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3 Jun 2026, 01:16

The New York Post reports that according to a new report, a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle pilot was shot down twice in less than a month during the Iran war—once in Kuwait (friendly fire) and once in Iran—but survived both times.

The identity of this pilot has never been publicly disclosed. Current and former military officials told the "High Side Substack" publication that he endured one of the toughest five-week stretches of service for a U.S. Air Force pilot since the Vietnam War.

According to the New York Post, his misfortune began on March 2; during a friendly fire incident in Kuwait, the country's defense forces mistakenly fired at three U.S. F-15E fighter jets. In this incident, all six crew members of the three jets had to eject from the aircraft and parachute down to the ground in Kuwait. They all landed safely.

Despite this incident, according to U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the pilots returned to mission just four weeks later and participated in bombing operations targeting sites in Tehran—a move he deemed a sign of the courage and sacrifice of these forces. The New York Post writes that just a few days after that mission, misfortune struck one of these pilots again. An F-15E was shot down over Iran, and its two occupants crashed in Iranian territory. This pilot was quickly rescued on April 3, but the weapons systems officer accompanying him was injured and had to go into hiding after Iran offered a reward for his capture. He was rescued the following day.
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