WASHINGTON, April 8 -- US forces carried out a high-risk mission to recover the pilot and weapon systems officer of an F-15 fighter jet-the first crewed American warplane shot down over Iran in more than five weeks of combat.

President Donald Trump said last week that US-Israeli operations had left Iran with "no anti-aircraft equipment" or radars, but the Islamic republic's forces subsequently shot down the F-15 and heavily damaged another plane during the rescue mission.

More than 170 American aircraft and some 200 troops took part in the operation to rescue the F-15 crew members, Trump said Monday, an effort that included assistance from the Central Intelligence Agency.

F-15 shot down 

Trump said the F-15 was shot down by a sho...