CONFIRMED: Navy SEAL Team 6 Rescues Downed U.S. Airman From Deep Behind Enemy Lines in Bold Mission — The Same Unit That Killed Osama bin Laden

U.S. Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Team Members conduct military field operations during exercise TRIDENT 18-4 at Hurlburt Field, Florida, July 11th, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Corban Lundborg)

It is now being reported that the legendary Navy SEAL Team 6 was the unit behind successfully rescuing a downed U.S. Airman from deep behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran.

According to reporting from The New York Times, the high-risk operation unfolded over a tense...