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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.
Allegedly Kuwait shot down 3 of them before in a “friendly fire accident”. Though the friendly fire story is getting a tad dubious.
What makes you question the story?
Certainly the Trump administration had been lying about it losses, and they are releasing many face-saving coverup stories. It would be foolish to give them the benefit of the doubt.
But the Kuwaiti friendly fire incident actually has lots of evidence to back it up. You can watch video of the “dogfight”- a Kuwaiti jet is clearly attacking US jet at very close range. The US jet appears to be surprised, as they fail to deploy most counter-measures.
Maybe it’s normal to arrest those involved in friendly-fire incidents on criminal charges, but this author doesn’t think so.
https://thetruthinternational.com/ghost-of-kuwaitarrested-on-charges-of-criminal-negligence-over-march-6-friendly-fire-incident/
Remember, Kuwait would be inclined to arrest anyone that embarrassed them or messes up in some way. So, the fact that they were arrested doesn’t mean it was deliberate.
That Kuwaiti dude probably has the highest kill ratio in this war.