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2026-04-05 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran's military shot down three US Air Force aircraft and two helicopters

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Posted by badanov 2026-04-05 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1803 views ] Top
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1 Iran is using North Korean weapons against Israel, US, expert tells Fox News - report

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-04-05 04:05|| 2026-04-05 04:05|| Front Page Top

2 Must be have envy attacks after 4 years of Special Military Operation.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-04-05 06:38|| 2026-04-05 06:38|| Front Page Top

3 From the special "Dripping With Envy" edition of Regnum.

Posted by Matt 2026-04-05 08:34|| 2026-04-05 08:34|| Front Page Top

4 The A-10 is woefully obsolete and was retired for a reason. It was built to wipe out Soviet tanks surging through the Fulda Gap, not naval interdiction. t That's best done by helicopters with hellfire missiles, like the Venezuelan drug boats full of fentanyl.

Missiles, modern or not, will not be able to engage 30mm slugs traveling to its target at 3k FPS, at hundreds of rounds per minute..

Posted by badanov 2026-04-05 08:43|| 2026-04-05 08:43|| Front Page Top

5 Other collected loss data indicates 10 US losses for various reasons.

So, overall, the US has flown well over 6,00 combat sorties since 2-28-26.

That amounts to 1 plane LOSS per 600 flown combat missions.

Iran has lost 5x's as many planes.

Here is wider view of losses.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-04-05 13:34|| 2026-04-05 13:34|| Front Page Top

6 Opps sorry about that... over 6,000 combat sorties flown not 600

Posted by NN2N1 2026-04-05 15:02|| 2026-04-05 15:02|| Front Page Top

7 We’ve lost fewer planes than they have lost ships by a factor of 10.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-04-05 17:37|| 2026-04-05 17:37|| Front Page Top

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