{"id":17288,"date":"2026-09-16T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=17288"},"modified":"2026-09-16T03:21:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T03:21:49","slug":"60-minutes-the-rescue-of-the-f-15-pilots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=17288","title":{"rendered":"60 Minutes: the Rescue of the F-15 pilots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wow &#8211; some story. They were shot down over rugged Iran terrain. The first short video is the intro. The second video the full story &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Newly declassified videos show rescue of downed Air Force officers 2 days apart\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2QQNlaATZcs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is 29 minutes long and very powerful. Greatest line: &#8220;Never let a lack of motivation put you on Iranian TV.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Extended Interview: Air Force officer shot down in Iran on surviving behind enemy lines\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KNhO1Umj1so?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow &#8211; some story. They were shot down over rugged Iran terrain. The first short video is the intro. The second video the full story &#8211; This is 29 minutes long and very powerful. Greatest line: &#8220;Never let a lack of motivation put you on Iranian TV.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heroism","category-international-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17297,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17288\/revisions\/17297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}