No Man Left Behind - The 48-Hour Mission Inside Iran That Risked Everything to Save a Downed U.S. Airman

di John Black (Autore)

John Black, 2026

On Good Friday, April 3, 2026, a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over the Zagros Mountains of southwestern Iran. Both crew members ejected into hostile territory. One was rescued within hours. The other, a colonel and weapons systems officer, spent forty-eight hours alone, injured, and hunted across some of the harshest terrain on earth as the United States launched one of the most ambitious rescue missions in modern history. What followed was a deep-inside-Iran combat search and rescue (CSAR) operation on a scale rarely seen: 155+ aircraft in the air, from F-15Es and A-10s to HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters and MC-130 special operations transports SEAL Team 6 and Air Force Pararescuemen racing up a 7,000-foot ridgeline toward a single airman hiding in a mountain crevice CIA "special technology" and deception operations confusing Iranian forces and helping pinpoint the survivor's position in the high mountains It began on Good Friday. It ended at sunrise on Easter Sunday. And when the colonel finally broke radio silence, his first words were simple: "God is good." No Man Left Behind: The 48-Hour Mission Inside Iran That Risked Everything to Save a Downed U.S. Airman is a story-driven nonfiction account of those two days and nights. Grounded in verified reporting and real CSAR and SERE doctrine, it takes you: Into the cockpit as DUDE44 is hit by a shoulder-fired missile and both crew members punch out over enemy territory Onto the ridgeline as the colonel applies Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE) training to stay alive in the Zagros and manage his beacon under Iranian electronic surveillance Inside the White House, the Pentagon, and the joint operations center as leaders decide how much they are willing to risk for one man To an abandoned farm strip in southern Iran turned into a forward operating base, where stranded MC-130s are deliberately destroyed rather than left for Iran to capture Along the way, the book traces historical echoes that also unfolded in April: Bat 21 Bravo (1972), when an EB-66 navigator's rescue cost 284 aircraft sorties and five American lives over North Vietnam Operation Eagle Claw (1980), the failed Tehran hostage rescue that left eight Americans dead in the desert, and forced the creation of the modern U.S. special operations and rescue machine Where those missions exposed the limits of American power, the 2026 rescue shows what it now means when the U.S. military says: "No man left behind." If you love real special operations, modern air warfare, true stories behind the headlines, and honest exploration of the cost of leaving no one behind, this book belongs on your shelf.

• Autore: John Black
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: John Black
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798237090017