US F-15E pilot shot down twice during Iran war — and lived to tell the tale: report

A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle pilot was shot down twice in less than a month during the Iran war — but managed to walk away both times, according to a new report.

The pilot, who has never publicly been named, had suffered one of the most arduous five-weeks of any Air Force aviator since the Vietnam war, former and current military officials told the High Side Substack, with his bad luck beginning with a friendly-fire incident in Kuwait on March 2.

The incident saw Kuwait’s defense forces accidentally fire on three F-15E Strike Eagle jets, with all six crew members forced to eject and land safely within the allied nation.