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Another United States warplane involved in the war in Iran crashed in the Persian Gulf on April 3, The New York Times reported, citing two American officials.
According to the report, the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jet went down near the Strait of Hormuz at around the same time that an F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet was shot down over Iran. The report said the pilot from the jet was safely rescued. The U.S. officials did not provide further details on how the plane crashed.
Later, the Iranian military said that the jet was targeted by its air defenses over the Islamic Republic’s southern waters, close to the Strait of Hormuz.
The production of the A-10, mainly used for close air support, stopped all the way back in 1984. At the time it cost just under $10 million.
The report of the aerial loss came amid an extensive U.S. military search and rescue operation in the southwestern Iranian province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, where the F-15E was shot down earlier in the day. One of two crew members of the jet has been reportedly rescued, while the fate of the second remains unclear.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which claimed responsibility for downing the jet, said that its forces were searching for the crew members, along with locals.
The search and rescue operation has so far resulted in some losses. American news channel Newsmax reported that a Black Hawk helicopter — most likely a HH-60G Pave Hawk used by special forces — was hit while taking part in the daring operation. According to the report, the helicopter managed to exit Iranian territory safely and land securely.
A later report by American NBC News said that not just one, but two helicopters were hit during the ongoing search and rescue operation.
Two photos that emerged online amid the operation did show a Black Hawk helicopter with a trail of smoke. These photos have not been verified yet, however. A single Black Hawk helicopter could cost more than $20 million, depending on the version.
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In a separate incident, a U.S. Air Force F-16CJ Wild Weasel fighter jet — specialized in hunting air defenses — was noted on aviation tracking websites flying in an area around the Iraq-Iran border while squawked 7700, the universal, international transponder code used by aircraft to immediately alert Air Traffic Control of a general emergency.
A similar situation was noted with a KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueling tanker aircraft of the U.S. Air Force that was flying over Israel.
The recent American losses may be a sign that Iran air defense capabilities are recovering. With the search and rescue operation ongoing in Iran ongoing, the U.S. Air Force could take more losses.
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if iran squad-iran went on the internet the get the usa frequency s for all pilots beacons dum
its been a bad day for the ziorats
stupid muriclowns shot to pieces for diaper wearing zionist inbreds.
doily wearing zionist inbreds.
poohtin has lost 500,000 in ukraine…heheheh
what site do you get your info from ?
considering he’s a zionist diaperhead i am surprised he did not claim 6 million russians dead. ziomutts love their lies.
it would go well with the six billion beheaded babies cooked in ovens.
its called his ass, thats where he gets all his comments from.
how’s that vaseline working for you, does it hurt..🤣
just learn my song: ‘i surrender’, and eve ry thing will be fine when you see iranians coming.
that’s why russia owns it now. hehehe
sadness in southfug… hahahahahaha
fafo usa!
invade now motherfugers!
is donny on a air craft carrier saying mission acccomplished yet
i swallow double hebrew jizz yesterday a delicacy for us americunt hillbillies
the jewsa designated the irgc as a terrorist organisation and so iran retaliated by designating the jewsa armed forces as a terrorist organisation. so any shot down aircrew will be treated as terrorists and “unlawful combatants.” get the waterboarding ready! heheheh
probably worse than waterboarding: have them repair those bridges they bombed…
there was a guy i know in the air force that said a warthog could take any fire and keep flying.. i guess that guy was wrong.
like the bulk of aircraft in the usaf a-10’s are 40+ years old. all the us can fly now is cold war junk.
they stopped producing these things 40 years ago. and they laugh at iran’s “museum piece air force.” goes with the 70 year old b52s i suppose.
americunts getting up the ass….without vaseline ..more to come
make no mistake, the copter was hit by the rifle fire we saw in the videos
now keep sending faggots to rescue the faggots
why are there no iranian guys with manportable shoulder-fired igla anti-air missiles or at least somalia-like trucks with heavy machine guns mounted on them, which shoot down enemy uh/hh-60 helicopters flying that low as visible in the videos? such chances to down and kill tens of us invaders must no be missed anymore. it’s obligatory to use them and erase the enemy helicopters when they fly that low or are in mid-air refueling process!!
hamas in gaza had a policy of not firing on zio medical evacuation helicopters. something to do with islamic teaching.
yes, might be true. but it is not helping the cause. if your enemy fights nasty, but you stick to moral and kindness – the winner will be, surprise, surprise – your enemy ! so if you wantto win the war, you need to fight in a way that you kill the enemy whereever you can !
unit 8200 stop sweepng the tunnel floors and report to duty. the 1 day regime change operation needs your help!!!
we’d like to hejp, but we’re all busy changing our diapers.
as a retired americunt burger flipper for 340 million inferior ugly feminized species the greatest happiness is swallowing hebrew jizz
all americunts lose virginity at 9 yrs old paying to be sodomized by superior hebrews
halo, my name is galit. i am here to tell you that we can live in bomb shelters for as long as it takes
you all sleeping on inflatable mattresses ? (you know, to stay dry)
heroic stuff 😀
when you’re winning so hard you have to ask your enemy for 48 h of ceasefire to get your downed pilots out of his country.
siły specjalne w iranie są w celu ratowania żołnierza? nie sądzę. szukają uranu… bajki jak z covidem
distributing manpads seems to have been a good idea. most these were low altitude and madpad accessible. that doesn’t mean other systems weren’t used, but it increases chance of u.s. craft being hit. choppers would be easy-peazy. that the u.s. minimizes hits by claiming other issues that are obvious lies, only makes plain they are afraid of americans knowing the truth. what a surprise awaits when all the lies are exposed.
its like duck hunting season for iran. quack quack
give that man a coconut! give him 2 coconuts!
dearie dearie me. trumpy’s little aeroplanes are being swatted like flies.