buffnut453
Captain
Looks like the USAF lost one of its F-15Es over Iran. No news about the crew but CSAR efforts are underway.
F-15E Downed Over Iran
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Been confirmed. Pics clearly show an F-15.
One empty ejection seat. Either they got the crew, or they are evading.
One empty ejection seat. Either they got the crew, or they are evading.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
The last I read, Iranian media has announced a reward for their capture. The implication is that the crew is evading. Here's hoping they're safe.
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
To wit:
A US F-15E fighter has been shot down over Iran, prompting a frantic US search and rescue effort for its two-strong crew, in the first such incident since the start of the war.
Iranian state media released images of a tail fin and other debris early on Friday accompanied by an initial claim that a US F-35 had been hit by a new air defence system over central Iran and the pilot probably killed.
Aviation experts said the wreckage pictured was in fact from a F-15E, from the US air force's 494th squadron, based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK, though it could not at first be confirmed when and where the pictures were taken.
US officials familiar with the situation later confirmed off the record that an F-15E had been brought down and the Pentagon was scrambling to find the crew. There was no official comment from the US military about the incident.
Subsequent footage filmed in Iran showed a US C-130 Hercules and HH-60 Pavehawk helicopters flying low and at one point refuelling together, amid fresh Iranian speculation that the plane crew may have ejected and survived.
www.theguardian.com
A US F-15E fighter has been shot down over Iran, prompting a frantic US search and rescue effort for its two-strong crew, in the first such incident since the start of the war.
Iranian state media released images of a tail fin and other debris early on Friday accompanied by an initial claim that a US F-35 had been hit by a new air defence system over central Iran and the pilot probably killed.
Aviation experts said the wreckage pictured was in fact from a F-15E, from the US air force's 494th squadron, based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK, though it could not at first be confirmed when and where the pictures were taken.
US officials familiar with the situation later confirmed off the record that an F-15E had been brought down and the Pentagon was scrambling to find the crew. There was no official comment from the US military about the incident.
Subsequent footage filmed in Iran showed a US C-130 Hercules and HH-60 Pavehawk helicopters flying low and at one point refuelling together, amid fresh Iranian speculation that the plane crew may have ejected and survived.
US F-15E jet confirmed shot down over Iran as Tehran releases wreckage images
Downing of fighter plane – the first shot down over Iran since start of war – prompts frantic US rescue effort
Glider
Major
I am sure that our thoughts and prayers are with those pilots and hope for a safe return
One crew member has been rescued!
www.armytimes.com
US forces rescue downed F-15 crew member in Iran, search for second continues
One of two U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle pilots shot down by enemy fire in Iran has been rescued.
www.armytimes.com
fubar57
General
Looks like maybe one more down, an A-10
Thumpalumpacus
Colonel
This is emblematic of what is wrong with our once-great country:
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Friday ripped the prediction platform Polymarket for accepting bets in a since-deleted page on the date a U.S. pilot shot down over Iran will be found.
"They could be your neighbor, a friend, a family member," Moulton wrote in a post Friday on the social platform X. "And people are betting on whether or not they'll be saved."
"This is DISGUSTING," he wrote.
Polymarket has since taken down the poll for not meeting its standards.
"We took this market down immediately as it does not meet our integrity standards," the company in a statement on X. "It should not have been posted, and we are investigating how this slipped through our internal safeguards."
A U.S. fighter jet was shot down over Iran on Friday, the first since the Israeli-U.S. war on Iran began five weeks ago. One crew member has been rescued since the crash. Information about potential other crew members on board and their whereabouts has not been released.
Someone thought that it would be a great idea to monetize the combat fate of a serviceman. Fucking sickening.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Friday ripped the prediction platform Polymarket for accepting bets in a since-deleted page on the date a U.S. pilot shot down over Iran will be found.
"They could be your neighbor, a friend, a family member," Moulton wrote in a post Friday on the social platform X. "And people are betting on whether or not they'll be saved."
"This is DISGUSTING," he wrote.
Polymarket has since taken down the poll for not meeting its standards.
"We took this market down immediately as it does not meet our integrity standards," the company in a statement on X. "It should not have been posted, and we are investigating how this slipped through our internal safeguards."
A U.S. fighter jet was shot down over Iran on Friday, the first since the Israeli-U.S. war on Iran began five weeks ago. One crew member has been rescued since the crash. Information about potential other crew members on board and their whereabouts has not been released.
Someone thought that it would be a great idea to monetize the combat fate of a serviceman. Fucking sickening.
talbot
Senior Airman
was reading that as well
from what I understand the A10 pilot is ok, still SAR on the 2nd in the F15....hopefully found and extracted soon
from what I understand the A10 pilot is ok, still SAR on the 2nd in the F15....hopefully found and extracted soon
Oliverlovesplanes
Airman
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