A Harrowing Race Against Time to Find a Downed U.S. Airman in Iran

Scritto il 06/04/2026
da Greg Jaffe, Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes

For the Iranians, the Air Force colonel whose fighter jet had been shot down was possible leverage. For the U.S. military, finding him was a moral imperative.An image shared by Iranian state television on social media purported to show the site of the U.S. aircraft destroyed during the mission to find a stranded airman in Iran.