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Pentagon Stays Mum on School Strike, Even as Trump Boasts of Iran Rescue
ByMegan Mineiro April 7, 2026April 7, 2026

President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s eagerness to recount details of the rescue of a downed airman followed weeks of silence on the deadly Tomahawk missile strike on an Iranian school.

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Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Pakistan | Rescues | Trump, Donald J | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026) | War and Armed Conflicts

Here’s What Happened in the War in Iran and the Middle East on Monday
ByEphrat Livni April 6, 2026

President Trump escalated his threats ahead of his pending Tuesday deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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Central Intelligence Agency | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Khamenei, Mojtaba (1969- ) | Nuclear weapons | Persian Gulf | Rescues | Strait of Hormuz | Threats and Threatening Messages | Trump, Donald J | United States Air Force | United States Central Command | United States Defense and Military Forces | United States International Relations | United States Politics and Government | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)

Trump’s Lesson From Risky Rescue: Threaten to Go Harder at Iran
ByDavid E. Sanger April 5, 2026April 6, 2026

In an expletive-laced social media post, the president said Iran should open the Strait of Hormuz or he would bomb bridges and power plants.

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Central Intelligence Agency | Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Rescues | Trump, Donald J | United States Air Force | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026) | War and Armed Conflicts

How the CIA Helped Locate a Missing Airman After Iran Downed a U.S. Fighter Jet
ByJulian E. Barnes April 5, 2026April 5, 2026

The intelligence agency also executed a deception campaign aimed at drawing Iranian forces away from where the missing Air Force officer was hiding.

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Iran | Iran's nuclear programme | Israel | Israel–Iran War | Lebanon | Military Aircraft | Rescues | Strait of Hormuz | United States Air Force | US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)

Here’s What Happened in the War in the Middle East on Friday
ByAshley Ahn April 4, 2026April 4, 2026

An American fighter jet was shot down by Iran for the first time since the start of the war, leading to an urgent search-and-rescue operation for a missing crew member.

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Ex-US Army Pilot Recalls Battle for Survival When Shot Down in Iraq
ByPranav Baskar April 3, 2026April 3, 2026

Ronald Young Jr. was in the Army when his Apache Longbow copter went down during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

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Iran Shoots Down U.S. Fighter Jet, Setting Off American Search and Rescue
ByEric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Thomas Fuller April 3, 2026April 3, 2026

One crew member was rescued. The risky operation to find the second airman came as the United States and Israel struck infrastructure targets in Iran, prompting Iranian retaliation in the Gulf.

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What We Know About the Rescue of a U.S. Airman After Two Jet Crashes
ByNeil Vigdor April 3, 2026April 6, 2026

An airman was rescued on Saturday night, President Trump said. The rescue came after a risky two-day operation deep inside Iran.

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What U.S. military Pilots Are Trained to Do if Shot Down
ByPranav Baskar April 3, 2026

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What U.S. military Pilots Are Trained to Do if Shot Down
ByPranav Baskar April 3, 2026April 4, 2026

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