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I stopped believing anything they say, after all their leader is a serial liar.I am shocked at how brazenly CENTCOM lied about this
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I stopped believing anything they say, after all their leader is a serial liar.I am shocked at how brazenly CENTCOM lied about this
Hurry! Put him in a third plane! Let's give him a f35 this time.Not sure if people are aware, but lightening can strike twice. That is some hardluck for any aviator. Lucky that he survived both shoot-downs.
Pilot of fighter jet downed over Iran previously shot down in Kuwaiti incident
Eleanor Watson
Wed, June 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM EDT
CBS News
Fighter pilot downed over Iran was previously shot down in Kuwaiti incident, sources say 01:23
The pilot of the F-15E fighter jet downed over Iran was also flying one of the jets shot down at the start of the war by Kuwaiti friendly fire, two people familiar with the incidents tell CBS News.
Just over 30 days after safely ejecting during the friendly fire incident, the pilot was on a mission over Iran when the jet was hit by a surface-to-air missile, prompting a daring rescue operation.
The pilot's dual shootdowns were first reported by national security reporter Sean Naylor in his Substack The High Side.
In the opening days of the war, the pilot was among six aircrew members who safely ejected after three F-15E Strike Eagles were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses — specifically, a Kuwaiti fighter jet — over Kuwait in a friendly fire incident. Remarkably, just weeks later, the pilot was again forced to eject when the F-15E they were flying was shot down by an Iranian missile on April 3.
CBS News previously reported that the pilot, who sustained serious injuries, was rescued after several hours, and the second crew member was rescued after nearly two days in hiding.
"The courage demonstrated by both the pilot and the weapons system officer while isolated and them evading the enemy cannot be overstated," Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said during an April briefing at the White House after the two had been rescued.
"Their grit and warfighting tenacity is a direct result of the absolute trust they have in our rescue forces, their training and their will to survive and return," Caine said.
The Pentagon referred questions to U.S. Central Command, which declined to comment.
"It is a highly unusual coincidence," said Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula, who is the Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and was the principal attack planner for the air campaign for Operation Desert Storm, during the 1990-1991 Gulf War.
Deptula told CBS News in a phone interview that he couldn't think of a pilot being shot down in separate incidents during the same campaign since potentially as far back as the Vietnam War.
"It's like getting hit by lightning twice," Deptula said.
I think damage only is enough to set deterrence under current circumstances… no party wants escalation i believe…if no damage, then the news is pretty useless......let us know if there's hit and damage and sinking
The shock reaction from US pedos is telling that it might have actually been hit and damagedif no damage, then the news is pretty useless......let us know if there's hit and damage and sinking
So they are taking a page for the Israelis for every minor hit they now strike several times harder they have their own eyes in the skies and people on the ground to feed them intel especially in countries like Bahrain UAE Kuwait and Saudi Arabia(large Shia population I wouldn’t see why they don’t have eyes there)Whereas the US is comfortable with either a possible deal or a low-level exchange of fire, but not a return to full-scale war, Tehran is comfortable with a possible deal or a full-scale war, but not with a low-level exchange of fire that erodes Iran's deterrence and allows for Trump's "blockade of the blockade" to become effective.
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