US rescues second crew member of downed F-15E fighter jet from Iran

The rescue of the air man from the F-15E fighter jet was announced by Donald Trump in a late night social media post

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The second crew member of a downed F-15E fighter jet has been rescued by US commandos overnight, ending a dramatic two-day search after the warplane crashed in south-west Iran.

The crew member, a colonel and weapons systems officer, had sustained some injuries but was successfully extracted by US special forces, Donald Trump said in a social media post soon after midnight EST.