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    Iran behauptet, zweites US-Kampfflugzeug vom Typ F-35 abgeschossen zu haben

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    2. EmergencyWorld6057 on

      With the amount of claims they have done, I’ll like to claim I shot down a F-35 too!

    5. Davethephotoguy on

      If verified, this pilot died to help a president cover up and distract from the epstein files.

    6. MacaronMost on

      I’m aware that a lot of Redditors really want Iran to stick it to the US, but repeatedly posting silly articles like this isn’t going to get you what you want.

    10. DoubleQuarterPoundin on

      Anyone even remotely aware of the tech of these F-35s knows no third-world country could touch one.

      It’s that absurd, really.

      And no, I don’t support this war and wish people would stop getting killed.

    11. SneakyFire23 on

      Iran hasn’t managed to shoot down 1 yet, but hey sure maybe they hit a second.

      Though the tail is from an F-15 from RAF Lakenheath….

    12. ClearlyCylindrical on

      That’s an F15 tail for one, but I’d expect them to have shown the full fuselage if they were to shoot anything down, so I assume the rest of the plane made it back to base.

    14. Pjpjpjpjpj on

      They are citing a story that is breaking top headline news reported by Reuters.

      In turn, Reuters is citing the Mehr news agency.

      Mehr has posted a few pictures of parts, [https://x.com/MehrnewsCom/status/2039933831248252948/photo/1](https://x.com/MehrnewsCom/status/2039933831248252948/photo/1)

      Looking at those pictures, the debris has the words „in Europe“ printed in low visibility (gray on gray) on what appears to be a vertical stabilizer. At the end of that piece, the tip is red.

      From some internet searches, the planes out of RAF Lakenheath carry a „subdued“ logo of „United States Air Forces In Europe.“ Those words are contained inside of a graphic scroll. ([https://media.defense.gov/2022/Apr/20/2002990231/1200/1200/0/220416-F-TO545-1183.JPG](https://media.defense.gov/2022/Apr/20/2002990231/1200/1200/0/220416-F-TO545-1183.JPG))

      In the Mehr pictures, the words „in Europe“ appear to come at the end of a phrase surrounded by a scroll. ([https://x.com/MehrnewsCom/status/2039933831248252948/photo/2](https://x.com/MehrnewsCom/status/2039933831248252948/photo/2))

      The 48th Fighter Wing has four fighter squadrons. They are distinguished by the color of the tips on their vertical stabilizers – blue, yellow, red and green. The red tips are the 494th Fighter Squadron „Panthers.“

      Here is one such plane: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/494th_Fighter_Squadron#/media/File:EGUL_-_McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Eagle_-_United_States_Air_Force_-_96-0204_LN_(48855146556).jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/494th_Fighter_Squadron#/media/File:EGUL_-_McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Eagle_-_United_States_Air_Force_-_96-0204_LN_(48855146556).jpg)

      Note that the red stripe in the Mehr picture has the small white band above and below it, consistent with the picture.

      The 494th, at one point, had F-15E Strike Eagles. They were transitioning to the F-35A planes and I don’t see updated information regarding whether that transition was complete. This wreckage appears to closely resemble a F-15E vertical stabilizer.

      Wiki on the wing, squadron, colors, etc: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/494th_Fighter_Squadron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/494th_Fighter_Squadron)

      Edit to add: One of the other Mehr pictures shows the end of a metal edge with alternating yellow and gray colors. That pattern and location appear to closely resemble the wing tip of the F-15E in the link included above. (https://x.com/MehrnewsCom/status/2039933831248252948/photo/3)

    15. Bobsothethird on

      Breaking news, Iran has officially down the entire US Air Force and has taken California

    16. New-Visual-5259 on

      My question: If they’re shooting down American pilots, where’s the pilots? Regardless if its an F35 or not.

    17. AnnoyingCharlatan on

      I thought the US just announced they had degraded the Iranian AA to the point that they were freely flying B-52s over Iran?

    19. macrolidesrule on

      F35 – doubt

      F15 – maybe

      Technically they can’t shoot down another F35, as they have only damaged one,so far.

      The Kuwait Air Force has a better kill ratio on US planes than the Iranians.

    20. shortyman920 on

      Even if this was true, which it doesn’t seem true, what does it say thay its world news when Iran can even touch one or two of our planes? Like they’re halfway across the globe and using every arms they have remaining and all they can claim as a positive spin is that they hit one of our planes once, maybe twice at best? Sure they’ve hit some of our closer bases and hit civilian centers of allied Arab nations. But the haters will act like this is some big win

    22. Geojewd on

      > Given the massive explosion on impact and during the crash, the pilot is unlikely to have ejected.

      This does not make sense

    23. J-the-Kidder on

      See, this is why we can’t have nice social programs! We need to spend tens and hundreds of millions of dollars for planes that shouldn’t even be operating in that area! See! See!

    25. Tel_Janen on

      Iran is trying to shoot American jets through heat signatures because their radar sites are broken mostly

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