Iran had made a major effort to capture the pilot. The Iranian government had also announced a reward for anyone who captured him.
The pilot rescued on Friday and the pilot rescued on Monday fell within a few miles of each other, US military officials said. They were surrounded by hundreds of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) soldiers, according to US military officials.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) provided little assistance in rescuing both pilots. A security official said that Israel did not provide any information about the location of the pilot's fall during the operation. However, they said that they provided information about the general conditions of the ground. Similarly, the IDF also attacked a place to create a barrier. As a result, Iranian forces were not able to reach the scene.
'They are good partners. They are great and brave people. We are like big brothers and they are like little brothers,' Trump said of Israel.
