The handheld radio that kept ejected US F-15E pilots hidden deep inside Iran
TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Apr 06, 2026, 15:43 (IST)
In a high-stakes situation, two F-15 pilots were forced to eject and immediately tapped into their Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape skills to evade hostile Iranian forces. Utilizing the revolutionary AN/PRQ-7 Combat Survivor Evader Locator (CSEL), they communicated covertly with their rescuers through encrypted bursts, expertly safeguarding their whereabouts during a tense extraction process.