Hide, find water: Ex-airmen detail how to survive being shot down

As American forces race against time and Iran’s military to locate an aviator reportedly shot down, a former Air Force pilot and a rescuer told AFP what it takes to hide, survive and extract someone behind enemy lines. “You’re like, ‘Oh my God, I was in a fighter jet two minutes ago, flying 500 miles an hour, and a missile just exploded, literally 15 feet from your head,’” said retired brigadier general Houston Cantwell, who is now at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies. That said, a...

By none@none.com (AFP)