U.S. special forces rescued the second crew member of the F-1 5 fighter iet that was shot down over Iran, three U.S. officials tell Axios. Why it matters: The shootdown was a nightmare scenario for the U.S. military, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRGC) also racing to locate the missing U.S officer in southwest Iran over the past 36 hours. Both crew members were rescued in special forces operations inside Iran One of the U.S. officials said Saturday's operation was conducted by a specialized commando unit with a hiah volume of air cover. that the U.S. forces unleashed a hai of heavy fire, and that all of the forces were now out of Iran.