Day: April 5, 2026
Tonight’s operation in Southern Iran which resulted in the successful rescue of a Weapons System Officer (WSO) onboard an American F-15E Strike Eagle downed Friday over Iran, involved hundreds of special forces troops and other military personnel, including members of the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team Six, dozens of fighter and strike aircraft, helicopters, and cyber, space and other intelligence capabilities, officials tell The New York Times.
Senior military officials described the mission to rescue the airman as “one of the most challenging and complex in the history of U.S. Special Operations” given the mountainous terrain, the airman’s injuries and Iranian forces rushing to the location in the mountains of Southern Iran.
The WSO evaded Iranian forces for more than 24 hours, at one point hiking up a 7,000ft ridgeline, a senior U.S. military official said. U.S. attack aircraft dropped bombs and opened fire on Iranian convoys to keep them away from the area where the airman was hiding. As U.S. Special Forces converged on the downed airman, they fired their weapons to keep Iranian forces away from the rescue site, but did not engage in a firefight with the Iranians.
In a final twist after the officer was rescued, two transport planes that would carry the commandos and the airmen to safety got stuck at a remote base in Iran. Commanders decided to fly in three new planes to extract all the U.S. military personnel and the airman, and they blew up the two disabled planes rather than have them fall into the hands of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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Armenian publicist, writer, socio-political figure, and traveler Zori Balayan has died, according to Armenian media reports cited by AzerNEWS. His death was confirmed by his son, Hayk Balayan.
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This day in 1945, Georgian uprising on the island of Texel, the Netherlands. Georgian soldiers revolted against their German colleagues. The fighting continued until Canadian troops arrived 20 May 1945 to enforce the German surrender. #WW2
— WWII Pictures (@WWIIpix) Apr 5, 2026
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UPDATE: US Aircraft Casualties as of 05/04/2026
— #OperationEpicFury —Following further review of the imagery from Kuwait, I have downgraded the assessment to a single CH-47F damaged (although it is likely to be a write-off), and have added the 2x MC-130J lost due to… https://t.co/JeEsCQx3Dy pic.twitter.com/msZRtqXX0z
— DefenceGeek
(@DefenceGeek) April 5, 2026
The post RT by @sentdefender: UPDATE: US Aircraft Casualties as of 05/04/2026 — #OperationEpicFury — Following further review of the imagery from Kuwait, I have downgraded the assessment to a single CH-47F damaged (although it is likely to be a write-off), and have added the 2x MC-130J lost due to… pic. first appeared on October Surprise 2016 – octobersurprise2016.org.
Photos show the charred remains of 2 U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules at the site of a temporary forward operations base in Southern Iran that was utilized during last night’s operation by U.S. Special Forces, with the aircraft being destroyed to prevent their falling into enemy hands, following the extraction of U.S. Forces.
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Tonight’s operation in Southern Iran which resulted in the successful rescue of a Weapons System Officer (WSO) onboard an American F-15E Strike Eagle downed Friday over Iran, involved hundreds of special forces troops and other military personnel, including members of the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team Six, dozens of fighter and strike aircraft, helicopters, and cyber, space and other intelligence capabilities, officials tell The New York Times.
Senior military officials described the mission to rescue the airman as “one of the most challenging and complex in the history of U.S. Special Operations” given the mountainous terrain, the airman’s injuries and Iranian forces rushing to the location in the mountains of Southern Iran.
The WSO evaded Iranian forces for more than 24 hours, at one point hiking up a 7,000ft ridgeline, a senior U.S. military official said. U.S. attack aircraft dropped bombs and opened fire on Iranian convoys to keep them away from the area where the airman was hiding. As U.S. Special Forces converged on the downed airman, they fired their weapons to keep Iranian forces away from the rescue site, but did not engage in a firefight with the Iranians.
In a final twist after the officer was rescued, two transport planes that would carry the commandos and the airmen to safety got stuck at a remote base in Iran. Commanders decided to fly in three new planes to extract all the U.S. military personnel and the airman, and they blew up the two disabled planes rather than have them fall into the hands of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) Apr 5, 2026
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The post Tonight’s operation in Southern Iran which resulted in the successful rescue of a Weapons System Officer (WSO) onboard an American F-15E Strike Eagle downed Friday over Iran, involved hundreds of special forces troops and other military personnel, including members of the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team Six, dozens of fighter and strike aircraft, helicopters, and cyber, space and other intelligence capabilities, officials tell The New York Times. Senior military officials described the mission to rescue the airman as “one of the most challenging and complex in the history of U.S. Special Operations” given the mountainous terrain, the airman’s injuries and Iranian forces rushing to the location in the first appeared on The World Web Times – worldwebtimes.com.
Armenian publicist, writer, socio-political figure, and traveler Zori Balayan has died, according to Armenian media reports cited by AzerNEWS. His death was confirmed by his son, Hayk Balayan.
The post Zori Balayan, controversial voice of Karabakh-era nationalism, dies first appeared on The South Caucasus News – SouthCaucasusNews.com.
This day in 1945, Georgian uprising on the island of Texel, the Netherlands. Georgian soldiers revolted against their German colleagues. The fighting continued until Canadian troops arrived 20 May 1945 to enforce the German surrender. #WW2
— WWII Pictures (@WWIIpix) Apr 5, 2026
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