President Donald Trump said the administration would seek to identify the person who leaked that a second U.S. airman remained missing in Iran during the rescue mission and would tell the media outlet that published the information to reveal the source on national security grounds.
Speaking April 6 at a White House press conference about the recovery of two U.S. airmen after an F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Iran on Friday, Trump detailed the daring rescue mission inside Iran. The pilot was recovered within hours, but the weapon systems officer had been separated by several miles after ejecting and remained alone in hostile territory until Saturday night.
Trump announced the successful recovery shortly after midnight Easter Sunday.
At Monday’s press conference, Trump said officials had deliberately withheld information about the second airman after the first crew member was recovered, but that a leak revealed another American
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