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Iran said it had shot down a United States Air Force fighter jet over its territory, and footage released by Iranian channels appears to show the wreckage of an F-15E Strike Eagle from the U.S. Air Force’s 494th Fighter Squadron.

Iranian outlets initially claimed the aircraft was an F-35, but a closer review of the debris shown in the video points to a different aircraft. Visible sections of the airframe, including parts of the fuselage and external mounting points, match the layout of the F-15E rather than the stealth design of the F-35.

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[–] GaMEChld@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago (4 children)

... Did Trump just preside over the first F15 loss in history?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Allegedly Kuwait shot down 3 of them before in a "friendly fire accident". ~~Though the friendly fire story is getting a tad dubious.~~

[–] Krono@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What makes you question the story?

Certainly the Trump administration had been lying about it losses, and they are releasing many face-saving coverup stories. It would be foolish to give them the benefit of the doubt.

But the Kuwaiti friendly fire incident actually has lots of evidence to back it up. You can watch video of the "dogfight"- a Kuwaiti jet is clearly attacking US jet at very close range. The US jet appears to be surprised, as they fail to deploy most counter-measures.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

I hadn't seen the videos of it but you're right that one was probably a true hero going rogue.

[–] AlDente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe it's normal to arrest those involved in friendly-fire incidents on criminal charges, but this author doesn't think so.

The military authorities in Kuwait have arrested the Kuwaiti Air Force Pilot, named the “Ghost of Kuwait” on charges of ‘criminal negligence’ here Tuesday

The charges and the arrest points at deliberate act on part of the KAF combat pilot.

https://thetruthinternational.com/ghost-of-kuwaitarrested-on-charges-of-criminal-negligence-over-march-6-friendly-fire-incident/

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Remember, Kuwait would be inclined to arrest anyone that embarrassed them or messes up in some way. So, the fact that they were arrested doesn't mean it was deliberate.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Also US allies like to placate their imperial master at the expense of their own people and dignity.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

That Kuwaiti dude probably has the highest kill ratio in this war.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

He finds new ways to fail and embarrass us all.

[–] pokexpert30@jlai.lu 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Didnt kuwait shut down two of them ? F15 never lost an air fight, but getting shot down by aa is something else

[–] criscodisco@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Yeah, two were shot down by Iraqi AA during Desert Storm. One was AAA, one was a SAM.