Illustrative image. (U.S. Central Command)
Iran claimed on March 21 that its air defense systems had shot down an American-made F-15 fighter jet over its southern region.
The semi-official ISNA news agency, citing a statement from the Islamic Republic’s Joint Air Defense Command, said that the warplane was intercepted near Hormuz Island. The statement added that the jet had fired a missile before being targeted by Iranian air defense systems.
Later, video footage of the engagement was released. The footage, apparently taken from a ground-based imager thermal tracking system, shows what appears to be two anti-aircraft missiles passing right under what appears to be an F-15. However, no blasts are clear.
The footage ends with several bright flashes, which may be caused by a fire aboard the fighter jet, or simply by the pilot deploying flares as a part of an evasion maneuver.
Both the U.S. and Israel are flying F-15s in the war against Iran, mainly the advanced F-15E Strike Eagle version. The F-15E was developed for long-range precision ground attacks while retaining strong air-to-air capability, with a top speed over Mach 2.5 and a large weapons payload. A single fighter jet of this type could cost upwards of $90 million.
The U.S. has already acknowledged losing three F-15Es from its air force, but these fell as a result of Kuwaiti friendly fire on March 2
Neither the U.S. or Israel has yet commented on Iran’s latest claims, but a day earlier the Israeli Air Force said that one of its fighter jets came under anti-aircraft fire over Iran.
“The crew acted according to procedures, no damage was caused to the aircraft, and the mission was completed as planned,” the IDF said in a statement.
Just three days earlier, an F-35 Lightning II fighter jet of the U.S. Air Force made a “hard landing” at an undisclosed American air base in the Middle East after getting hit by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile that caused damage and even wounded the pilot.
The U.S. Central Command acknowledged the incident, and later reports revealed that the fighter jet, which costs more than $100 million, won’t be returning to service anytime soon.
The latest incidents indicate that Iran is successfully restoring its air defenses, and as the war drags on, both the U.S. and Israel will likely take more aerial losses.
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another dead americunt goat fukker
friendly fire / drier lint / whatever / just not shot down right? they were all shot down.
all decoys were hit as planned
jared kushner trumps bag man has collected billions from the arab countries in the region to provide protection at the expense of american lives and property. ..kushner trumps son in law is a good friend of bibi and an avid zionist.
they are not charismatic, they sacrifice children to the devil.
and red heifers sacrifice to their god saturn.
do you think tulsi gabbard and pam bondi are priestesses or ordinary escorts?
ordinary payed whores, worshipers of the one ring. they perform the special form of sadomasochism called juridic. priestesses of satan. all ruled by the one ring are both whores, and priests.
then frodo came forward and took the crown from faramir and bore it to gandalf; and aragorn knelt, and gandalf set the white crown upon his head and said: now come the days of the king, and may they be blessed while the thrones of the valar endure!
hit the nail on the head gave my answer to little my then read yours after a submitted my own agree 100 per cent
both should resign took their oath with toes and fingers crossed total stooges for their positions unless missionary
no, its the christians which do it. you cant get into your stupid head, who burned women alive, can you ? or sent trick movie in 9/11, and mass murdered in the hospitals. the disciples did not understand the carpenter, and then it all went to satanism. satanism are what get forced onto white people.
jared kushner’s parents used to let benjamin netanyahu sleep in jared’s room when he visited (i wonder if jared actually stayed in the room with him.. wouldn’t surprise me) that was before jared’s company purchased 666 fifth avenue for 1.8 billion dollars of course.. 666 that’s a weird address to own..
not at all. they are full of this shit. christianity started on its way to satanism before it was born. old testamente are full of calls for genocide and baskets with dicks. walking cadavers are of course several thousand years older. david icke are on the positive side of the carpenters teaching.
“at last frodo spoke with hesitation. ‘i believed that you were a friend before the letter came,’ he said, ‘or at least i wished to. you have frightened me several times tonight, but never in the way the servants of the enemy would, or so i imagine. i think one of his spies would – well, seem fairer and feel fouler, if you understand”
did you know lord of the rings. is an analogy of jesus christ’s saving grace? c.s. lewis did the same thing with lion, witch and wardrobe. calling christ/messiah. the carpenter, denies his deity and is anti-christ. read the books, don’t listen to someone’s opinion. david icke and ascension into a higher consciousness is madness. that has been used by cults and new age movements. for 50+ years. it’s from the pits of hell.
todays christianity are from the pits of hell, its impossible to even teach them about newtons laws 😂 ascension into a higher consciousness for pigs are madness 😂 they always follow contraorders from the dark lord, whatever they have voted for. religion, or tolkiens world, are wasted on pigs, they worship gollum, jesus christ 😂 you idiot, how many tens of times do you think i have read the books ?
i sauron demand worship. no one likes gollum. blasphemy.
david icke is a snake. unwise people promote him. you have always served me troll.
if you have read the books, you should have choice another nick, but you are from the pits of hell.
i wonder if plush hello kitties maher al-assad and suhail al-hassan would stop eating and drinking and start moving if moscow was bombed?
what is fat hello kitty doing in moscow now? has fat hello kitty already killed the traitor bashar al-assad, even though he is his brother?
what a disgrace this man has brought upon the alawites and his family. hello kitty would have been right to kill him.
we own the skies over iran…heheheh
obviously not clown. 🤡🤡🤡
iran’s military says strait of hormuz will be ‘completely closed’ if us bombs power plants
an f35 pilot disagrees with you.
iran’s military says strait of hormuz will be ‘completely closed’ if us bombs power plants.
strait of hormuz will be ‘completely closed’ if us bombs power plants
a little bird told me that russia will fulfill their delivery of su-35 fighters to the iranian air force and that those aircraft will based and operate out of russias’ dagestan air bases to conduct air defense duties over lranian territory.
the moscow charlatan will offer psychological support as usual.
i saw a flying pig 🐖 today !
but it wasn’t pink.
orange 🍊 with big ears ?
when are the s-400s arriving time to start the music for the big dance
inflatable s-400s are coming.
which you tried to mount mistaking it for ur “plastic girlfriend”….faggot……..
blow up dolls were never the go.
roll and twist all over the place. made in china even worse.
the fall of the murrican empire
usually an f15 crashes on it’s own, no pilot required…
give it a little more time, and you can upgrade the number after ‘f’
looks like they only hit the plane, but never brought it down—classic iranian fagg0try and incompetent behavior.
like swatting flies.
ussa is going down…..prepare yourselves
its boring with all satanists calling them self christians. its a shortcut in their mind, they always follow satans orders. fry women alive, or mass murder in the hospitals. from their actions you should know them 😂