Pilot’s strange 4-word message revealed after Iran shot down F-15E aircraft

The tension spiked when his first radioed words — “Power be to God” — sounded, to some, like a trap crafted to mimic a Muslim fighter. For a moment, suspicion collided with duty: was this really their man, or bait? Only when people who knew him confirmed his deep faith did the mission surge forward. Found wedged in a mountain crevice and airlifted to safety, his survival became, for Trump, proof that even alone in hostile territory, he was “never truly alone.”