US Perspective on the Iran - Israel / US War

[جوبا]

American analysts say it was engine trouble. Some of these aircraft are getting old.

Reminds me of the Yemeni mission a few years back where they lost 1 (2?) V22s ospreys and had to burn them

 

[mythbuster]

Reminds me of the Yemeni mission a few years back where they lost 1 (2?) V22s ospreys and had to burn them

Shit happens! In Abottabad operation one chopper was lost.

 

[F-22Raptor]

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CIA deception campaign worked

 

[RescueRanger]

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[mythbuster]

Who else in the world will go for a billion dollar ( maybe a bit of exaggeration) rescue operation to rescue just one crew member ?

 

[Ali_Baba]

Astronomic levels of cope in the main thread. Losing 2-3 aircraft means nothing for a nation that just submitted a $1.5T defense budget.

The aircraft weren’t stuck in mud. It was either soft sand or blown tires. The US blew up its own aircraft, not from Iranian fire.

Tally for last 2 days arising from F15E down..

1 x F15E
2 x A10 ( one crashed in the Persian Gulf, the other in Iraq )
1 x F16CJ - possible - damage and crash while returning from Iran on the same day.
2 X C130's – destroyed on the ground.
2 x Black Hawks damaged.
4 x MH-6 Little Birds ( on or near C130' package ).
2 x MQ-9s Reaper
- unspecified injuries of Spec Ops personnel.

 

[mythbuster]

Tally for last 2 days arising from F15E down..

1 x F15E
2 x A10 ( one crashed in the Persian Gulf, the other in Iraq )
1 x F16CJ - possible - damage and crash while returning from Iran on the same day.
2 X C130's – destroyed on the ground.
2 x Black Hawks damaged.
4 x MH-6 Little Birds ( on or near C130' package ).
2 x MQ-9s Reaper
- unspecified injuries of Spec Ops personnel.

It's war bro , you won't hear humming sounds of birds and bees .

 

[Ali_Baba]

Well you can disagree with me, but the vast majority of analysts will agree with this assessment. Sadly not a good look for Iran this time. Not every battle is won, some are lessons.

The US has lessons to learn - so does Iran.

The issue is not that they successfully rescued their pilot, it is that for some 30+hrs, helicopters were flying low level without fear to the point where they could do slow low-level air-to-air refuelling over Iranian airspace, and the entire combined armed forces of Iran did not have the common sense to load up a few trucks of soldiers with MANPADs to shoot them down... That is where Iran failed. It would not have taken much to do that, yet we didn't see that at all. If the locals could drive to the areas, then so could have low-level specialised AD teams. It is that lack of professional conduct, or skill that we all saw fail and are disappointed in.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Something tells me journalists are not in your top favorite people list

They're not mine. That's for sure.

 

[KAL-EL]

Frankly a lot of discourse so far has been cope, we need to stay balanced and look at facts, without over-emotional chest thumping.

This^ so much

 

[Flotilla]

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CIA deception campaign worked

Well. Seems obvious the next station It is digging in the desert to recover HEU...

...volunteers???.

 

[RescueRanger]

It's war bro , you won't hear humming sounds of birds and bees .

This so much this. People keep mentioning damage and loss without realizing the scale of the campaign..

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

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Literally Tom Cruise, medals awarded ASAP

American hero right there

Rubbish post. He followed his training to the letter.

He'll get a medal alright. Tom Cruise reference is fantasy. Stick to reality.

 

[RescueRanger]

Rubbish post. He followed his training to the letter.

He'll get a medal alright. Tom Cruise reference is fantasy. Stick to reality.

God bless you for injecting reality.

 

[AZ_HighCountry]

Astronomic levels of cope in the main thread. Losing 2-3 aircraft means nothing for a nation that just submitted a $1.5T defense budget.

The aircraft weren’t stuck in mud. It was either soft sand or blown tires. The US blew up its own aircraft, not from Iranian fire.

And there it is. Cope from the US side.