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Botany

(77,353 posts)
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:47 PM 10 hrs ago

The list for the last 48 hours. One F-15, one F-16(?), one A-10 warthog, and 1 or 2 Blackhawk Helicopters ...

…. attacked doing rescue work.

Trump Wednesday night. “They (Iran) have no anti-aircraft equipment,”

Btw we have lost 13 military bases around Iran because we could not stop the
Chinese made jet powered drones which got their targeting information from
Russian satellites and it looks like China and Russia are supplying the Iranians
with anti aircraft weapons too.

Although we we did blow up the biggest bridge in Iran killing and wounding ?
# of Iranians.

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The list for the last 48 hours. One F-15, one F-16(?), one A-10 warthog, and 1 or 2 Blackhawk Helicopters ... (Original Post) Botany 10 hrs ago OP
The Iranians should not push it Turbineguy 10 hrs ago #1
Unconfirmed: F-16. Denied: Any Blackhawks Prairie Gates 10 hrs ago #2
You know what this means, don't you? PeaceWave 10 hrs ago #3
The USA will have no problem with Iran in the air JBTaurus83 10 hrs ago #6
I guess...If you're really young and don't recall George W.'s two simultaneous wars. PeaceWave 9 hrs ago #14
I'm 42 JBTaurus83 9 hrs ago #16
Well then, you are "used to us having actual losses." PeaceWave 9 hrs ago #18
Ah. So the Peace Wave says we're ready for big war? dpibel 9 hrs ago #15
From what I've seen JBTaurus83 10 hrs ago #4
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave 10 hrs ago #5
Good JBTaurus83 10 hrs ago #7
Thanx. Botany 10 hrs ago #9
The Iranians are learning Prairie Gates 9 hrs ago #17
. dalton99a 10 hrs ago #8
Is that from pravda.ru?? WarGamer 9 hrs ago #11
You are so fun when you get het up!! dpibel 9 hrs ago #19
ummm no... one F15E and one A10 WarGamer 9 hrs ago #10
Yeah. But, it sounds more breathtaking if you say more planes were involved. PeaceWave 9 hrs ago #12
Is there an echo in here? dpibel 9 hrs ago #20
That's unpossible Brother Buzz 9 hrs ago #13
On this very website! dpibel 8 hrs ago #21
Recommended. H2O Man 8 hrs ago #22
Iran has an unknowable amount of MANPADS Boo1 8 hrs ago #23
Stop this War! BeneteauBum 7 hrs ago #24

Prairie Gates

(8,186 posts)
2. Unconfirmed: F-16. Denied: Any Blackhawks
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:50 PM
10 hrs ago

Decent evidence that supposed F-16 wreckage is a misfired missile.

No good evidence that any Blackhawk was shot down.

PeaceWave

(3,399 posts)
3. You know what this means, don't you?
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:54 PM
10 hrs ago

It means the U.S. only has somewhere between 3,250 and 3,650 remaining F-15s, F-16s, A-10s and Blackhawks. If that won't get a person breathless, I don't know what will.

JBTaurus83

(1,399 posts)
6. The USA will have no problem with Iran in the air
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:00 PM
10 hrs ago

I don’t think people are used to us having actual losses.

PeaceWave

(3,399 posts)
18. Well then, you are "used to us having actual losses."
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:33 PM
9 hrs ago

Of course, you didn't like it. I didn't either. But, having experienced it, we're both used to it.

dpibel

(3,955 posts)
15. Ah. So the Peace Wave says we're ready for big war?
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:28 PM
9 hrs ago

You do know, I trust, that the US public has little tolerance for any loss of US life or equipment. Regardless how many lives or planes are left.

No

JBTaurus83

(1,399 posts)
4. From what I've seen
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 10:58 PM
10 hrs ago

The helicopters were fired on during rescue. I’ve heard there was a F-16 downed. What a terrible day for our military.

Response to JBTaurus83 (Reply #4)

Botany

(77,353 posts)
9. Thanx.
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:03 PM
10 hrs ago

Lots of different stories are out there. This is smelling a lot like Vietnam. Trap U.S. troops or
shoot down an American aircraft and fire on the helicopters that come to help.

Prairie Gates

(8,186 posts)
17. The Iranians are learning
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:31 PM
9 hrs ago

The fact of the matter is that it is difficult to shoot down a modern jet - far more difficult than it was even in Gulf War 1. Over the past two weeks we've seen several close calls, and today they shot down an F-15E Strike Eagle and took out an A-10 Warthog, the latter being the easier to do of the two.

Sure, one could argue that it's just luck, but as it turns out, the Iranians are human beings, and human beings are above all learners: they are figuring out tactics and capabilities. You can shoot down jets in theory and you can have cracker jack technology, but until you actually have to do so in anger, it's all theoretical. But now they're developing praxis.

Trump thought the war would be over in a week. His problem now is that the worst is yet to come. They're not going to get WORSE at shooting down jets. They're going to get better at it. They're not going to get worse at shooting down SAR helicopters. They're going to get better at it. They're not going to get worse at launching missiles and targeting. They're going to get better at it.

That's where we are right now. They've figured out something about US tactics and their own capabilities that is allowing them to get close and now hit jets with better accuracy.

This is the first day of the rest of the war.

Brother Buzz

(39,917 posts)
13. That's unpossible
Fri Apr 3, 2026, 11:17 PM
9 hrs ago

The marmalade shartcannon told us, "We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran”.

dpibel

(3,955 posts)
21. On this very website!
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 12:12 AM
8 hrs ago

People announced that. Right away at the beginning of the bestest excursion ever.

H2O Man

(79,061 posts)
22. Recommended.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 12:20 AM
8 hrs ago

I do not anticipate it getting better this month. No one in this administration knew anything about Iran's people, society, or history before joining with Netanyahu on this tragic war.

Boo1

(358 posts)
23. Iran has an unknowable amount of MANPADS
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 12:34 AM
8 hrs ago

They had up to a 6 mile range and are good under 15,000 feet.

Fighters are going to be out of range generally, but A10s, Blackhawks, AC130s etc. Those are going to be operating within that range.

BeneteauBum

(516 posts)
24. Stop this War!
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 01:59 AM
7 hrs ago

What bullshit. Many people including hundreds of children have been murdered by this idiotic aggression. The war appears to be at a stalemate at best and the orange creature is consumed with the fantasy that all will return to ‘normal’ in a few weeks. The US has expended billions in resources and to what end……the administration demanding another $200 billion and then next year diverting billions from domestic programs to sustain a $1.5 trillion war budget? In the meantime, we tighten our budgets as prices continue to skyrocket! Tired of the whole mess.

Hey all you MAGAts, do you really support this? This is totally insane!

Peace ☮️

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