Given that 8 hours after your comment mainstream news sites are still reporting on ongoing SAR ops for the 2nd F-15 crewmember, it's likely those stories were false or confounded recovery of an A-10 pilot (also downed, separate incident) today.

<https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/04/middle-ea...> (Live updates at The Guardian, as of 15 minutes prior to my own comment.)

Yeah i was wrong on that one, I think the X noise at the time as about the A-10 pilot that had been rescued.

Ahead of your time, as the 2nd crew member was eventually rescued.

<https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/5/us-rescues-airman-wh...>

What makes them credible? Not doubting, just curious.