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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on June 15 that it had destroyed a refueling aircraft of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) at Mashhad Airport in the northeast of Iran.
The military described the attack on Mashhad Airport, located some 2,300 kilometers away from Israel, as the “most distant strike since the beginning of the operation” in Iran.
“The Air Force is working to achieve air superiority throughout Iran,” the military said in a brief statement.
Video footage from Mashhad showed a large fire rising from the airport. According to Iranian media, the airport’s buildings and runway were not damaged.
The IRIAF possesses three KC-707 and three KC-747 refueling aircraft. It is unclear, however, how many of these aging aircraft are in an operational condition.
While the IDF implied that the fighter jets of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) struck the tanker in Mashhad Airport, it is very possible that the attack was carried out by the Mossad spy agency.
Mossad commandos have reportedly been operating on Iranian territories, using loitering munitions and guided missiles, since the start of the Israeli attack on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, codenamed Operation Rising Lion, on June 13.
As the IAF claims aerial superiority over western Iran and the capital, Tehran, the IRIAF has so far remained out of the picture.
Hamadan, Tabriz and other key air bases of the IRIAF, where some of the air force’s most capable fighter jets like Soviet-made MiG-29s are known to be deployed, have already been struck. However, the IDF has not yet announced the destruction of any fighter jets.
There is doubt that Israel’s opening strikes, which were mainly carried out by Mossad commandos, have dealt a heavy blow to Iran’s air defense network. While the Islamic Republic’s offensive capabilities have already recovered, defensive measures are yet to come back to action. It may be just a matter of time, however.
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israel is slowly dying
fastly rather
the moshloms are dead like pork salami
lolz
israeli society is sick, degenerate and hateful. moloch worshipping blood cult
the zionists aren’t doing these types on their own wouldn’t surprise me if it’s americans.
a british f35b recently landed in india from a mission over iran because he was out of fuel. so the usukians are already involved.
israel has no agency, it’s a mere colony, a very small one.
l’iran ha perso, la russia ha perso, hezbollah non doveva bombardare israele ma aiutare la siria gli houti non devono attaccare israele, l’iran la turchia e il caucaso saranno israeliani la russia sarà una colonia europea si può salvare solo se usa l’atomica le trattative sono nulle è presa in giro da anni, putin deve dimostrare di essere zar di tutte le russie.
if you got the skinflute out of your face, you might be able to look at the keyboard and screen, and see that you’re posting gibberish.
plenty of mig-29’s in the world to quickly replace the ground losses. not so many f-35’s available.
someone on zoka’s channel who obviously wasn’t born when mig-29s were new claims that tabriz airbase is “unusable” because israel bombed the taxiways. what the youngsters don’t know is that migs and sukhois of that era were not only fod-proof but designed with very sturdy landing gear – they were capable of taking off from and landing on grass fields. who needs taxiways? “where we’re going, we don’t neeeed roads…”
zelenskyy going to donate any f-16’s to help his daddy in tel aviv?
russia and iran humiliated by ukraine and israel.
you just keep hitting this “humiliation” meme. it’s not the ninth grade spring dance, shitcock.
israel + uk + ussa anti air defenses penetrated easily. remember, israel has an entire gang propping it up
china will eventually intervene, just watch.
china going to do nothing. only some words like it condemns the attack on iran. even russia is evacuating their embassy in tehran. they know it is over for iran. russia is the samenwith strong words. also russia abandoned iran and the russia organised brics org is a farce, so far they have achieved and done nothing and russia is trying to be big pals with usa and wants to use the usd. russia and south africa are pariah on the world stage with sanctions and on money laundering lists.
pariah on the world stage? again with the ninth-grade girl gossip approach? oy vey, shitcock!
nope. if they’d be smart enough, they use the opportunity to seize taiwan, but they are too into passive-defensive attitude, much as iran and much as russia used to be before 2022.
iran is slowly dying. soon israel and the west us, uk, eu and nato will control all and install their approved leader of iran who will cede all their oil industry and people to be controlled by the west. iranians are running away in droves to escape. it’s over for iran soon to be incprporated into and renamed the republic of israel.
they haven’t even rolled up gaza and they’ve been at it for fifty years.
first hit, then think
happy birthday president trump
free free usa
free free la
free free cali..
the penetration of iran is getting so deep that the mullahs are running for their lives!!!
israel wins again!!!
eheheheh