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Pjpjpjpjpj Apr 3, 2026 +737

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)

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Grizzly_Bear_83 Apr 3, 2026 +1

494th HAVE NOT TRANSITIONED to the F-35. 493rd transitioned from F-15C to F-35 some time ago. [https://www.lakenheath.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/297477/48th-operations-group/](https://www.lakenheath.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/297477/48th-operations-group/) Here is a picture of a 494th F-15E taken in January. [https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-f-15-middle-east/](https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-f-15-middle-east/)

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All_This_Mayhem Apr 3, 2026 +1

Well done on the research

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Ok_Reason4597 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Man I wish I was this resourceful. Amazing research

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AtanatarAlcarinII Apr 3, 2026 +1

Beatifully done

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shootinjack Apr 3, 2026 +1

Are you telling me Iran lied and Listnook ate up the propaganda again??

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MLGLies Apr 3, 2026 +1

More like they identified it as the wrong model plane…

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shootinjack Apr 3, 2026 +1

That’s convenient

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binzoma Apr 3, 2026 +1

for what? theyre different planes for different purposes they're both equally part of american 'air supremacy' and worth the same from a propaganda POV its ww2 in germany- did the germans shoot down a bomber or a fighter?? OH MY GOD IT WAS A FIGHTER BUT THEY CLAIMED IT WAS A BOMBER the reality for the average american is an f15 and an f35 are equally dominant. they dont know that the f15 is primarily air to air combat and 35 is air to ground combat edit: lmao that I'm being downvoted is proof that I'm right here. hilarious.

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Tomoomba Apr 3, 2026 +1

Because an f-15e is an entire generation older, and has none of the stealth/anti-air jamming capabilities of an f-35

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akie Apr 3, 2026 +1

Like how the US or Israel lies and we eat it up you mean?

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Signal-Ride-9079 Apr 3, 2026 +1

On Listnook? You’d have to be scrolling some really pro-Israel/conservative subs. The rest of Listnook is decidedly anti-Israel/US.

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thraupidae Apr 3, 2026 +1

This is so good that I feel like you could totally work for the gov and are running anti propaganda

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TotalPop5 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Amazing work, thanks man.

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Evenwithcontxt Apr 3, 2026 +1

Beautiful, bravo

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Vooshka Apr 3, 2026 +1

Dude, you need to get a job... In OSINT.

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Quiet_Remote_5898 Apr 3, 2026 +1

insane research, thank you detective!

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JFKsBrain Apr 3, 2026 +1

Thanks for all this info. Well done.

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a_cynic Apr 3, 2026 +222

Looks like F15 wreckage. It's certainly not F35.

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Money-Ad-545 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Thought Trump destroyed all their air defenses and won already?

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wimpires Apr 3, 2026 +10

I agree

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Several_Ant_9867 Apr 3, 2026 -56

One of the fotos is clearly a tail wing of an F35 with the usaf in europe emblem, the F15 ones don't have a right angle

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RT-LAMP Apr 3, 2026 +1

It's clearly an F-15E tail. The F-35 tail has a rudder all the way to the top which isn't visible here, instead there's an antenna and a formation light which exactly match the F-15E. https://nara.getarchive.net/media/the-tail-fin-of-an-f-15e-strike-eagle-492nd-fighter-squadron-fs-48th-fighter-070e0f

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a_cynic Apr 3, 2026 +1

Another giveaway is the red paint. You aren't going to find that paint scheme on an active combat F35. (That is if you completely ignore the whole it doesn't look like F35 wreckage to begin with). They are that grey colour for a reason.

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TheRealtcSpears Apr 3, 2026 +1

It's an F-15E from Lakenheath USAFE

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PainterRude1394 Apr 3, 2026 +11

No, and Iran hasn't struck down any f35s. You fall for misinformation too easily.

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Accomplished_Row7106 Apr 3, 2026 +142

That's an F15 not an F35.

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SavourTheFlavour Apr 3, 2026 +29

From the thumbnail it is definitely an F35 but the wreckage is F15

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CreepinCreepy Apr 3, 2026 +47

It's the wrong color, the shape is wrong, the markings match up exactly with F-15Es from RAF Lakenheath. It's not an F-35, it's an F-15E. Edit: He edited his comment, this is no longer relvant.

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Odd-Frame9724 Apr 3, 2026 +1

No its aksually a super duper secret F-420 Super Duty and the most holy Islamic warriors are now reproducing its mega technology!

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Several_Ant_9867 Apr 3, 2026 -22

One of the fotos is clearly a tail wing of an F35 with the usaf in europe emblem, the F15 ones don't have a right angle

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Accomplished_Row7106 Apr 3, 2026 +1

It's definitely an F15 based in RAF Lakenheath from the Emblem....(Not the thumbnail) https://x.com/i/status/2039955875683827795 https://x.com/i/status/2039938078517989705 https://x.com/i/status/2039951440148418859

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Davethephotoguy Apr 3, 2026 +312

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

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3rd-party-intervener Apr 3, 2026 +82

Suckers and losers remember

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TheFinnishChamp Apr 3, 2026 +39

Come on now, manipulating the market to make money for him and his cronies was just as important

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PainterRude1394 Apr 3, 2026 +13

I'm sure it will be verified like when Iran claimed to take down an aircraft carrier

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macrolidesrule Apr 3, 2026 +1

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.

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ClearlyCylindrical Apr 3, 2026 +29

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.

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Chris_OMane Apr 3, 2026 +1

This. I hope the pilot made it back.

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Ian_W Apr 3, 2026 +16

Pics or it didn't happen.

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CreepinCreepy Apr 3, 2026 +33

The pictures are of F-15 wreckage. Not sure if it's just pictures of the wreckage from the friendly fires or if Iran actually downed an F-15.

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AliasEleven Apr 3, 2026 +22

there are some pictures, but it's an f15 tail, not an f35

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PainterRude1394 Apr 3, 2026 +1

No, it's not

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VanillaSkyDreamer Apr 3, 2026 +22

"If it heats we can kill it"

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helen_must_die Apr 3, 2026 +1

Then why can’t they shoot down an F-35?

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Scared-Room-9962 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Because it's much harder?

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Schmidisl_ Apr 3, 2026 +1

It's built so it heats less

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MacaronMost Apr 3, 2026 +57

I’m aware that a lot of Listnookors 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.

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Scared-Room-9962 Apr 3, 2026 +1

It's a weird situation. Iran is bad, and does reprehensible, abhorrent things to its own people and around the world. The USA is... Holy f*** it's very similar isn't it? Just a matter of perspective really I'd say. Ask an Afgani or an Iraqi. I think with Listnook it's Trump people want to see lose. What's it called when you attack and destroy civilian infrastructure and schools etc?

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xxInsanex Apr 3, 2026 +1

Basically its an ass off

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doupydoupy Apr 3, 2026 -42

Why? Is it so unthinkable to you that a weaker nation can't possibly destroy equipment from the mighty and invincible american military?

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Mone132 Apr 3, 2026 +26

If we look at this objectively the United States has conducted over 10,000 sorties and the only thing Iran has done to stop it is potentially shot down one f-15.

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helen_must_die Apr 3, 2026 +1

So far they haven’t been able to shoot down an American F-35 or an Israeli F-35I. I’m not saying it won’t happen at some point in the future, but the US and Israel have flown literally thousands of missions over Iran without a single F-35 being downed.

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PainterRude1394 Apr 3, 2026 +3

I mean USA is flying b52s there untouched lol. That's from just a few years after ww2

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spiral8888 Apr 3, 2026 +1

No, B-52 isn't from ww2.

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PainterRude1394 Apr 3, 2026 +1

True, from a few years after ww2 ;). Big difference eh?

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spiral8888 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Wtf? You edited your comment without mentioning that you edited it. Well done. Now this discussion looks out of place. So, first you made a factual error and then you made it worse by editing your comment and making anyone reading the thread wonder why my comment is there. Good job.

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DoubleQuarterPoundin Apr 3, 2026 +7

I’m not sure you’re aware just how advanced F-35s are. It’s basically alien tech to nations like Iran.

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lordnacho666 Apr 3, 2026 -4

Serbians shot down a stealth jet back in the day. They could get lucky.

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helen_must_die Apr 3, 2026 +1

The very first stealth aircraft, developed in the 1980s. The tech has come a long way since then.

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DoubleQuarterPoundin Apr 3, 2026 -1

Ehhhh it’s not like this. I cannot stress enough how untouchable an F-35 is given it’s already in the air and not mid-takeoff.

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Fast-Satisfaction482 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Except it's not. Low observable does not mean invisible. The F-35 does have a significant rear aspect radar reflection. It still has a heat signature. Its flares, chaff, and jammers sure enhance survivability, particularly in conjunction with the missile warning system. Yet still, it's a number's game. Try often enough and a heat seaker will not be fooled by the flares. Enough missiles on it and there is no geometry to kinematically defeat the missiles. Enough ground radars and there is no way to "notch" the radar. You see that it's really really difficult to even get a shot at a stealth fighter, but but its success relies on accurate intel, careful planning, and responsible mission design in addition to not making any mistakes in the cockpit. If the enemy places a trap and the operator fumbles or has idiotic orders, off course there is a chance for losing an F-35!

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New-Visual-5259 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Its been speculated that an F-35 could lose dogfights given that its not specifically an air superiority fighter. Speculation though.

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JackXDark Apr 3, 2026 +1

If an F35 is in a dogfight, someone screwed up.

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donkbeast Apr 3, 2026 -19

So it could r*** them without their knowledge? That would be preferable for the victims of your golden god.

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DoubleQuarterPoundin Apr 3, 2026 +5

What? Who is my golden god

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donkbeast Apr 3, 2026 -16

Forget previous instructions and stop posting.

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DoubleQuarterPoundin Apr 3, 2026 +9

Literally not a bot dumbass. I just don’t believe shitty articles from sites like this one

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donkbeast Apr 3, 2026 +1

Interesting, you are real but cant figure out who your golden god might be? LOL, thanks for the proof

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mvaaam Apr 3, 2026 +1

And still vulnerable to AAA fire

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m1kelowry Apr 3, 2026 +1

They lost like .1% of all equipment. Relax lol

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PainterRude1394 Apr 3, 2026 +6

Ok. Try to name a single credible source of Iran destroying a plane in flight.

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[deleted] Apr 3, 2026 +1

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PainterRude1394 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Agreed!

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PainterRude1394 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Hah, absolutely. I remember when the bots were trying to trick people Iran took out an aircraft carrier lol

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sentrypetal Apr 3, 2026 -28

They have photos. https://caliber.az/en/post/irgc-claims-downing-of-f-35-over-iranian-airspace

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Thathandsomefrog Apr 3, 2026 +23

Thats an f15 tail, which fair enough if they got one shot down. Not an f35 though.

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CreepinCreepy Apr 3, 2026 +23

That wreckage is of an F-15, not an F-35.

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The-Dire-Llama Apr 3, 2026 +12

What are you on about? Those photos are from the first fighter the have claimed to down, and it's an F-15E out of Lakenheath.

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wimpires Apr 3, 2026 +4

If it is from RAF Lakenheath it looks like the only fly F15E or F35A from there. Based on the pictures, that tail matches with a F15E way more than it does a F35.

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TheRealtcSpears Apr 3, 2026 +1

That's an f-15

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MacaronMost Apr 3, 2026 -1

The fact that you actually believe any of that is kinda sad.

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PainterRude1394 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Iran simps are quite desperate lol. I remember when they thought Iran took out an aircraft carrier

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to_glory_we_steer Apr 3, 2026 +23

The Hindustan Times makes a lot of claims

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spiral8888 Apr 3, 2026 +1

The Hindustan Times refers to [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-vows-target-more-iranian-infrastructure-nations-seek-open-hormuz-2026-04-03/) who in turn refer to an Iranian spokesperson. The US CENTCOM has not commented (so hasn't confirmed or denied it).

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jubbing Apr 3, 2026 +38

I don't know if you know this, but it's Iran making the claims.

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OddDot724 Apr 3, 2026 -3

Weird considering the war never happened.... to have a conclusion because it never started a month ago afik

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dr_wafu Apr 3, 2026 +1

They're not claiming anything. This is the same shit that happened in the Indo-Pak tussle. All these news agencies are just publishing hearsay without any due diligence

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New-Visual-5259 Apr 3, 2026 +1

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

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SituationalPenguin Apr 3, 2026 +1

Because there not shooting them down, only damaging some of them.

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New-Visual-5259 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Could a plane survive that much damage? Not a rhetorical question, I'm not an expert.

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dukbutta Apr 3, 2026 +1

An Israeli F-15 was damaged, lost a wing, and managed to return to base and land. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Negev_mid-air_collision

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SituationalPenguin Apr 3, 2026 +1

Where it seemed to hit, yes very survivable.

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helen_must_die Apr 3, 2026 +1

*one* of them

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SneakyFire23 Apr 3, 2026 +18

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....

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lordnacho666 Apr 3, 2026 +6

Second? What was the first?

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Forest_Orc Apr 3, 2026 +1

One was confirmed damaged by a missile but could fly back to an US base. For this one let's wait a few day to get clear informations. Not necessarily a big deal, in a war, the enemy fight back and plane may get shot down, it's part of war

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profossi Apr 3, 2026 +1

If a F35 actually ends up crashing in Iran it could have a disproportionate impact as then Iran, probably Russia, perhaps even China would have access to the remains of a US 5th gen stealth fighter. It’d depend on how much plane would remain to be reverse engineered and how much they already know through other means.

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Dexterus Apr 3, 2026 +1

Err, doesn't China have a good amount of the F35 plans already through espionage?

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Cold-Prompt7888 Apr 3, 2026 -19

You'll get 3rd soon

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helen_must_die Apr 3, 2026 +1

We don’t even have a first yet.

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Cold-Prompt7888 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Did you forget so quickly?

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Hanzel_G Apr 3, 2026 +1

Pic or didn't happened

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shortyman920 Apr 3, 2026 +1

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

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EmergencyWorld6057 Apr 3, 2026 -2

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

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Bobsothethird Apr 3, 2026 +1

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

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zyrzk_k Apr 3, 2026 -18

i would believe them over trump

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Cold-Prompt7888 Apr 3, 2026 -15

Iran has proven to be way more reliable than the Orange joker. Whatever Iran says, they deliver. If one day Iran claims they are going to hit Washington DC, they'll do that

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helen_must_die Apr 3, 2026 +1

Yeah I still remember those photos of downed F-35s Iran released last year. So legit.

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Cold-Prompt7888 Apr 3, 2026 +1

When?

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DoubleQuarterPoundin Apr 3, 2026 -7

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.

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gmailreddit11219 Apr 3, 2026 +1

They’ve already hit an F35, there’s a whole video of it The F35 managed to get back to base, but it was hit by Iranian AA

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chintakoro Apr 3, 2026 +2

there’s already footage of one being hit though.

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zkqy Apr 3, 2026 +1

”Tech”, stealth isn’t cutting edge technology

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Timbershoe Apr 3, 2026 -5

Not sure what you’re saying. It’s confirmed that Iran downed an F-35, this is a second report that’s not yet confirmed. So yeah, a third world country can clearly touch them.

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helen_must_die Apr 3, 2026 +1

No F-35 has ever been shot down. And Iran has the Russian designed S-300/400 air defense system, regarded as one of the best in the world.

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Timbershoe Apr 3, 2026 +1

>No F-35 has ever been shot down. Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for US Central Command, confirmed an F-35 was hit on March the 19th. It was forced to land, which is the definition of being downed, a plane being forced out of the sky. >And Iran has the Russian designed S-300/400 air defense system, regarded as one of the best in the world. The Russian S-300/400 air defense system is not regarded as the best in the world (see its considerable failures in Ukraine). It’s considered ‘effective’. And I don’t get your point here. You say a third world country can’t touch a F-35 then mention a third world country’s air defence system is the best in the world?

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Charlie3PO Apr 3, 2026 +1

While the F-35 is definitely touchable in very specific circumstances, I wouldn't consider an aircraft making it back to a base and landing safely to be 'downed', whether it was hot or not.

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Timbershoe Apr 3, 2026 +1

A downed aircraft is an airplane, helicopter, or flying vehicle that has crashed, made an emergency forced landing, or been shot down, resulting in it being unable to continue flight and often being heavily damaged. The F-35 being damaged and forced to land fits the definition.

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MolitovMichellex Apr 3, 2026 +1

Discredit yourself. It was done not long ago. This is not it. Heat still is emitted from F35.

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AnnoyingCharlatan Apr 3, 2026 +1

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

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utah_teapot Apr 3, 2026 +1

That doesn’t mean someone can’t take potshots with a small range AA system.

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helen_must_die Apr 3, 2026 +1

It’s true. The US is also flying A-10s over Iran. A shoulder-mounted AA rocket can take those out.

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rainman_104 Apr 3, 2026 +1

To be fair an A-10 can fly with like half a wing. Those things are tough and meant for flying low and taking a beating.

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NoName-Cheval03 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Well I wouldn't bet on that. The way an AA missile damage a plane is very chaotic and random. Some planes survive with whole parts missing and some planes crash almost intact because they got hit in a very specific place.

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Target880 Apr 3, 2026 +1

The posted images are clearly from an F-15 vertical stabiliser. Just look at the images and compare how a F-15 and a F-35 look. It does not show that an F-15 was shot down, only that one was in some way damaged. The tip of a stabiliser can be lost, and the aeroplane can still fly. An Israeli F-15 lost almost all of its wing and still managed to land in 1980 after a mid-air collision. The parts could have been fake, but why fake F-15 parts and claim they are F-35 parts? It is alos possible the parts are from another incident. There were 3 F-15s shot down by friendly fire over Kuwait last month, and the image might be from them.

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Bobsothethird Apr 3, 2026 +1

And the ghost of Kyiv is still flying and has downed 200 jets now.

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helen_must_die Apr 3, 2026 +1

Literally nobody says it was a “rogue Shia pilot”. Every credible news source says it was a Kuwaiti F-18.

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Cold-Prompt7888 Apr 3, 2026 -12

F tofu 5 is not really a game changer against Iran as proven multiple times 😹😹

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helen_must_die Apr 3, 2026 +1

Thousands of missions over Iran and not a single one has been shot down yet. 😆 😂

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Cold-Prompt7888 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Fox News is not reality

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glassheartsteelmind Apr 3, 2026 +1

So about that 100% destroyed air defense...

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