{"id":33130,"date":"2026-04-06T21:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/06\/risky-rescue-of-us-crew-downed-in-iran-relied-on-dozens-of-aircraft-and-subterfuge-trump-says-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:38:00","slug":"risky-rescue-of-us-crew-downed-in-iran-relied-on-dozens-of-aircraft-and-subterfuge-trump-says-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/06\/risky-rescue-of-us-crew-downed-in-iran-relied-on-dozens-of-aircraft-and-subterfuge-trump-says-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Risky rescue of US crew downed in Iran relied on dozens of aircraft and subterfuge, Trump says &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxOb0pXMTBYSEFsZzhoUERCLV9RZjRSdldxMU9lR0NSUkkwTk8wN3o0NHZhVTY3QW1xMWhXbWpFaVhtOGxxUVhFcTdyMC16YWxEcVdVOFdBQ0NZQ045Uk9RNmY3cm5XVXBWS0RaX0JhOHA0YVZMT25BMk9jd1VLUGV3MUtCXzRsNDc1RkRjMTQ1eTU2c3lMd1JocQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Risky rescue of US crew downed in Iran relied on dozens of aircraft and subterfuge, Trump says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE95RHJlV0R4LU9sc29pd1dZSDZYb2RYS29BTUxZVUZtZzJFVThKVjRPVllOWmNTREFiMlN2c05uN1Jka0tkbGZJc1ZqSGlTRnlvSU9DNkpMbDFKSVlkbk1jVXI3eVNSWTZPWk52YUJ0bFg1c3V0aktJWWxlZGFWSmM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth Likens Easter Rescue of U.S. Airman to Resurrection of Jesus Christ<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNMVR1amZ6SUdKSmN0b1dTTUJxZk9EQkpUaEdWWnFtMmVZR1Bwd2R1ODBFOEJYekw3RThUTTk2VGFxOWdHNzcxLWxnS2UzX2RsNHdZTXBWQmE3SXVUZ1p6TDZEYXB1UVp3N2d6bWUwTW9ha3FlN0N2cXJkTzNDaEUzZFZ6YklUdk1xaERmUW5wcVgzdDdfX0I4Vm9oNzZOeW4zaWFpYlRlelM1MkVMS1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The U.S. fighter jet was downed in Iran by a shoulder-fired missile<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi4wFBVV95cUxQOFlWU3lBR0VjY2k5Rk5jT1BsY1JhOE9xbzZEanRBdFBSYmFqR0dpUWVZLVB5SjZVMWVlaWFnaW9uR2NZbDcyeWtLTGs0RV9DNDI0U1NqUHJPanQwRHRsRHh3NTBvc1hmM0x0VFJaWVlkWko5QkV6Tjg0UkxYQVpOb0tyTDJkeDBISkNVX3lFMEJkVEQwanNyeDhIQ0tzdmhBSTRjbGZlRWJRYWdCbURrbUhhUXhmbmRYY19SWm8wbXN0czY2ZzE0RFZuM0NKSUZWUnRoWHY1eEVFRmR6NjRsN2NNZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Two Planes Destroyed by U.S. During Rescue Operation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WSJ<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxNYW0yVlFJX3NMVTU1YVlpT3BHR0NpaVI2MmxzOFpZUklRQTZTWUhXUFJJZVJGMFFsTUJCWHFPc2duSXM2V2puMTktNTYtVWRWYXZLcW5HMVZEXzNEOExFTDVEUFFHVVhuZ01mVGVsbFdNWUlRTWZubkhQUUtZZTlyZ1FQZmRKdHYtSWtQdWFxQ1ZUbDUxbl9jeHZCdFNSakw5Ym1IQ3dHT19ZWlNuajRPMHh4cWhLek42ZGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump seizes on rescue of downed airman to recast unpopular Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Risky rescue of US crew downed in Iran relied on dozens of aircraft and subterfuge, Trump says&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News Hegseth Likens Easter Rescue of U.S. Airman&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/06\/risky-rescue-of-us-crew-downed-in-iran-relied-on-dozens-of-aircraft-and-subterfuge-trump-says-ap-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}