Overview
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. F-15 over Iran, and Axios reported one crew member was rescued by U.S. special operations as the search continues for the other.
- Mediaite reported a separate downing of an A-10 attack jet, and said its lone pilot was rescued.
- Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré condemned Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s March 13 line of “no quarter, no mercy,” calling it reckless and saying it may get the downed pilots tortured or killed.
- Honoré told CNN the missing aviator could be killed on the spot if found, if Iranian forces took “no quarter” to mean no prisoners for those who can no longer fight.
- The International Committee of the Red Cross defines “no quarter” as refusing to spare people who surrender, a practice widely treated as unlawful under the Geneva Conventions and the Pentagon’s law-of-war guidance.