The urgent lesson of America’s dramatic rescue of F-15E crewmen downed in Iran

“WE GOT HIM!” cheered President Donald Trump (in all caps, natch) after a spectacular, made-for-Hollywood rescue mission behind enemy lines recovered a US crewman from a downed US fighter jet.

Indeed, it’s cause to cheer: That operation should remove any last shreds of doubt about America’s dominance and superiority in the Iran war.

Military officials are counting it among the most challenging and complex rescue missions in the history of US special operations.

And it’s obvious why: The airman was injured, yet still managed to climb a 7,000-foot ridge and evade capture for nearly two days.

He had a beacon that could let US forces know where he was, but he didn’t use it for fear of alerting the enemy to his location.

The area is mountainous, and Iranian forces were closing in.

His rescue, which followed that of his crewmate on Friday after both men ejected from their F-15E Strike Eagle, which had been hit, became the military’s highest priority.

It deployed hundreds of special-op forces and other military personnel and dozens of aircraft in the operation, and relied on space, cyber, Israeli and other intel capabilities.

The CIA, too, played a key role, including by staging a decoy operation to fool Iranian troops into thinking the airman had already been rescued and was headed out of the country in convoy.

Sure enough, America prevailed — not only recovering all three crewmen from the two planes, but avoiding any other casualties in the rescue operation.

US prowess — from the military’s awesome logistical and tactical abilities to the numerous military groups involved and the phenomenal skills of the airman himself — truly shined.

That should eliminate any second thoughts about whether America can win this war.

Sure, the downing of the jet, and then a second plane that was involved in the search for the airman, boosted critics’ claims that Iran is still able to inflict damage, despite weeks of US-Israeli airstrikes.

But put that in perspective: The two planes were hit by Iranian fire after thousands of sorties — meaning more than 99.9% have been able to return safely.

The US-Israeli attacks, by contrast, have degraded Iran’s military dramatically — its navy is shattered; its missiles, launchers and drones greatly depleted; its weapons- and ship-production facilities badly damaged.

Trump last week noted that he planned to finish the job in the next two to three weeks. The goal is to remove Iran’s ability to restore its nuclear program behind a conventional-weapons shield.

And the hope is that if Iran’s military — the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the basij and police goons that repress the public — are sufficiently degraded, Iranians can install new leaders themselves to run the country.

Meanwhile, Trump has threatened to ramp up attacks further if Iran refuses to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” Trumped warned in a social media post, adding some expletives.

Trump has been right along about the need for this war: Allowing a sick Iranian regime to acquire nukes would be utter insanity.

Trump vowed not to let that happen, and he’s keeping his word.

The stunning rescue missions are just more grounds not to go wobbly now.