00:19A daring rescue, under fire, inside Iran.
00:24The missing U.S. Airmen, now found, pulled out alive from deep inside enemy territory after a massive firefight.
00:35The operation? High risk, high stakes.
00:39U.S. Special Operations Forces launching a covert mission to extract the downed officer in the heart of contested terrain.
00:49The officer? A weapons systems operator from a downed F-15E fighter jet, shot down just days earlier over Iranian
01:00territory.
01:00Both crew members had ejected, one rescued quickly, but the second left behind, on the ground.
01:09For nearly 36 hours, he survived, evading Iranian forces, avoiding capture as a manhunt closed in.
01:19Iran had mobilized troops, militias, even civilians, offering rewards for his capture, turning the search into a national hunt.
01:30Then, the rescue began. U.S. Delta Force and Special Warfare teams moved in, and the situation exploded into combat.
01:41A massive firefight, gunfire, chaos, enemy resistance.
01:47But the mission continued against all odds. Even supporting aircraft came under threat.
01:54An A-10 involved in the mission reportedly hit, helicopters damaged by ground fire.
02:01But in the end, the objective was achieved. The missing officer successfully extracted, alive.
02:10This marks a turning point. The first confirmed ground combat engagement of this war, inside Iran.
02:18A mission that shows the risks, the reach, and the resolve of U.S. forces to bring their own home.
02:27But it also raises a bigger question. If ground combat has already begun, what comes next?
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