Downed F-15 backseater waved his stars and stripes boxers to signal his rescuers
F-15 weapon systems officer rescued in successful but dicey JSOC raid inside Iran.
The Air Force weapon systems officer whose daring rescue by special operations forces captivated the United States over the weekend signaled to his saviors by waving his stars-and-stripes-patterned boxer shorts, a defense contractor familiar with the mission told The High Side.
As Iranian militiamen closed in, the airman was rescued after a two-day ordeal by operators from Joint Special Operations Command, which includes secretive but famous special mission units such as the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 and the Army’s Delta Force. The JSOC operators were available because they had deployed to the region for a completely different mission.