rescue

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New dangers have emerged on the battlefield, demonstrated by the downing of two U.S. aircraft Friday, prompting a series of risky rescue missions, including the expansive operation Saturday that retrieved a missing weapons systems officer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

On one trip we took together to Connecticut, he told me the story of his clash with Patton and his rescue by Eisenhower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Some US analysts have described the loss of an F-15E deep inside Iranian territory, followed by the destruction of several rescue aircraft, as showing the limitations of the US air power.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Iranian media likened the rescue operation to the US military's disastrous Operation Eagle Claw in 1980, an attempt to rescue more than 50 Americans at the US embassy in Tehran.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

“If I end up in the sea, it’s your job to rescue me, yes?”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell