Trump offers more details of dramatic rescue of airman in Iran

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President Donald Trump, in a press briefing Monday afternoon, described the scale of the massive operation undertaken by the U.S. to rescue the second airman from an aircraft downed in Iran last week. The rescue included more than 155 aircraft. More specifically, it included four bombers, 64 fighters, 48 refueling tankers, 13 rescue aircraft, among others, Trump said. Much of the response was an effort to throw off the Iranians who were also looking for the missing crew member, the president said. The president says the officer was "bleeding profusely" but was able climb mountainous terrain and contact U.S. forces to communicate his location. Rescuers mobilized a massive response that included subterfuge to confuse the Iranians about where they were looking. "We were bringing them all over and a lot of it was subterfuge," Trump said. "We wanted to have them (Iranian forces) think he was in a different location." Trump threatened to jail the journalist who first reported that U.S. forces were searching for an F-15 weapons officer downed in Iran if they don't reveal their sources. "The person that did the story will go to jail if he doesn't say, and that doesn't last long," Trump said. Trump didn't name the journalist or news organization. He said the leak tipped off the Iranians, endangering the officer and his rescuers. He called the leaker "a sick person."