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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreaking: US fighter jet shot down over Iran. Rescue operation underway.
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Breaking: US fighter jet shot down over Iran. Rescue operation underway. (Original Post)
mobeau69
17 hrs ago
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I guess the pentagon will never tell us whether it was actually shot down or not
Walleye
17 hrs ago
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Walleye
(44,862 posts)1. I guess the pentagon will never tell us whether it was actually shot down or not
dalton99a
(94,218 posts)2. Hegseth: "Woke maintenance forgot to change the oil"
drray23
(8,792 posts)4. they confirmed it.nt.
Walleye
(44,862 posts)5. OK. No, I don't know whether to believe it or not.
drray23
(8,792 posts)3. pictures of it are all over reddit.nt.
Johnny2X2X
(24,217 posts)6. Don't worry
Iran has been completely defeated, so this has to be fake news.
Johonny
(26,203 posts)7. Its weird that a country totallg defeated
Keeps doing things militarily against what I'm told is the most incredible fighting force in the world...
Trump is killing Americans at home and abroad only to satisfy his need to be a big shot. His ego, that is all that matters to our government anymore. Sad. Actually pathetic.
mobeau69
(12,384 posts)10. It's GD. See TOS.
Jersey Devil
(10,836 posts)9. F15, one man crew unless an F-15E which is crew of 2 ( nt)
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Nixie
(17,985 posts)11. Trump will mock the pilot. He likes pilots who don't get shot down.
How anyone could still support or identify with him after what he said about McCain is shocking. But hes depraved and they love it.
Takket
(23,720 posts)12. 1 crew member had been rescued.
Link is to a CBS article so I take this with a grain of salt since Bari Weiss is a government propagandist.
ââ¦one crew member from the plane was rescued by U.S. forces.â
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) 2026-04-03T15:50:38.723Z
Kingofalldems
(40,292 posts)13. But but--Trump's little buddies said it was all over
and Iran had nothing.
mobeau69
(12,384 posts)14. Oh my, I think he lied!