Bravo’s Ordeal: Inside America’s Massive Iran F-15E Rescue Mission

An Air Force weapons systems officer known as Bravo recounts in a 60 Minutes interview how his F-15E was shot down over Iran in April, how he endured a broken back, arm and shoulder while evading capture for about two days, and how a massive rescue operation—featuring roughly 90 U.S. ground troops, hundreds of air assets, CIA deception, and a later extraction of Bravo and another downed airman—unfolded as one of the largest combat rescues in U.S. history.