FROM TASK & PURPOSE---US COMMANDOS RESCUE DOWNED F-15 CREW MEMBER IN IRAN

Special operations teams raced against Iran to locate the missing airman, setting up a temporary airstrip to extract U.S. forces.

American special operations forces located and extracted the missing F-15E crew member in southwestern Iran overnight. The complex recovery mission involved hundreds of troops, a forward operation point inside the country and multiple aircraft being flown in — with some being destroyed by the U.S. after they failed on the ground. MORE AT US commandos rescue downed F-15 crew member in Iran