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How a US F-15 Jet Was Shot Down & it's Pilot Rescued
How exactly did an F-15 E Strike Eagle get hit while flying a routine mission.
just one of the nearly 13,000 combat sorties flown by the U.S. military
However, it was on this day that Iranian forces successfully targeted an American jet with a Russian-made missile.
Traveling at Mach2.8,
It is specifically designed to engage low-altitude aerial targets by activating a proximity fuse upon arrival Exploding near the rear of the Jet.
But there's one strict code in the U.S. military that overrides everything else: nobody gets left behind.
An A-10 Thunder bolt flew in to the rescue, shredding an approaching ::ee-RAY-nee-uhn:: convoy before they could reach the American pilot.
But this aggressive maneuver came with a massive risk.
Because the A-10 was flying at such a low altitude, Iranian forces armed with thousands of Man pads were able to launch a Chinese-made, shoulder-fired missile.
It found its mark, crippling the A-10's engine.
But this single incident triggered a massive chain reaction.
When two rescue helicopters launched to recover the downed pilot,
they flew right into an ambush taking heavy fire from a Soviet-era ZU-23 anti-aircraft gun."
Surviving Iran: The Insane F-15 Rescue Mission Explained
How did the US pull off one of the most daring rescue operations in history, deep behind enemy lines
It comes down to a strict code the US military lives by: leave no man behind.
They will literally send dozens of attack helicopters and over a hundred Special Forces and Delta operators just to bring one person home.
The mission started when an aircraft went down.
After both crew members ejected, the pilot was successfully extracted, but the Weapons Systems Officer
was injured and stranded. His survival training instantly kicked in. He trekked all the way up to a rugged, mountainous ridge and activated his beacon, just as IRGC militias began closing in on the crash site.
But the CIA was one step ahead.
They initiated a massive deception tactic—a ruse designed to make the IRGC search entirely the wrong location.
When the enemy forces finally realized they had been tricked, all hell broke loose. They swarmed the mountainous ridge, surrounding the injured officer.
Just in time, Special Forces swooped in on Little Bird helicopters, laying down heavy covering fire alongside A-10 Thunderbolts and MQ-9 Reaper drones.
But as they moved toward the extraction point, everything went wrong...
proving the military is willing to burn a $100 million aircraft just to save a single fallen comrade.
West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Why Iran's Missiles Can't Reach US Navy's Lincoln or Tripoli
Iran's state media claimed USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Tripoli were being targeted. We can't verify that claim. But we can run the physics. And the physics tells a more interesting story than the headline does.
A US Carrier Strike Group is not a target. It is a moving fortress with four concentric layers of defense, each one engineered to kill the threat before it reaches the next. To put a missile on Lincoln, you have to breach all four simultaneously, in real time, under fire. And that's only if your targeting chain is still intact. Iran's isn't.
This episode runs three cold equations: the missile that can't find a moving ship, the magazine that is too empty to saturate, and the one weapon Aegis was never designed to intercept.
#usnavy #ussabrahamlincoln #AegisDefense #NavyDecoded #persiangulf
Timestamps:
0:00 Iran said it. The physics said something different.
1:09 The fortress they claim to have targeted.
2:43 SM-6 kills at 130 miles. What follows is worse.
4:56 Iran called Tripoli soft. It carries 20 F-35s.
6:52 No lock. No coordinates. No missile.
11:40 Four layers stop missiles. Nothing stops a signal.
13:04 The physics is settled. The question is not.
Iran's state media claimed USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Tripoli were being targeted. We can't verify that claim. But we can run the physics. And the physics tells a more interesting story than the headline does.
A US Carrier Strike Group is not a target. It is a moving fortress with four concentric layers of defense, each one engineered to kill the threat before it reaches the next. To put a missile on Lincoln, you have to breach all four simultaneously, in real time, under fire. And that's only if your targeting chain is still intact. Iran's isn't.
This episode runs three cold equations: the missile that can't find a moving ship, the magazine that is too empty to saturate, and the one weapon Aegis was never designed to intercept.
#usnavy #ussabrahamlincoln #AegisDefense #NavyDecoded #persiangulf
Timestamps:
0:00 Iran said it. The physics said something different.
1:09 The fortress they claim to have targeted.
2:43 SM-6 kills at 130 miles. What follows is worse.
4:56 Iran called Tripoli soft. It carries 20 F-35s.
6:52 No lock. No coordinates. No missile.
11:40 Four layers stop missiles. Nothing stops a signal.
13:04 The physics is settled. The question is not.
Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Donald Trump
@realDonaldTrump • Truth Social icon Truth Social • April 12, 2026 @ 8:53 AM ET
So, there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not. Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz. At some point, we will reach an “ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT” basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, “There may be a mine out there somewhere,” that nobody knows about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted. I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL! Iran knows, better than anyone, how to END this situation which has already devastated their Country. Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar are useless, Khomeini, and most of their “Leaders,” are dead, all because of their Nuclear ambition. The Blockade will begin shortly. Other Countries will be involved with this Blockade. Iran will not be allowed to profit off this Illegal Act of EXTORTION. They want money and, more importantly, they want Nuclear. Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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How should India respond to this?
@realDonaldTrump • Truth Social icon Truth Social • April 12, 2026 @ 8:53 AM ET
So, there you have it, the meeting went well, most points were agreed to, but the only point that really mattered, NUCLEAR, was not. Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz. At some point, we will reach an “ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO IN, ALL BEING ALLOWED TO GO OUT” basis, but Iran has not allowed that to happen by merely saying, “There may be a mine out there somewhere,” that nobody knows about but them. THIS IS WORLD EXTORTION, and Leaders of Countries, especially the United States of America, will never be extorted. I have also instructed our Navy to seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran. No one who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas. We will also begin destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits. Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL! Iran knows, better than anyone, how to END this situation which has already devastated their Country. Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti Aircraft and Radar are useless, Khomeini, and most of their “Leaders,” are dead, all because of their Nuclear ambition. The Blockade will begin shortly. Other Countries will be involved with this Blockade. Iran will not be allowed to profit off this Illegal Act of EXTORTION. They want money and, more importantly, they want Nuclear. Additionally and, at an appropriate moment, we are fully “LOCKED AND LOADED,” and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP
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How should India respond to this?
Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Iranian President must have had the shock of his life reading this line
and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran! President
Then went phew...not me
and our Military will finish up the little that is left of Iran! President
Then went phew...not me
Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
Till now we have to fight the Iranians to get our oil. Now we have to fight the Iranians and the American's to get our oil.
Re: West Asia Crisis — Discussion, Developments, and Bharat’s Strategy
American military personnel seem to be equipped with IoT type devices that monitor health signs and have a range of a one to two hundred meters.