00:00A lot of great people and it was an honor to be involved with it. It's very historic. This is
00:07a rescue that's very historic. It'll go down to the books. Late Thursday night, an American F-15 fighter jet
00:15went down deep inside enemy territory in Iran while participating in Operation Epic Fury, where we're doing unbelievably well, well
00:26at a level that nobody's ever seen before.
00:30The entire country can be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night. Both members of
00:38the crew ejected from the aircraft and landed alive on Iranian soil. I immediately was asked to make a decision.
00:48I ordered the U.S. Armed Forces to do whatever was necessary to bring our brave warriors back home. A
00:54risky decision because we could have ended up with 100 dead as opposed to
00:59to one or two. It's a hard decision to make. But in the United States military, we leave no American
01:07behind. We don't do it. Within hours, our armed forces deployed 21 military aircraft into hostile airspace, many flying at
01:16very low altitude, being shot by bullets.
01:20You bring rifles into play when you're going that low. But there are also certain advantages. And in broad daylight
01:28over Iran for seven hours, at times facing very, very heavy enemy fire. We have a helicopter that's got a
01:36lot of bullets in it. It's amazing.
01:38It's amazing.
01:44It's amazing.
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