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

[Kyussis]

There have been Iranians on this forum that insisted we didn't need an air force and shouldn't invest in one because we have missiles.
Now you can see the result of their theories.

Who? I can't recall anyone saying that ever!

 

[SecularNationalist]

They had a real live location of him by some device they wear. The simple villagers probably fell into the trap ,they distracted them to another location(purpose of the last night fight )and when it was clear they rescued the second pilot.

 

[Cicero]

It's a lot more embarrassing for Americans.

1 F15
1 A10
1 Blackhawk
2 C130s

Iranians clearly didn't care to capture a pilot in that uninhabited area of Iran near the Gulf waters. And probably didn't know in the beginning it was a successful shoot down.

Trump admin is trying to spin this a victory

Actually according to some reports they even destroyed another A10 in the process

What's more embarrassing than the enemy able to operate deep into enemy territory with helicopters, refueling and for days able to extract multiple pilots with limited damage. Let's not be delusional here.

 

[ShapurII]

You keep saying “deep” inside Iran.

Lordegan is like 200KM from Iraqi border. It’s also apart of the Zargos mountain chain. You act like he fell in middle of Isfahan and hid in a trash can.

Even 20 km inside our territory is considered deep inside our territory for me. It wasn't a place on the border.

I thought it was in Kohgiluye until now. Lordegan, if you are right, is in Chaharmahal. Even worse.

 

[SecularNationalist]

I won't call the rescue of this a pilot a success for the americans since they've lost some jets and helicopters in order to find him lol

And that shows how much importance they give to save one abhorrent excuse of human being.

 

[shapurzolaktaf]

This is complete cope, they failed to inflict any deaths on the CSAR teams, Also they didn't want to capture the pilot??? Lmao what kind of bullshit is that.

4 airplanes destroyed in 1 day, 2 helicopters and one A-10 hit (injured personnel) plus 2nd Pilot who got rescued is injured as well and hid in some remote mountainous area. I call it a military win for Iran. I don't care about hollywoodism.

 

[flyingorca]

The US has literal boneyards full of airframes that they can pick parts or entire working aircraft from. Even if we assume that in addition to the 2 C-130s and A-10, the damaged Blackhawks are also no longer operable, the Americans still don't care. For them actually the pilot is the more expensive equipment.

The symbolism of this and the movies its going to spawn is also worth it.

Still, this was just one small battle over 2 aircrew. Iran is doing far better than anyone could imagine in this war and recovering 2 airmen doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz or stop the missiles.

First time you made a sensible comment

 

[Falcon29]

This is complete cope, they failed to inflict any deaths on the CSAR teams, Also they didn't want to capture the pilot??? Lmao what kind of bullshit is that.

I'm speaking as an American

We lost 6-8 aircraft in 48 hours, not counting drones, because Trump administration incompetence, over area where enemy doesn't have much advanced AA capabilities.

We Americans haven't recollected such events since Vietnam war.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Old Lady Chief of Justice Department fired by Trump because she was being chased by prosecutors

Replacement guy from Trump wants to make sure files with names is not released ...

 

[ShapurII]

Who? I can't recall anyone saying that ever!

I can remember many of such contributors on this forum, many. Most notably, SalarHaqq, which was worshipped as some sort of greatest thinker or something by some people here.

 

[FUB]

This is was a real expensive operations

 

[Immortals]

I am mad that not even a single American was killed after a day of flying deep inside our territory.

If you are going to determine the war by how many enemy soldiers the Iranian side kills then you will not have a favorable view.

Israel and U.S. will always be having a higher kill ratio against Iran. Those are the facts.

This type of operation was good experience for Iran and also to prevent Iran from getting to cocky as the last few weeks have been mostly Iranian momentum. These Iranian officials needed to be humbled a bit.

Iran needs to see its flaws and work to mitigate them the best it can during this war. Better to find out the problems during this operation then finding out on the islands of Kharg or at Isfahan nuclear complex.

The 12 day war taught Iran how to hide and use its missile bases better which directly translated to better performance this war as acknowledge by US media and U.S. intelligence services.

 

[SecularNationalist]

4 airplanes destroyed in 1 day, 2 helicopters and one A-10 hit (injured personnel) plus 2nd Pilot who got rescued is injured as well and hid in some remote mountainous area. I call it a win for Iran.

2 airplanes or 4?

 

[Falcon29]

What's more embarrassing than the enemy able to operate deep into enemy territory with helicopters, refueling and for days able to extract multiple pilots with limited damage. Let's not be delusional here.

This is for Iranians to internalize. I'm not Iranian but an American frustrated with damage Trump administration has done to our economy and global standing.

 

[SecularNationalist]

What's more embarrassing than the enemy able to operate deep into enemy territory with helicopters, refueling and for days able to extract multiple pilots with limited damage. Let's not be delusional here.

Yea that definitely shows the incompetence of Irani army soldiers. This was the best time to use shoulder Manpads Russia provided them.