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US service member missing after Iran shot down fighter jet has been rescued

April 05, 2026

A U.S. service member who was missing since Iran shot down a fighter jet has been rescued, President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post early Sunday. Trump wrote that the aviator is injured but “will be just fine,” adding that he took refuge “in the treacherous mountains of Iran.”

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