US statements isn't fact are they, infact they have a very consistent record of lying about loses throughout this war before being exposed, to the point they now have to tell PlanetLabs to stop releasing sat photos...
But per your own logic, if US actually succeed how long do you reckon we need to wait for US to release photo / video evidence of these pilots getting recovered?
In the real world, the facts are:
1 - Iran found an ejection seat right away
2 - Pilots who ejected at the same time don't drift hundreds of miles apart.
3 - Pilots can only escape on foot, in open terrain without foliage.
4 - It's extremely rare for pilots to become seriously injured when ejecting.
So you need to explain
1 - how US recovered the first pilot right away but not the second
2 - how US lose so many aircraft at low altitude in a country without top down fighters or AWACs and only VLOS IR missiles.
3 - how the WSO got seriously wounded
You're the one twisting yourself into a pretzel trying to maintain an American official narrative that has as many plot holes as the 30 hour laundry fire.
