A retired U.S. Air Force colonel says he's grateful a pilot is alive after an F15 lost its canopy during a weekend flyover.

The fight-or-flight response, deep faith and survival training helped the downed Air Force colonel endure roughly 48 hours in ...

An injured US Airman bravely hid in 'treacherous' mountains for 36 hours to evade capture from Iranian forces before he was rescued by Navy SEAL commandos. The stranded colonel, armed with just a ...

The US Air Force colonel who was shot down over Iran and rescued after 36 hours sent a suspicious three-word message that initially sparked fears among American forces that they were being lured into ...

Frantic US officials asked the Air Force colonel trapped in Iran a key personal question about his father to try to quickly suss out whether his previous strange radio messages to them were a trap.

Hundreds of U.S. commandos launched a high-stakes rescue mission deep inside Iran to extract a wounded airman who evaded ...