U.S. Rescues Downed Pilot in Iran as War Escalates and Gulf Infrastructure Comes Under Fire. The rescue unfolded in silence, high above the mountains of Iran, where a lone American pilot had spent hours evading capture. By the time U.S. aircraft closed in, the aviator—downed when an F-15E fighter jet was shot out of the … Continue reading US Pilot Pulled from Iran as War Spreads Across Gulf