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Ms. Toad

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11. Recovered, per Al Jazeera.

Reply to Prairie Gates (Original post)

Sun Apr 5, 2026, 12:04 AM

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A US government official tells Al Jazeera that the second crew member from the downed F-15E jet has been “recovered” in Iran following a “heavy firefight”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/4/5/iran-war-live-tehran-rejects-trumps-ultimatum-fire-at-kuwait-oil-complex

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UNCONFIRMED UPDATE: Second downed pilot recovered after firefight [View all] Prairie Gates Saturday OP

as expected in a war. we are getting off lightly so far nt msongs Saturday #1

*By Iranian MEDIA AKA Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp propaganda WarGamer Saturday #2

Thank God our propaganda is spot on JBTaurus83 Saturday #4

13,000 sorties 2 aircraft shot down. Analyze that. I'd love to hear it WarGamer Saturday #5

I don't have to analyze anything JBTaurus83 Saturday #6

You're mad at a reported firefight? dpibel Saturday #8

Seems this was accurate reportage dpibel Sunday #15

Not what you want to hear when a USAF pilot is missing. Irish_Dem Saturday #3

UNCONFIRMED: Second pilot recovered alive after firefight Prairie Gates Saturday #7

If this is true, then kudos to all those involved in the recovery. MarineCombatEngineer Sunday #9

Agenda Free TV is covering this news right now rollin74 Sunday #10

Recovered, per Al Jazeera. Ms. Toad Sunday #11

Axios is saying rescued, but it's foggy. I guess we'll know tomorrow for sure. LeftInTX Sunday #13

New York Times is saying rescued and saved and add that crew member is injured Prairie Gates Sunday #14

Axios is covering it. Resuced by US. LeftInTX Sunday #12