The U.S. pulled off a daring rescue of two aviators whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, plucking the pilot from behind enemy lines before setting off a complicated extraction of the second service member who hid deep in the mountains as Tehran called for Iranians to help capture him.
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The CIA looked to throw off Iran’s government before the crew member was found, launching a deception campaign to spread word inside the Islamic republic that it had already located him.
Even as U.S. President Donald Trump and other U.S. officials described an almost cinematic mission,…
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