Iran said it had shot down a United States Air Force fighter jet over its territory, and footage released by Iranian channels appears to show the wreckage of an F-15E Strike Eagle from the U.S. Air Force’s 494th Fighter Squadron.

Iranian outlets initially claimed the aircraft was an F-35, but a closer review of the debris shown in the video points to a different aircraft. Visible sections of the airframe, including parts of the fuselage and external mounting points, match the layout of the F-15E rather than the stealth design of the F-35.

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    14 hours ago

    Good. Hope they got the pilot.

    Edit: pilots

    Further edit: fuck these pilots, they deserve endless scorn.

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      12 hours ago

      If you join a military that has been doing war crimes, and starting illegal wars since before you were born, I have no sympathy if you die.

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        Got it, thanks. Next time I’ll just refer to them more generally as baby killers.

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      In the words of Trump to a soldier’s widow: “he knew what he signed up for”