WASHINGTON, April 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military had used as many as 155 warplanes to rescue the second airman in Iran and was forced to destroy some cargo planes that got stuck to prevent them from falling into Iranian hands.
"We blew up the old planes," Trump told a press conference at the White House while focusing on details of the rescue.
The warplanes reportedly contained communications equipment and anti-missile technology that the Pentagon did not want Iran to seize. ■
