India, April 5 -- "Seriously wounded" and "really brave" is how US President Donald Trump described the American airman rescued from Iran on Sunday, two days after an F-15E fighter jet of the US military was shot down in the ongoing war.

"He is a highly respected Colonel," Trump further wrote in what was his second post on the matter.

The F-15E is a two-seater plane, and the pilot had already been rescued.

It was the weapons officer who was rescued on Sunday.

Trump in his post said the officer was rescued "from deep inside the mountains of Iran". He claimed the Iranian forces was "looking hard, in big numbers, and getting close".

"This type of raid is seldom attempted because of the danger to 'man and equipment.' It just doesn't happ...