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2026-03-13 Iraq

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Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-03-13 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1814 views ] Top
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1 US military refueling plane goes down in Iraq after 'mid-air collision second aircraft' amid Iran war as rescue efforts underway

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-13 00:36|| 2026-03-13 00:36|| Front Page Top

2 The plane on the left turned right while the plane on the right turned left?

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-03-13 00:38|| 2026-03-13 00:38|| Front Page Top

3 Tankers are only allowed to operate in the most secure possible airspace. if it was shot down that is very bad news indeed. Some new devilry. Maybe the plans for that new directed energy weapon got leaked by an Iranian-American spy and fried the plane's electronics.

Posted by Omans Slath8956 2026-03-13 10:07|| 2026-03-13 10:07|| Front Page Top

4 Did you even read the press release OS?

The incident took place in friendly airspace

Don't believe NBC, eh?

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-13 10:16|| 2026-03-13 10:16|| Front Page Top

5 Four Confirmed Dead in Crash of U.S. Air Refuelling Tanker Over Iraq During Iran Strikes Operation

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-13 11:02|| 2026-03-13 11:02|| Front Page Top

6 Aerial refueling is pretty much the same as filling up your car at the gas station, except that your car and the pump are each moving independently at a couple hundred miles an hour. When everything goes right, it works great.

"When you hear hoofbeats, think zebras, not directed energy weapons."
-- old saying.

Sometimes it helps to think in terms of probabilities. It is possible the tanker collided with an alien spacecraft that was observing the festivities. Or it could have crashed into a renegade black hole.

Posted by SteveS 2026-03-13 11:04|| 2026-03-13 11:04|| Front Page Top

7 6 US service members confirmed dead following aircraft crash in western Iraq, CENTCOM says

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-03-13 11:18|| 2026-03-13 11:18|| Front Page Top

8 Trump's Iran war death toll climbs to 13 after all crew onboard US refueling plane died in crash

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-13 11:24|| 2026-03-13 11:24|| Front Page Top

9 13? What's the homicide count in Chicago?

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-03-13 11:48|| 2026-03-13 11:48|| Front Page Top

10 Looks like 15 so far this March.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-03-13 11:50|| 2026-03-13 11:50|| Front Page Top

11 crashed into a renegade black hole

Again with the Don Lemon?

Posted by Frank G 2026-03-13 11:52|| 2026-03-13 11:52|| Front Page Top

12 Fun Fact: During WWII the U.S. lost 65,164 planes but only 22,948 in combat. There were 21,583 lost due to accidents in the continental U.S. and another 20,633 lost in accidents overseas.

This marks the fourth publicly acknowledged aircraft to crash as a part of Operation Epic Fury

I'm hearing the second plane was a KC-135, and it landed safely in Israel.

They are saying a consolidating fuel maneuver between the planes possibly went wrong. They have no ejection seats.

Posted by mossomo 2026-03-13 12:42|| 2026-03-13 12:42|| Front Page Top

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