Chinese analysts viewed the rescue of an American airman, following the shooting down of an F-15E fighter jet over southern Iran, as evidence of the U.S.'s high-risk operation capability. The analysis was made amid heightened tensions between the US and Iran.

The rescue of a missing American crew member after Iran shot down an F-15E fighter jet shows the United States’ “comprehensive capability” for carrying out high-risk rescue operations, according to Chinese analysts. On Sunday, United States President Donald Trump confirmed that the missing crew member – one of two on the fighter jet shot down over the southern part of Iran on Friday – had been rescued amid the US-Israel war on Iran. Trump posted to social media that the US military had “pulled.....