Air Power
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Air Power
@RealAirPower1
A military avgeek X-ing for military avgeeks
Katılım Mayıs 2019
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@RealAirPower1 CNN, "sources say" LOL.
Any other aircraft in our inventory, I would entertain the possibility. How can Iran, as degraded as they are, hit an aircraft now which they couldn't hit 3 years ago when the Israelis took it on a low level pass over the Iranian Presidential Palace? LOL
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Oh dear, oh dear… F-35 damaged in combat? If true, #IranWar will be remembered as the war where Fat Amy drew first blood (Yak-130) AND took her first tumble.
CNN@CNN
A US F-35 fighter jet damaged by suspected Iranian fire makes an emergency landing at an US air base in the Middle East, sources say cnn.it/3NOOLMK
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That wasn't the original question. You asked: Can a "jet" be hit directly by a missile, then casually fly back like nothing happened? 😚
Okay, so let's go with a "conventional jet," like an F-5E Tiger II. It's smaller and lighter than an F-35, right? And it's not exactly known for its durability, agreed?
Here's a photo of a South Vietnamese F-5 that got hit by a SAM over Ban Me Thuot, back in March 1975. It landed safely... pilot's situation was stable too. 😉
Bro, just like every Ford isn't an F-Series, not every Russian/Chinese SAM is an S-300. Some SAMs are big, others are small. Some have large warheads, others don't.
So, an F-35 getting hit by a SAM, and surviving isn't beyond the realm of possibility.
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@RealAirPower1 Q: Is A10 the same as F35?
A: Not even close. A10 is known to be durable.
A: There is 0 chance a conventional jet like the F35 can survive a direct missile hit.
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Q: Did Iran hit an F-35?
A: I don't know.
Q: Can an F-35 be hit?
A: Yes.
Any aircraft that flies can be tracked, engaged, damaged, even lost. That’s the reality of air combat! Anyone claiming "invincibility" is lying.
Case in point: F-117 over Serbia, 1999. 1/2
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@RealAirPower1 I guess people forgot about the F-117 getting shot down in Bosnia. Stealth aircraft are not invincible.
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@Andwhatface Q: Can a "jet" be hit directly by a missile, then casually fly back like nothing happened?
A: Yes! Here's a photo of an A-10 that took a SAM and flew 210 miles back to base. Iraq, 2003.
😉 You don't need to be a tank to survive a missile, not even a flying one.
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@RealAirPower1 Q: Can a jet be hit directly by a missile, then casually fly back like nothing happened?
A: Unless the F35 is built like a tank. No, it’s not possible.
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@RealAirPower1 No to both. Learn your aircraft. Did you go to the aircraft learing school?
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It seems someone from India or Pakistan makes a new claim about an old war every day! Didn't the S-400 claim a Saab Erieye? Now it's a JF-17 😀 Honestly, I’ve got a simple rule for this Indo-Pak debate: I’m happy to take Indian kill claims seriously… as long as the person making those claim is equally ready to accept all Pakistani kill claims - same rule for the Pakistanis. Otherwise there is no point.
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@RealAirPower1 Hey @RealAirPower1
7th May...
Need to report a missing JF-17 😎
theprint.in/pageturner/exc…
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@RealAirPower1 @thewarzonewire They're flying a lot of sorties with not a lot of planes. In normal peacetime maneuvers, the military loses 2 dozen aircraft a year. This is a small force pulled together in record time flying at a much higher tempo than Desert Storm. The surprise is losses haven't been higher.
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USAF F-35 Makes Emergency Landing After Allegedly Being Hit by Iranian Fire
The F-35 was flying a mission over Iran when it was forced to divert. A video claiming to show the engagement points to a key threat we have highlighted repeatedly.
twz.com/air/usaf-f-35-…
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@wmc_inc @thewarzonewire HaHaHaHa... HaHaHaHa... Run Micheal, run... poor guy. HaHaHa...
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You’re an exception, Michel. Most F-35 fans won't hear a word against the jet. Right now, they’re in total denial. If this hit is ever proven true - and let’s be real, it’s a 50:50 toss-up right now - the goalposts will shift instantly. They’ll pivot from "it can’t be hit" to "see how tough the F-35 is? The new A-10! It took a hit and the pilot is stable. The myth of unsinkable ships, and invincible aircraft will continue.
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Look, I could be jealous or I could just be stupid. But I know exactly which side of the line you’re standing on, and it definitely isn't the "jealous" one 😄 And speaking of history... look up Vega 31... I'll just post the link here, since you might not know how to use Google:
msn.com/en-us/news/wor…
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@RealAirPower1 @thewarzonewire You're either wumao or historically retard.
The US stealth tech is so dominant that you have to grasp at anything to diminish the orders of magnitude increase in effectiveness.
You're just jealous or stupid.
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If genuine:
A pop up attack with an IR sensor tracking the F-35 from the ground. Likely seen flying by day
Iran has small IR SAMs derived from Soviet AAMs like R-27T/ET. Might also be Saqr-1/2 (358/359) loitering SAM
Q: why didn’t F-35 EO/IR/MAWS warn the pilot, deploy flares?
OSINTtechnical@Osinttechnical
Iran just released footage reportedly showing one of its air defense systems successfully hitting an American F-35.
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@menotyou1941 @thewarzonewire Possibly. F-35 is what the Iranian want.
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@RealAirPower1 @thewarzonewire Maybe it has to do with the fake accounts saying a F35 was showtdown last week woth 78 Delata operators captured aboard?
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@RealAirPower1 It's a bit early to say that.
It's silly to expect a low-observable aircraft to be immune to air defenses such as, say, optically-tracked guns or missiles.
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Stealth is extremely good, but there are systems still aimed by eyeball & with enough rounds in the air, eventually you’ll fly into one of them.
I wouldn’t read too much into this.
OSINTdefender@sentdefender
An F-35A/B Lightning ll made an emergency landing at a U.S. air base in the Middle East this week, after it was struck by what is believed to be Iranian surface-to-air fire, according to two sources familiar with the matter who spoke to CNN. Capt. Tim Hawkins, a Spokesman for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), said the fifth-generation stealth jet was “flying a combat mission over Iran” when it was forced to make an emergency landing at a base in the Middle East. “The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition,” Hawkins added. “This incident is under investigation.”
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@RealAirPower1 The IRGC claims to have "damaged" a U.S. F-35 fighter jet using advanced air defense systems today. While the Pentagon hasn't confirmed a loss, reports indicate an F-35 made an emergency landing at a regional base following "hostile fire" over Iranian airspace.
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I agree. But don’t you find CENTCOM’s wording: "pilot in stable condition" a bit odd? If this were just a simple technical issue and the jet landed safely without incident, the standard response is usually "the pilot is unhurt" or "ok." Using medical terminology like "stable condition" usually implies there was a physical toll - a rough emergency landing, or something else entirely. Anyway... let's wait. Hope CENTCOM isn't like the Indian MoD. We still don't know if a Rafale was lost or not on May 7th.
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@RealAirPower1 Only reliable source 👉🏼 @CENTCOM wait for confirmation
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