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The latest in the war with Iran, a rescue mission, profanity-laced threats from the

president, and a record-setting military budget request.

On Friday, an American F-15 aircraft was shot down over Iran.

The air crew ejected landing far inside enemy territory.

Several hundred or more special operations forces took part in this rescue effort,

and what made this particularly challenging was the mountainous terrain.

NPR's Tom Bowman spoke with Pentagon officials, familiar with the mission.

But U.S. forces trained for this very scenario, retrieving a down pilot in the mountains of the

American West. And the air crews themselves go through rigorous training to survive and invade

an enemy. Search and rescue helicopters found the pilot of the plane within a couple of hours,

but the search continued for the

second airman until late Saturday. His weapons officer, a colonel, spent again two days evading

Iranian militia and revolutionary guard forces. He was eventually plucked from a crevasse

some 7,000 feet high. I'm told by a U.S. official he's in stable condition, though no detail on his wounds.

He was flown by helicopter to Kuwait.

The pilot was rescued in broad daylight, according to President Trump, who celebrated the mission on social media.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries also praised it on ABCs this week.

Well, I'm thankful that a second U.S. airmen has been rescued heroically by our special forces,

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