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Newly declassified footage shows the rescue of two U.S. Air Force officers after their F-15E multirole fighter was shot down over Iran in April.
The two pilots ejected and landed roughly five miles apart in mountainous terrain south of Isfahan as Iranian forces searched for them.
Alpha was recovered eight hours after ejecting in a risky daytime recovery mission involving 21 U.S. aircraft.
Bravo remained behind Iranian lines for roughly two days. He suffered a broken back and other injuries after his damaged parachute caused a hard landing, but still managed to climb a 7,000-foot mountain ridge before two Air Force pararescuemen reached him and brought him to a U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter.
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