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Update: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/us-fighter-jet-went-iran-search-rescue-mission-underway-officials-say-rcna266523 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/mili
by ceejayoz 7mo ago
Update: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/us-fighter-jet-went-iran-search-rescue-mission-underway-officials-say-rcna266523 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/us-fighter-jet-went-ir...
> An F-15 fighter jet pilot has been rescued alive by the U.S. military after their aircraft went down over Iran, a U.S. official said Friday.
> White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump had been briefed on the incident — the latest dramatic development in the war, now more than a month old.
CENTCOM lied.
- 0x_rs 7mo agoThe government would never lie: the "damaged" plane was already accounted for, just in the ground, in enemy territory.
- netsharc 7mo agoThe use of "a" instead of "the" pilot suggests more than 1 personnel on the plane, considering F15's carry 2 people (unless it's some magical F15 I haven't heard of), it means there's still 1 guy missing out there. Or he (I assume) could also have been found dead, and is not being mentioned before his family is notified of the sacrifice Donald Trump made of his life.
- echoangle 7mo agoF-15 A and C are single seaters. C is actually the most common variant the USAF has. The one shot down was an E though so two people.