Contrary to claims, the second pilot has not been rescued by the U.S.

Both sides are still searching for him.

—❗️🇮🇷/🇧🇭 NEW: Oil storage facilities were the target in Bahrain

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇦🇪 NEW: Iranian ballistic missile and drone attack against the UAE

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇧🇭 WATCH: Burning fuel depots in Bahrain

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇧🇭 Damage at the oil storages in Sitra, Bahrain, is severe

A large fire has erupted.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇧🇭 WATCH: The moment an Iranian ballistic missile slams into the oil storages at Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) in Sitra

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Trajectory of approach looks like possibly a cruise missile to me.

Anyone remember this?

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: A U.S. official tells Al-Jazeera that the second American pilot has been recovered after a ‘heavy firefight’

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Expected.

It’s incredibly hard to find a single person hiding in hundreds of square kilometers of forested hills and valleys.

The Americans, on the other hand, are able to ping his location by GPS and find him directly.

Anyways, let’s wait and see if the rescue force suffered any casualties. The clashes were intense.

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: President Trump also announced the rescue of the American pilot

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They got the pilots, but at the cost of:

– An F-15E destroyed
– A-10 Warthog destroyed
– An MH-6 Little Bird destroyed
– Two C-130 Hercules destroyed
– Two UH-60 Black Hawks damaged
– An F-16 damaged

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 The remote airstrip that was established by U.S. special forces deep inside Iran

They were forced to destroy their own two C-130 planes because the IRGC was closing in on the location.

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I would not be surprised if Trump now feels overly confident and attempts a U.S. Special Operation to retrieve Iran’s uranium.

Remember, those nuclear sites are actually guarded, contrary to these open deserts and forested remote mountains where it’s hard for Iranian forces to even reach.

Little Bird confirmation.