Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds

Yasser76 said:
Ah, understood. Yeah, but Pentagon has curtailed Wedgtail for USAF right?

My point is in short/medium term, until replacements for E-3 is inducted, USAF has taken a big hit in capability lost.

What are the numbers now?

6-7 KC-135s?
1 F-35
3 F-15E
1-2 E-3


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Bro , it's an all-out war so far , such losses are expected....if you look at the entire chessboard these losses are negligible.
 
Yasser76 said:
Ah, understood. Yeah, but Pentagon has curtailed Wedgtail for USAF right?

My point is in short/medium term, until replacements for E-3 is inducted, USAF has taken a big hit in capability lost.

What are the numbers now?

6-7 KC-135s?
1 F-35
3 F-15E
1-2 E-3


?
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Correct tally is hard to mention with certainty. Should do a tally at some point.
 
Hassan Al-Somal said:
In case you forgot it...

Target List:

Tier-1: Ballistic Missile Defense Sensor Network ✅
⤵️
Tier-2: Airpower Force Multipliers (work in progress)
⤵️
Tier-3: ....

➡️ They are in this for long


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US can immidiately replace the losses

4 x E767 AWACS with JAPAN
6 x E-7 Wedgetail with AUSTRALIA
4 x E-7 Wedgetail with South Korea

i think they already have requested fro Australian wedgetails already.
 
mythbuster said:
Bro , it's an all-out war so far , such losses are expected....if you look at the entire chessboard these losses are negligible.
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In the grand scheme of things yes, but were US expecting these losses?

Also 1 month in and they lost an E-3

If this rate of losses continues it will have a hit on capability for sure, and remember, it's not just the actual losses, wear and tear on equipment at high tempo will be intense, so USAF will have to end up retiring a lot of the F-15s/F-16s way earlier then expected.
 
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22 Ships have registered themselves as completely written off by Iranian attacks as of now, since Hormuz was closed. 13 of them Oil Tankers.

A majority were hit after Trump encouraged them to break the blockade, with the promise of help from US navy.

More recent ones are under assessments for the level of damages. Data as per ISW.
 
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TallGuy said:
US can immidiately replace the losses

4 x E767 AWACS with JAPAN
6 x E-7 Wedgetail with AUSTRALIA
4 x E-7 Wedgetail with South Korea

i think they already have requested fro Australian wedgetails already.
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Well USAF does not have crews trained on E-7 and that os implying Aus, Japan and SoKo will get involved when all three have said they are staying out
 
Yasser76 said:
Well USAF does not have crews trained on E-7 and that os implying Aus, Japan and SoKo will get involved when all three have said they are staying out
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Don't trust anything leaders say in open press - people are colluding behind closed doors.
 
Yasser76 said:
In the grand scheme of things yes, but were US expecting these losses?

Also 1 month in and they lost an E-3

If this rate of losses continues it will have a hit on capability for sure, and remember, it's not just the actual losses, wear and tear on equipment at high tempo will be intense, so USAF will have to end up retiring a lot of the F-15s/F-16s way earlier then expected.
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Wear and tear is blown way out of proportion. It does matter but US can eat the cost so...
 
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