The WSO from the downed F-15E is out of Iran and safe. The rescue was a full-on combat operation. • WSO evaded capture using SERE training, hiding on a ridge after hiking from the wreckage • US Special Ops, PJs, and multiple military branches ran a layered extraction mission • IRGC and Basij forces were actively hunting him on the ground • Videos show what appear to be injured and dead Iranian forces from the fighting • Two rescue helicopters took enemy fire and were hit, crew members injured but made it out • An A-10 providing cover crashed in Kuwait, that pilot also ejected safely • No Americans killed "It was a very complex operation to retrieve the downed service member." The F-15E was destroyed on impact. Multiple aircraft were deliberately destroyed to prevent sensitive equipment from falling into Iranian hands.