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Middle East · 14 September 2026 to 17 September 2026 · 5 headlines · Fox News

A US airman's 50-hour survival after being shot down over Iran

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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