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A second United States Air Force combat aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday as rescue teams continued searching for a missing crew member from a downed F-15E Strike Eagle, according to two U.S. officials cited by The New York Times.

The second aircraft, an A-10 Thunderbolt II, went down near the Strait of Hormuz, and its pilot was safely rescued, the officials said.

The crash occurred around the same time that an F-15E was shot down over Iran, where one crew member has already been recovered and search teams continue looking for the second.

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[–] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The US military is also arguably not at it’s prime now either - but I’d say Iran is much better equipped now than it was a decade ago (when Trump nixed Obama’s nuclear agreement).

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 19 hours ago

The US military has been reporting abysmal defense readiness scores since trump's first term.

After this, it will be in the gutters of the abyss...