The photos you’re asking about appear to be from the aftermath of the rescue operation in Iran, not from a publicly released combat photo set. Reporting says the images circulating were provided by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and show wreckage, debris, and smoke after the incident.

Where they came from

  • The most specific public source I found is a report that says the images were provided by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
  • Those photos show the crashed fighter’s wreckage and damage on the ground, rather than the actual rescue of the second pilot.
  • Other coverage of the rescue says U.S. authorities did not disclose the airman’s exact location or full mission details, so official rescue photos have not been broadly released.

What’s publicly visible

  • The widely discussed images are of the wreckage site and aftermath.
  • News reports describe the rescue as a covert, high-risk extraction, which helps explain why there may be no public battlefield photos of the pilot being pulled out.
  • If you saw photos labeled as “the battle rescuing the second pilot,” they’re likely from secondary reporting rather than an official U.S. release.

TL;DR

The photos seem to come from Iranian-provided aftermath images of the downed jet, not from an official public album of the rescue itself.