Regarding the U.S. rescue of a pilot. Direct equipment losses: 2 MC-130J special transport aircraft, 1 F-15E fighter jet, 2 HH-60W search-and-rescue helicopters, and 1 A-10C attack aircraft (these are based on online information and may not be very precise), for a total value of around $500 million; Looking at the surface of the world, the only country that would spare no expense—sinking hundreds of millions in equipment and risking massive dangers—to carry out cross-border military operations just to save one person is the U.S.;