Iran propaganda machine goes into overdrive after US pilots rescue

Iranian military claimed that the US rescue operation, which saved two trapped American airmen, had been 'completely foiled.' The statement came after US President Donald Trump said that the officer had been rescued in a search and rescue operation and was 'SAFE and SOUND.' It comes after US special forces had to destroy two of their own planes as they completed an audacious rescue of the airman trapped behind enemy lines. The airman, alongside a pilot, had been in an F-15 fighter jet, which was shot down over a remote area of Iran. The pilot had safely ejected and was rescued by two military helicopters the same day, but the second crew member had remained missing.