Trump signals end to Iran conflict
Note: this story ID's title references Trump predicting an end to the Iran war and falling oil prices, but the only cached source for it is a CBS '60 Minutes' account of a US Air Force officer's survival after being shot down; writing from that actual content. An Air Force colonel known only by the call sign 'Bravo,' the weapons-systems officer aboard an F-15E Strike Eagle flying under callsign Dude 44, described surviving a roughly 50-hour ordeal after an Iranian shoulder-fired missile hit his aircraft on April 2 during a strike on facilities tied to Iran's drone and missile program near Isfahan. Bravo told CBS he prayed as his parachute appeared to fail during the fall -- breaking three bones on landing -- then evaded capture through a two-day manhunt before being recovered. US Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper, describing the broader air campaign, said American forces held air superiority over Iran but 'clearly we weren't flying over Kansas.'
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17 September 2026
- Trump hints at a 'big decision' he's about to make on the war in Iran Fox News
- President Trump hints at a 'big decision coming up' on the war in Iran Fox News