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Crew missing after Iran downs US jet

Iranian forces have launched a search operation for the crew of a US military jet reportedly shot down by its air defence systems, with troops deployed and a bounty offered as conflicting reports emerge over the aircraft type.

Iranian state media aired footage said to show wreckage in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, while US media reported that special forces successfully rescued one of the two crew members.

Tehran claims the aircraft was a next-generation F-35, but American officials insist it was an F-15E.



The incident comes amid a widening regional war that began over a month ago with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, triggering retaliatory attacks that have spread across the Middle East, disrupted global markets, and affected millions worldwide, with US Central Command yet to publicly respond.

Iranian searchers for pilots of downed US jet:

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  1. Millions of dollar spent on ‘High-Tech Weapons’, which are rendered ineffective by simple weapons as demonstrated in the Ukraine / Russian War, and of course, was started by the Global Zionists alongside their Mossad deception of the Minsk Agreement.
    https://rumble.com/v630upq-60-minutes-israeli-mossad-agent-reveals-how-they-orchestrate-terrorism.html
    https://odysee.com/@Thor2022:d/Dr.-Alan-Sabrosky-Mossad-did-9-11:3
    But, what goes around comes around…
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5T5CF1jhTg
    ALL Minorahs should be melted down and recast as Ankhs!

  2. Dumb yanks beg for a 48-hour ceasefire but Iran says no because they want a permanent end to the war and not a ceasefire.

    Stone-age logic is better and more peaceful than warmongering logic.

  3. They might want to hope IRGC finds them and not an angry mob of Iranians. It’s not like these pilots have been shooting at other planes, they have been bombing and killing civilians by the hundreds, destroying infrastructure etc.

  4. Much as I don’t want anyone hurt, hearing the war mongers are taking a beating, is schadenfreude on steroids.

  5. Trump’s summary of the war:
    Week 1 – we won
    Week 2 – we’re winning
    Week 3 – we need help to open the Strait of Hormuz
    Week 4 – we will obliterate them again to remind them that they lost
    Week 5 – where are our pilots?

    What will week 6 and week 7 look like?

    • Slithering Fascist hypocrite nation. Murder 163 little girls and still expect mercy. The irony is, they probably will get mercy, Iran is civilized unlike the utter scum they are dealing with.

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