US Perspective on the Iran - Israel / US War

[Fatman17]

RQ-180’s Likely Role Over Iran Foreshadowed By Secret Cold War Stealth Drone Program​

Large sums of money were spent trying to build a spy drone just like the RQ-180 for a very specific mission decades beforehand.
Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Published Apr 6, 2026

 

[Watandar]

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The "dilemma" is more and more clear by the second.

Incitement to genocide - Wikipedia

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Genocidal rhetoric from a habitual aggressor and criminal. At a minimum we are looking at two ground attacks, one on Kharg Island and another around Esfahan area.

 

[Fatman17]

General confirms A-10 lost, helicopter damaged during F-15 rescue in Iran​

The pilot of an A-10 Warthog had to eject due to damage sustained during an operation to rescue one of the two downed F-15 crew members.
Jeff Schogol, Matt White
Published Apr 6, 2026 2:49 PM EDT
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An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, on March 20, 2026. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Belinda Guachun-Chichay.

 

[Starlord]

Trump doesn't about what the average Joe thinks or says about him. But he does care about his brand among the elites.

But American and Arab Elites are with him, plus he has enough money for a easy retirement with CIA life long protection, justice is only for the weak and poor. Rich and powerful often escape justice, and now even mass murdering civilians have no consequences, this is the collapse of civilized world right before our eyes, language like Amalek and Animals and human animals used to describe whole population to dehumanize them before the killing begins.

 

[Fatman17]

The U.S. military set up an improvised airfield deep inside Iran to rescue the F-15 airman. Marines just practiced building one in the desert | Fortune

“The last 48 hours offers some idea of what U.S. ground operations inside Iran could entail, in terms of Iranian capabilities, risks, and scope for achievement.”

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The US set up a airfield inside Iran

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

General confirms A-10 lost, helicopter damaged during F-15 rescue in Iran​

The pilot of an A-10 Warthog had to eject due to damage sustained during an operation to rescue one of the two downed F-15 crew members.
Jeff Schogol, Matt White
Published Apr 6, 2026 2:49 PM EDT
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An Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flies over Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, on March 20, 2026. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Belinda Guachun-Chichay.

That was during Luke Days!

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

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The AF would likely pull a recently retired A-10 out of the boneyard.

 

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[j_hungary]

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That is a lot of birds.

And who is flying over is probably more telling, a lot of MOS 68 had received mob order, and they are expanding the rank in Landstuhl, which usually means they are expecting casualty

 

[hasssanali8998]

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still better than the alternative of capitulation

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Roughly 9-1/2 hours until Trump's deadline.

 

[Yasser76]

The AF would likely pull a recently retired A-10 out of the boneyard.

That stil does not make the loss any less expensive

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

That stil does not make the loss any less expensive

Agreed, it doesn't. Nor realistically do I expect to see the AF bring one back.

 

[Yasser76]

Agreed, it doesn't. Nor realistically do I expect to see the AF bring one back.

A-10 was on its way out, you may have saved some money in break up/parking fees if there is any silver cloud here....

 

[mythbuster]

That stil does not make the loss any less expensive

What loss ? This is probably the most cost efficient war US ever made.