Bay is known for directing the movies "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi," in 2016 and the 2001 film, "Pearl Harbor." The two pilots flew an Air Force F-15E fighter jet, which Iran shot down last month amid the conflict in the Middle East.
President Donald J. Trump on Monday vowed that his administration would identify the “leaker” who revealed that the U.S. military was unable to immediately rescue the second pilot shot down over Iran last week. “We’re looking very hard to find that leaker,” the President said during a White House briefing discussing the successful rescue operation to extract the two U.S. airmen who were forced to eject from their F-15E deep inside Iran. The post Trump Vows to Find ‘Sick’ Media Leaker Who Put Mission to Rescue Downed Pilot ‘At Great Risk.’ appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: President Donald J. Trump on Monday vowed that his administration would identify the “leaker” who revealed that the U.S. military was unable to immediately rescue the second U.S. airman shot down over Iran last week. WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, the U.S. military, the corporate media , and a suspected leaker. WHEN & WHERE: The comments were made during a White House press conference on Monday, April 6, 2026. KEY QUOTE: “We have to find that leaker because that is a sick person; probably didn’t realize the extent of how bad it was… They put this mission at great risk.” — President Trump IMPACT: While the F-15E’s pilot was swiftly rescued in a daring daytime extraction, the downed…Open
On April 4, U.S. forces successfully completed the rescues of two American service members from Iran after their F-15E fighter jet was shot down April 2 during a combat mission.
President Trump will brief reporters on Monday afternoon, one day after issuing an expletive-laden threat with a deadline for Tehran. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the F—in’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell – JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP,” Trump wrote in on Truth Social. Trump earlier Sunday morning announced a downed U.S. airman was rescued in Iran. “My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations in U.S. History, for one of our incredible Crew Member Officers, who also happens to be a highly…
An injured Air Force colonel navigated rugged terrain with a bounty on his head after his F-15E was shot down in southern Iran, according to news reports.
An Air Force officer of a F-15E Strike Eagle shot down on Friday by Iran spent a day in hostile territory with little more than a pistol for protection.
Tehran placed a bounty of £50,000 on the head of the weapons systems operator who ejected from his F-15E Strike Eagle (right, an ejector seat from the downed plane) on Friday moments before the jet [...]
State of the Union: Multiple U.S. aircraft were shot down or damaged The post Iran War Enters 36th Day: After U.S. Aircraft Downed, Trump Says Open Hormuz or Face ‘All Hell’ appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Iran War entered its 36th day on Saturday as American forces continued searching for a missing crew member from a downed F-15E fighter jet. Two U.S. rescue helicopters involved in the search for the missing F-15E crew member were hit by Iranian fire during the operation. An anonymous official told the Washington Post that they managed to leave Iranian airspace. Mehr News Agency on Saturday published photos purporting to show a heavily damaged U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter at an airbase in Kuwait, claiming it was hit by an Iranian drone while on a search-and-rescue mission for the missing crew member of the downed F-15E. A second U.S. aircraft, an A-10 attack jet, was also lost on Friday. Two U.S. officials told the New York…Open
One of two crew members of a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle has been rescued after being shot down in Iran.