Video showing a flaming jet falling from the sky suggested at least one of the aircraft was an F-15E twin-engine fighter jet
“Several” U.S. fighter jets have crashed over Kuwait, the nation’s military has confirmed, as video spread online showing the fiery aftermath of the plane falling to earth.
The video emerged hours after President Donald Trump confirmed that there would be “likely more” servicemembers as a result of the weekend strikes on Iran. The Islamic Republic has launched a barrage of retaliatory strikes against targets in the Gulf in the wake of the death of the country’s leader, Ali Hosseini Khamenei.
In a statement posted on X, Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense said that several aircraft were involved in the crash.
That video was 32 seconds long. In that time, I got THREE ads, one of which was 35 seconds long.
I get that sites need to make money but fuck ALL the way off
I go no ads. Using Firefox and Ublock Origin.
Ublock got your back.
I had AdGuard at my old place. Was just waiting to get my server back up and running, need to electrical work done. Cost goes up faster than I can save.
Suggest you try NewPipe (android) or FreeTube (Linux).
For a news website’s video player?
We ELIMINATED my VA Benefits so we could Afford these Planes!
No no no. You misunderstand. These crashes were already paid for. We eliminated VA benefits to pay for the newest fanciest planes.
Friendly fire from Kuwait apparently 😂😅
Hey ChatGPT, target the nearest four enemy jets and fire missiles at them. I want them to be destroyed, so use whatever trickery you need to take them out.
Happy to help! Missiles are fired!
NO! THOSE WERE FRIENDLIES!
Oh, I’m sorry, you are so right. Those were friendly fighters.
This is so accurate.
Anthropic to the DoD: “One of our few red lines is that you cannot use our systems for autonomous target acquisition.”
DoD: “You’re fired!”
Yeah right and those two jets just fell off the USS Harry Truman last year, accidents happen! 🤷♂️
Crash and shot down are 2 very different things. Thanks for digging up the real story.
The F-15E has a 104-0 win ratio in air-to-air combat, so you can almost be certain this was an anti-air missile. Even then, F15s are the most reliable and performing jets ever, so events like this are rare.
Likely American made AA missile too.
Not only is Iran pretty big with weapons too, China sees this as an opportunity to test out some higher level tech that can’t be tested by Russia.
Planes just dropping out of the sky won’t be the only unexplained shit we see.
I’m honestly surprised the plane/drone dropped kamikaze microdrones havent been dropped yet. It’s basically the shotgun approach to beat missile defense and I don’t think even Israel could block it.
Would be some straight up 300 “block out the sun” type of shit and the next level of horror in war.
Does the US still use F-15s in combat operations?
Yes the President likes the name
I chortled
Yes, it’s in active service and has been modernized multiple times since its introduction. Are you asking because the plane was first introduced such a long time ago?
I, for one, thought they were supposed to have been replaced in the US by the F-22 and/or F-35 and therefore assumed they were only still being used by other countries.
It’s the mainstay of the US airforce. We can’t all fly F-22s or stealth bombers.
LOL at the F-35 erasure.
Yes, and especially the F-15E.
F-35s are shit.
JFC… I need to provide links for everything obvious. At one point, Lockheed delivered them without functional radar. These planes are so shit Lockheed has been locked out of the next competition.
https://simpleflying.com/problem-lockheed-martin-delivering-f-35s/
https://www.twz.com/air/air-force-now-denies-receiving-f-35s-without-radars
READ and LEARN
Never thought Id find myself rooting for Iran to win a war… but here we are
You are rooting for the fundamental right of any country to self defense this time it is Iran as a country
Yep. Feels good to see Iran open a can of whoop ass on Israel and their American proxies and their Arab vassals.
Well I dont feel good about anything happening, but no one has the right to invade a country illegally and murder 100 school children just for a pathetic regime change war that risks starting ww3
Thoughts and prayers laugh 😂
