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2026-03-20 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iranian air defenses shot down an American F-35, video of IDF and American drones shot down

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Posted by badanov 2026-03-20 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1803 views ] Top
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Shot Down or Emergency landed?

F-35 Emergency Landing

Is this another CNN careful use of words to paint a different picture?

Or did we have 2 different F-35's incidents?

Either way, the score is certainly 100's to 1 in the USAF's favor.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-03-20 04:48|| 2026-03-20 04:48|| Front Page Top

2 USAF F-35 Makes Emergency Landing After Allegedly Being Hit by Iranian Fire

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-20 06:19|| 2026-03-20 06:19|| Front Page Top

3 Rooshuns quoting Iranians - totally credible

Posted by Frank G 2026-03-20 07:15|| 2026-03-20 07:15|| Front Page Top

4 They aren't magic and one might have been pinged, but we haven't lost any yet. Mark I eyeballs and 20mm AAA at low altitude stealth will not defeat.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-03-20 09:27|| 2026-03-20 09:27|| Front Page Top

5 I'm going with "Surface to air missile with a proximity fuse got close enough to cause some damage that forced the plane to land".
Ask me again in 24 hours.

Posted by SteveS 2026-03-20 09:33|| 2026-03-20 09:33|| Front Page Top

6 I would suspect may a volley fire of missiles into a air volume with different altitude proximity fuses might work, but doing so would expose the entire launcher array to immediate FAFO response.

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-03-20 09:55|| 2026-03-20 09:55|| Front Page Top

7 Key word here is "An F-35 fighter jet from the US Army..."

US Army does not have nor fly the F-35, which tells me the Irans' claim they shot down a F-35 is bull*

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2026-03-20 10:36|| 2026-03-20 10:36|| Front Page Top

8 Does anyone use flak cannons anymore?

Posted by SteveS 2026-03-20 10:38|| 2026-03-20 10:38|| Front Page Top

9 ...close in phalanx system and its derivatives

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-03-20 11:59|| 2026-03-20 11:59|| Front Page Top

10 'Experts' reveal exactly how 'invisible' the aircraft are - as an F-35 is hit by suspected Iranian fire

^ Suggests a loitering munition with IR.

Iranian 358 loitering munition

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-20 12:59|| 2026-03-20 12:59|| Front Page Top

11 I'll take a tech problem for 100 shekels.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-03-20 14:10|| 2026-03-20 14:10|| Front Page Top

12 Same amount says the netflix version will have a trans person of color pulling a USS Dallas for a radar plane crewed by unsuspecting, incompetent men (who were warned by the female pilot with a 'bad feeling' about the search location) and taking a hit after shaking 6 missiles, 7th has an enhancement technology originating to the narzis.

'The Ghost' manages to land xer '35 after critical damage, supposedly shot down, and is met on the tarmac by Callsign: Mr. Fuzz (Denzel Washington), former instructor, mentor, and wild weasel pilot in Vietnam.

"I always knew you could do you."
"Bullshit. I could then, now, do me, better."
-swelling music-
-Flight Wing does missing formation, in Subaru pattern-

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-03-20 16:42|| 2026-03-20 16:42|| Front Page Top

“Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor?” — Trump brings ‘surprise diplomacy’ to Japan 🇺🇸🇯🇵 pic.twitter.com/bAGy3DcnNQ
— DiaperDiplomacy (@DiaperDiplomacy) March 20, 2026

Posted by badanov 2026-03-20 17:15|| 2026-03-20 17:15|| Front Page Top

14 ^ Don't know which is funnier - Trump doing the "why didn't you tell us?" bit or 4chan telling the UK to sod off.

Gawd bless America!

Posted by SteveS 2026-03-20 17:51|| 2026-03-20 17:51|| Front Page Top

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