No they did not. They appealed to local civilians and those people helped protect the downed airman (even though they didn't know where he was.) They blocked roads to keep the Guard out of the general area. They used the pretext of trying to find the airman & collect the "Precious Prize" offered by the Iranian gov't, some $60K bucks :p
They also launched "distraction searches" even though they knew exactly where he was. No one was killed by those either.
No they did not. They appealed to local civilians and those people helped protect the downed airman (even though they didn't know where he was.) They blocked roads to keep the Guard out of the general area. They used the pretext of trying to find the airman & collect the "Precious Prize" offered by the Iranian gov't, some $60K bucks :p
They also launched "distraction searches" even though they knew exactly where he was. No one was killed by those either.