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US F-15E fighter jet shot down over Iran

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This is a developing story.

A United States F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet has been shot down by enemy fire over Iran, U.S. officials confirmed.

One of the aircraft’s two crew members has been rescued, Israeli media first reported. U.S. officials confirmed the reports in statements to CBS News and Axios.

A search for the second crew member is ongoing.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Military Times “the president has been briefed” on the downed fighter jet.

The Pentagon and U.S. Central Command did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Lets pray for the pilot while rescue efforts are being made.
 
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In a separate incident today....

A second Air Force combat plane crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday, and the lone pilot was safely rescued, according to two U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters.

The A-10 Warthog attack plane went down near the Strait of Hormuz about the same time that an Air Force F-15E was shot down over Iran, the officials said.

 
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Lets pray for the pilot while rescue efforts are being made.
8 Iranian construction workers who worked in that bridge were murdered in the attack.
These were honorable men who had kissed their wife that morning and went to work to put food on the family table. They were loving and beloved people.
8 families are now mourning a husband, a father, a brother, who left the house in the morning and didn't came back.
 
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8 Iranian construction workers who worked in that bridge were murdered in the attack.
These were honorable men who had kissed their wife that morning and went to work to put food on the family table. They were loving and beloved people.
8 families are now mourning a husband, a father, a brother, who left the house in the morning and didn't came back.
Yes. Pray for them too. BtW source?
 
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8 Iranian construction workers who worked in that bridge were murdered in the attack.
These were honorable men who had kissed their wife that morning and went to work to put food on the family table. They were loving and beloved people.
8 families are now mourning a husband, a father, a brother, who left the house in the morning and didn't came back.
Sad, but true.
 
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Starting to look like the F-15 has reached retirement age. 3 shot down by one F -18 and one shot down by an obliterated, decimated, and destroyed ineffective Iranian air defense system.
 
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Starting to look like the F-15 has reached retirement age. 3 shot down by one F -18 and one shot down by an obliterated, decimated, and destroyed ineffective Iranian air defense system.

...Iranian reports claim Iran deployed a new air defense system to take out the F-15. If true, US intelligence apparently missed it.
 
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The loss of those two aircraft alone cost the US taxpayers 150 million dollars. You have 150 million dollars to rescue two aircraft pilots, but you don't have the money to pay for child cancer research.
But Trump named a 13 year old cancer survivor Secret service member during one of his speeches.
Do you realize how much good Trump spreads around?
 
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But Trump named a 13 year old cancer survivor Secret service member during one of his speeches.
Do you realize how much good Trump spreads around?
Yeah, say you dont give a flip about airmen being rescued without saying you do not give a flip about the airmen being rescued. BTW, if last I remember, it was the democrats who were sitting on their hands when they had the opportunity to celebrate the 13 year old cancer survivor. This told the entire world that the Demcratic party hates Trump more than they love their country, much less a 13 year old cancer survivor, or a pilot shot down in Iran.
The loss of those two aircraft alone cost the US taxpayers 150 million dollars. You have 150 million dollars to rescue two aircraft pilots, but you don't have the money to pay for child cancer research.
Nope. Iran is learning the hard way as to why we do not have universal Healthcare. Because we spend our money buying state of the art weapon systems that can do nothing anyone else can do. But the fact that you are whining about 150 million to save a life is telling. So please do not ever argue about how conservatives are pro-birth, not pro-life, whe you are the one putting a dollar figure on the life of a human being, suggesting that 150 millon is far too much to sacrifice for the life of a single person.
 
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...Iranian reports claim Iran deployed a new air defense system to take out the F-15. If true, US intelligence apparently missed it.
If true. Wouldn't put money on that. More likely it was a like a blind hog finding an acorn.

What's more interesting is the ability of Iran to mount an effort to capture the pilot. Such things are common, but it implies that they can expend resources for the task.
 
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The loss of those two aircraft alone cost the US taxpayers 150 million dollars. You have 150 million dollars to rescue two aircraft pilots, but you don't have the money to pay for child cancer research.
About $280,000,000 of the NCIS budget of about $6,500,000,000 goes to child cancer research from the Federal government. That doesn't include private efforts.

We now return you to the regularly scheduled propaganda, already in progress.
 
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