"미군, 이란서 실종됐던 F-15 조종사 구조"U.S. Military Rescues F-15 Pilot From Iran

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[속보] "미군, 이란서 실종됐던 F-15 조종사 구조"

Breaking: U.S. Military Rescues F-15 Pilot From Iran

이란이 전투기를 격추한 후 실종된 미군 병사 구조

US service member missing after Iran shot down fighter jet has been rescued

First U.S. Manned Aircraft Downed in Enemy Territory Since War; Pilot Rescued Amid Iranian Bounty

전쟁 이후 처음으로 미국 유인 항공기가 적국에 추락하고 조종사가 이란의 현상금 속에서 구조되었습니다

안준현 기자 입력 2026.04.05. 13:02 조선일보

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미군이 지난 3일(현지 시각) 이란 남서부 코길루예·보예르아흐마드주 상공에서 이란 혁명수비대 방공망에 격추됐던 F-15E 스트라이크 이글 전투기의 실종 승무원을 구조했다고 미 워싱턴포스트와 악시오스 등 매체들이 4일 보도했다.

미국·이스라엘 당국자들에 따르면 격추된 F-15E에는 조종사와 무기체계 장교 등 2명이 탑승했다가 비상 탈출했다. 이 중 1명은 현장에서 신속히 구조됐으나 나머지 1명의 행방은 수색 작전이 시작된 이후에도 한동안 확인되지 않았다.

구조 과정은 순탄치 않았다. 미군은 적 영토 한복판에서 대규모 수색·구조 작전을 벌였으며, 이 과정에서 투입된 UH-60 블랙호크 헬기 1대가 이란군의 지상 사격에 피격되기도 했다. 이란 당국도 실종 조종사를 인질로 확보하기 위해 6만 달러에 육박하는 현상금을 내걸었으나, 미군이 이란 측보다 먼저 조종사를 찾아내 안전하게 귀환시켰다. 구조 작전에 참여한 모든 인원도 무사히 복귀했다고 미 당국자는 전했다.

이번 사건은 약 5주 전 미국·이스라엘과 이란 간 전쟁이 시작된 이후 미군 유인 항공기가 적 영토 안에서 격추된 첫 사례다.

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대학에서 정치외교학(국제정치학)을 전공했습니다. 2022년 입사해 사회부 시청·기동취재팀을 거쳐 국제부에서 세계 곳곳의 이슈를 쫓고 있습니다. 한때 논문으로 세상을 바꾸는 학자를 꿈꿨지만 이제는 기사로 세상을 바꾸는 기자로 살아갑니다. 사초(史草)를 쓰는 심정으로 오늘의 역사를 기록하고 국경과 장르를 넘나들며 세상만사에 질문을 던집니다. 국가 간 역학 관계와 선거, 정치 제도, 그리고 시대를 움직이는 리더십의 본질을 탐구하는 데 관심이 많습니다.

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Breaking: U.S. Military Rescues F-15 Pilot From Iran

First U.S. Manned Aircraft Downed in Enemy Territory Since War; Pilot Rescued Amid Iranian Bounty

By An Jun-hyen Published 2026.04.05. 13:03 The Chosun Daily Newspaper / 조선일보
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The U.S. military rescued the missing crew member of an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet that was shot down by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps’ air defense network over Iran’s southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province on the 3rd, local time, according to reports by The Washington Post and Axios on the 4th.
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According to U.S. and Israeli officials, two personnel—including the pilot and a weapons systems officer—were aboard the downed F-15E and ejected. One was quickly rescued at the scene, but the whereabouts of the other remained unconfirmed for some time after the search operation began.
The rescue process was not smooth. The U.S. military conducted a large-scale search-and-rescue mission deep inside enemy territory, during which one UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter deployed for the operation was struck by Iranian ground fire. Iranian authorities also offered a bounty nearing $60,000 to secure the missing pilot as a hostage, but U.S. forces located and safely evacuated the pilot before Iranian forces. All personnel involved in the rescue operation returned safely, a U.S. official stated.
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This incident marks the first case of a U.S. manned aircraft being shot down inside enemy territory since the war between the U.S., Israel, and Iran began approximately five weeks ago.
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· This article has been translated by Upstage Solar AI.

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US service member missing after Iran shot down fighter jet has been rescued

MATTHEW LEE and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN

Sun, April 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM GMT+9 Yahoo

A man looks at a destroyed building within the Grand Hosseiniyeh complex that officials say was hit by U.S.-Israeli airstrikes Tuesday in Zanjan, Iran, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

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Police officers and their horses take cover in an underground parking garage as sirens warn of an incoming missile fired from Yemen in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Maya Levin)

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Followers of Iraq's Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr chant slogans as they wave national Iraqi flag during a protest against U.S. and Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran, in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. service member who has been missing since Iran shot down a fighter jet has been rescued, President Donald Trump wrote in a social media post early Sunday.

A frantic U.S. search-and-rescue operation unfolded after the crash of the F-15E Strike Eaglejet on Friday, as Iran also promised a reward for anyone who turned in the “enemy pilot.”

A second crew member was rescued earlier.

Trump wrote that the aviator is injured but “will be just fine,” adding that he took refuge “in the treacherous mountains of Iran.”

Trump added that the rescue involved “dozens of aircraft” and that U.S. had been monitoring his location “24 hours a day, and diligently planning for his rescue.”

The fighter jet was the first U.S. aircraft to have crashed in Iranian territory since the conflict in late February.

, focusing on a mountainous region in Iran’s southwestern province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad.

Trump said last week that the U.S. had “decimated” Iran and would finish the war “very fast.” Two days later, Iran shot down two U.S. military planes, showing the ongoing perils of the bombing campaign and the ability of a degraded Iranian military to continue to hit back.

The war began with joint U.S.-Israel strikes on Feb. 28 and has killed thousands, shaken global markets, cut off key shipping routes and spiked fuel prices. Both sides have threatened, and hit, civilian targets, bringing warnings of possible war crimes.

The other jet to go down was a U.S. A-10 attack aircraft. Neither the status of the crew nor exactly where it crashed was immediately known.

Iran’s joint military command on Saturday said that it also struck two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters Friday, but The Associated Press couldn’t independently verify that.

Trump renews threat

Trump renewed his threats for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterway for global energy shipments that has been choked off by Tehran, by Monday or face devastating consequences, writing Saturday in a social media post: “Remember when I gave Iran ten days to MAKE A DEAL or OPEN UP THE HORMUZ STRAIT. Time is running out — 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them.”

“The doors of hell will be opened to you” if Iran’s infrastructure is attacked, Gen. Ali Abdollahi Aliabadi with the country’s joint military command said late Saturday in response to Trump’s renewed threat, state media reported. In turn, the general threatened all infrastructure used by the U.S. military in the region.

But Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Tahir Andrabi, told The Associated Press that his government’s efforts to broker a ceasefire are “right on track” after Islamabad last week said that it would soon host talks between the U.S. and Iran.

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said that Iranian officials “have never refused to go to Islamabad.”

Mediators from Pakistan, Turkey and Egypt were working to bring the U.S. and Iran to the negotiating table, according to two regional officials.

The proposed compromise includes a cessation of hostilities to allow a diplomatic settlement, according to a regional official involved in the efforts and a Gulf diplomat briefed on the matter. They spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss closed-door diplomacy.

A second U.S. Air Force combat aircraft went down in the Middle East on Friday, according to a U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive military situation. It wasn’t clear if the aircraft crashed or was shot down, or whether Iran was involved.

Iranian state media said a U.S. A-10 attack aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf after being struck by Iran’s defense forces.

The Bab el-Mandeb Strait

Iran’s parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, issued a veiled threat late Friday to disrupt traffic through a second strategic waterway in the region, the Bab el-Mandeb.

The strait, 32 kilometers (20 miles) wide, links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. More than a tenth of seaborne global oil and a quarter of container ships pass through it.

“Which countries and companies account for the highest transit volumes through the strait?” Qalibaf wrote.

More than 1,900 people have been killed in Iran since the war began.

In Gulf Arab states and the occupied West Bank, more than two dozen people have died, while 19 have been reported dead in Israel and 13 U.S. service members have been killed. In Lebanon, more than 1,400 people have been killed and more than 1 million people have been displaced. Ten Israeli soldiers have died there.

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Jon Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Samy Magdy from Cairo. Munir Ahmed in Islamabad; Dasha Litvinova in Tallinn, Estonia; and Konstantin Toropin, Seung Min Kim, Will Weissert, Michelle L. Price, Lisa Mascaro and Ben Finley in Washington, contributed to this report.

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