F-15E shot down over Iran
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Any word on the pilot?
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SeanD
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The media says they are searching for two crew. So far, no luck. Iran is offering a reward to anyone who captures them.
SeanD
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An ejection seat was found so it looks like someone got out.
www.theguardian.com
US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images
Downing of fighter plane – the first shot down over Iran since start of war – prompts frantic US rescue effort
www.theguardian.com
Minuteman
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FlyingAccountant
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The balls on these guys/gals, my god. I saw another video from the ground where an MC130 was refueling a couple Pavehawks at a fairly low altitude.
FlyingAccountant
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One of the crew was rescued.
Fingers crossed.
NovemberEcho
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One crew member recovered safely, search ongoing for second
www.reuters.com
US fighter jet shot down over Iran, search under way for crew member, US officials say
Iranian officials called on civilians to be on the lookout for survivors and have flooded social media with images that purport to show wreckage from the aircraft.
www.reuters.com
knot4u
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I heard Iran started launching fighter aircraft to search for the downed crew, of course the picture they showed was of a 50+ year old two seat F-5 (it wasn't a T-38, you can tell by the tip tanks and off-road tires) so I'm not sure if that info is accurate. If Iran did send up F-5s to go head to head with the 4th and 5th gen fighters those pilots either have balls of platinum or they were coerced to jump into the fight.
Boris Badenov
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It seems that an A-10 also went down. Pilot recovered.
www.nytimes.com
Iran War Live Updates: One American Rescued From F-15E Jet Shot Down Over Iran, U.S. Officials Say
The fate of a second airman shot down in the F-15E warplane was unknown. A second U.S. combat plane crashed in the Gulf region around the same time and its lone pilot was rescued, U.S. officials said.
FlyingAccountant
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It seems that an A-10 also went down. Pilot recovered.
Iran War Live Updates: One American Rescued From F-15E Jet Shot Down Over Iran, U.S. Officials Say
The fate of a second airman shot down in the F-15E warplane was unknown. A second U.S. combat plane crashed in the Gulf region around the same time and its lone pilot was rescued, U.S. officials said.
I'm also seeing rumblings that an HH-60 was damaged.
Da fuq is going on?
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Strat SAM systems, strat AAA sites and airfields can be taken out of action terminally. It’s the tactical SAM systems, MANPADs, and mobile AAA pieces, that will always be a problem that can’t fully be eradicated, as they can be everywhere, and hence, need to be taken into account tactics-wise
Boris Badenov
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If forced to guess, I would think the 60 was involved in SAR for one or both of the jets.
No confirmation on any -60, yet. The A-10, as I’m hearing it, took some heavy damage during a mission. Retrograded to friendly territory and pilot had to eject.
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NovemberEcho
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Iran isn’t Afghanistan. The mobile threats are present, and are everywhere. While they don’t have the ability to reach out and touch you such that the strat systems do, they are very lethal if you operate inside their WEZ, which easily happens.
We quickly defeated Iraq in DS, but lost a lot of aircraft downed by legacy systems, even after we’d had them mostly beaten down. Welcome to operating in a contested environment.