Iran said it had shot down a United States Air Force fighter jet over its territory, and footage released by Iranian channels appears to show the wreckage of an F-15E Strike Eagle from the U.S. Air Force’s 494th Fighter Squadron.
Iranian outlets initially claimed the aircraft was an F-35, but a closer review of the debris shown in the video points to a different aircraft. Visible sections of the airframe, including parts of the fuselage and external mounting points, match the layout of the F-15E rather than the stealth design of the F-35.
Good. Hope they got the pilot.
Edit: pilots
Further edit: fuck these pilots, they deserve endless scorn.
Being a US Air Force pilot is like being a gas chamber operator during the Holocaust.
If you join a military that has been doing war crimes, and starting illegal wars since before you were born, I have no sympathy if you die.
In the words of Trump to a soldier’s widow: “he knew what he signed up for”
F-15 has 1 pilot, one weapons officer.
Got it, thanks. Next time I’ll just refer to them more generally as baby killers.