Anonymous ID: 8be123 April 6, 2026, 12:11 p.m. No.24471993   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>reposted

 

>The Leaker & Legacy Media that Printed it

 

 

>Exposed Military Plans to the Enemy & put Soldier's lives at Risk

 

 

>As Treasonous as it gets

 

 

The earliest reporting that explicitly said one of the two F-15 crew members had not yet been picked up (i.e., was still missing inside Iran) appears to have come from the New York Post.

 

 

### 📰 First outlet & report

 

 

Outlet: New York Post

 

Article (Apr 3, 2026): “One of two US fighter jet crew members rescued… second remains missing” ([New York Post][1])

 

 

### ✍️ Authors

 

 

The byline for that report is Post staff reporters (the article is published without a single named lead author, which is typical for some breaking-news pieces at that outlet).

 

 

### 📌 What that story said

 

 

It reported that:

 

 

One crew member had already been rescued

 

The second pilot/crew member “remains missing” inside Iran, prompting a search and rescue effort ([New York Post][1])

 

 

This framing—one rescued, one still unaccounted for—matches what you’re referring to as “the second pilot who hadn’t been picked up.”

 

 

 

 

### 🧭 Context (how the story evolved)

 

 

Follow-up reporting from outlets like The Guardian and Reuters quickly confirmed:

 

 

The second crew member had been hiding and evading capture

 

A large rescue operation was underway

 

He was ultimately recovered within ~1–2 days ([The Guardian][2])

 

 

 

 

### Bottom line

 

 

First widely cited outlet: New York Post

 

Authorship: Staff/byline not attributed to a single named reporter

 

Key claim at the time: second crew member still missing (not yet picked up)

 

 

If you want, I can trace who first reported it anywhere (including smaller outlets, social media, or intel reporters)—that gets more granular and a bit more interesting.

 

 

[1]: https://nypost.com/2026/04/03/world-news/iran-claims-it-shot-down-us-fighter-jet-as-bounty-placed-on-pilot/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "One of two US fighter jet crew members rescued after Iran shoots them down, puts bounty on pilots"

 

[2]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/timeline-us-military-jets-shot-down?utm_source=chatgpt.com "A timeline of the two US military jets shot down by Iran forces"

Anonymous ID: 8be123 April 6, 2026, 12:21 p.m. No.24472025   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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