Obama’s DHS chief hails rescue of F-15E crew as ‘more complicated than the Bin Laden’ raid
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By Ryan King
Published on April 6, 2026.
Former President Barack Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, has praised the rescue mission of the F-15E Strike Eagle crew that was shot down in Iranian airspace. Johnson, who served as general counsel of the Department of Defense during the Bin Laden raid, called the mission "remarkable" and called for more transparency about how the military pulled off the feat. The rescue mission involved a bombing campaign from American attack aircraft to hit Iranian convoys, and commandos engaging in skirmishes with the enemy before reaching the airman. No Americans were killed in the rescue operation.
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