Tonight’s operation in Southern Iran which resulted in the successful rescue of a Weapons System Officer (WSO) onboard an American F-15E Strike Eagle downed Friday over Iran, involved hundreds of special forces troops and other military personnel, including members of the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team Six, dozens of fighter and strike aircraft, helicopters, and cyber, space and other intelligence capabilities, officials tell The New York Times.
Senior military officials described the mission to rescue the airman as “one of the most challenging and complex in the history of U.S. Special Operations” given the mountainous terrain, the airman’s injuries and Iranian forces rushing to the location in the mountains of Southern Iran.
The WSO evaded Iranian forces for more than 24 hours, at one point hiking up a 7,000ft ridgeline, a senior U.S. military official said. U.S. attack aircraft dropped bombs and opened fire on Iranian convoys to keep them away from the area where the airman was hiding. As U.S. Special Forces converged on the downed airman, they fired their weapons to keep Iranian forces away from the rescue site, but did not engage in a firefight with the Iranians.
In a final twist after the officer was rescued, two transport planes that would carry the commandos and the airmen to safety got stuck at a remote base in Iran. Commanders decided to fly in three new planes to extract all the U.S. military personnel and the airman, and they blew up the two disabled planes rather than have them fall into the hands of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The missing WSO from the shot-down USAF F-15E is now safe and back in American hands. An officer involved in monitoring the CSAR in southern Iran describing the aviator’s incredible tenacity: “He evaded up a 7k ridge. They’ve been schwackin’ dudes chasing him all day. Was nuts.” #iran #csar
ISIS guy with a gun at Old Dominion got fileted by a corn-fed ROTC berserker with a knife.
Lunatic at the Michigan synagogue didn't even get out of his car before security blew him away so badly that he can't even be ID'ed
Americans don't mess around 🇺🇸
Additional details have been released about today’s attempted mass shooting at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, with reports suggesting that the intended target of the shooter, identified as Ex-National Guardsman Mohamed Bailor Jalloh, 36, was ODU’s Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). According to reports, Jalloh stormed into a classroom inside ODU’s Constant Hall and asked if this was the ROTC. When someone confirmed that it was, he launched what is now being investigated as a terrorist attack, shooting the professor several times, resulting in the death of the retired military officer in charge of the school’s ROTC Program. However, before he could turn his gun on the rest of the class, several cadets jumped on Jalloh, with one cadet stabbing him over 22 times, killing him, likely saving dozens of lives at ODU.
Sailors onboard a passing ship in the northern Arabian Sea have a barbecue while watching the USS Abraham Lincoln as she launches and recovers Iran strike packages.
Dear Iranian Sleeper Cells,
We understand that Buffalo Wild Wings and Cold Beers are way better than serving a master that no longer exists.
We hear you.
Don't start none, won't be none.
Stay cool and have a cold one.
Ya hear?
Per a War Department source, US F-35 fighter jets engaged and destoryed a sortie of Iranian Mig 29s that took off from Mazariyeh Air Base at the start of hostilities.
Really impressive video of a Shahed being shot down by an F-16 fighter jet from the 107th Aviation Wing of the Ukrainian Air Force.
The interception was carried out using the aircraft’s M61A1 Vulcan onboard rotary cannon.
USN P-8 Poseidon returning from likely patrol over the North Atlantic/GIUK Gap, amid reports that Russia has dispatched a submarine to the area as the U.S. pursues sanctioned, Russian flagged tanker Marinara, formerly known as Bella 1.
Así empezó el ataque en Venezuela, hubo un ciberataque, un apago y a las dos horas Maduro ya había sido llevado a un barco y se lo estaba preparando para ir a NY, así terminaron dos décadas de fascismo chavista
For all the folks wringing their hands in fake moral outrage over Pres. Trump’s action on Maduro, you have ZERO understanding of the geopolitical significance this action for not just Venezuela but for Western Civilization..let this Venezuelan educate u 👇🏾