A US crew member who has been missing since Iran shot down a fighter jet has been rescued, President Donald Trump says. Published On 5 Apr 20265 Apr 2026The missing crew member from a US F-15E jet shot down in Iran on Friday has been found and rescued after a dramatic firefight as United States President Donald Trump set a 48-hour deadline to open the Strait of Hormuz.The waterway through which 20 percent of the oil and gas passes has been under a de facto Iranian blockade in response to the US-Israel war on Iran. Iran’s central military command on Saturday brushed aside Trump’s threat, calling his ultimatum “a helpless, nervous, unbalanced and stupid action”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIran says US-Israeli attacks have killed five people and wounded 170 others at the Mahshahr Petrochemical Zone, and that more than 30 universities have been targeted since the war was launched on February 28.Here is what we know about the latest developments: In Iran
The airman, who Trump said held the rank of colonel, was the second of the two crew of an F-15E that Iran said on Friday had been brought down by its air defences. He was rescued after what was described as a “heavy firefight”. A US government official told Al Jazeera that the rescue occurred after fierce firefights and involved hundreds of special forces.
Iran has yet to comment. On Friday, Iranian officials had urged citizens to help find the missing crew member, hoping to gain leverage against Washington in the war Trump and Israel launched on February 28.
Strikes killed five people overnight in Iran’s southwest during the rescue of the missing US crewmember, Iranian media reported on Sunday.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday claimed it had shot down a US aircraft that was looking for the missing officer in the southern region of I …
