US F-15E WSO recounts 50-hour evasion after shootdown over Iran

A US Air Force weapons systems officer, call sign 'Dude 44 Bravo', publicly recounts for the first time his 50-hour evasion and rescue after his F-15E was shot down over Iran in April. The account confirms the shootdown and details survival under evasion, but the operational context and rescue specifics remain undisclosed. This is a retrospective narrative, not a new operational development, but it adds corroborated detail to a previously opaque incident.