Charles R. Smith🔹

@TheAndersPaul Lots of bots... loads of bots on X.

It’s odd how many people were borderline cheering when they heard an F35 went down. Says a lot about them.

@WarMonitors It could be an ir seeker, the video though is fake

@WarMonitors We don’t know what happened because the video isn’t real.

@Goobers32583119 @WarMonitors That was more due to the USAF piss poor planning than the F-117... flying the same route day after day and flying the mission without the EA-6 jammers. Even the Serbs admit that.

@WarMonitors Things can happen x.com/goobers3258311…

Now that everyone calmed down can we actually begin to ask how tf Iran was able to even lock on to F-35 in the first place, let alone hit it without flare dumping. Crazy.

The term pilots and planners used for the only realistic way the enemy could shoot one down while it flew through those heavy air-defense barrages was the “golden BB.” I'm betting the damage was from a Manpad (small warhead) and only damaged the F-35. They have plenty of Manpads but few if any heavy SAMs. A “golden BB” is pilot slang for a single lucky, random hit from unaimed anti-aircraft artillery (AAA/flak) fire — a stray shell, fragment, or bullet that happens to strike a critical spot purely by chance. Just yesterday - a couple of UAE Mirage 2000s were doing donuts low over Iran - most likely from the UAE. These Mirage jets would not have been showing off if Iran had heavy missiles leftover. x.com/Archer83Able/s…

@Emilijan8 Dude... did you read my post? The video is a fake. Now read the blue part below and do try... try to let it sink in.

@softwarnet No authentic it’s been confirmed

The video is fake - The aircraft appears in a representation of a thermal imaging system - frame by frame viewing shows the thermal image of the jet exhaust contains shock diamonds that do not move. Shock diamonds (Mach diamonds) are dynamic flow features in a jet engine's exhaust plume. They form from repeating shock waves and expansion fans where the exhaust is supersonic (common in afterburner or high-thrust regimes). In real flight, especially under varying conditions the diamonds do shift position, stretch/compress, brighten/dim, or even disappear/reappear as the plume adapts. They are never perfectly static frame-to-frame over multiple seconds in genuine footage of a maneuvering aircraft. In thermal/IR imagery (what the clip purports to show via radar/IRST lock), the plume is one of the hottest, most prominent signatures on an F-35 (even with its cooled, shielded exhaust design). The completely motionless, unchanging plume (identical diamonds in the same positions across frames) screams static render or looped animation — typical of Flight simulators (e.g., DCS World, where users create Iran-vs-US strike scenarios and export thermal views). or Video game mods/clips (Arma 3, etc., have been repeatedly repurposed for "Iran shootdown" propaganda). This matches patterns from prior Iranian-claimed "F-35 kills" (especially 2025 incidents. ):Many turned out to be recycled simulator footage, AI-generated, or game clips (e.g., DCS Su-57 vs. SAM engagements mislabeled as F-35s). Iranian state/IRGC media has a track record of releasing hyped visuals that don't hold up to frame analysis — often radar blips or brief locks without verifiable impact/wreckage. Combined with the confirmed facts: US/CNN reporting only a damaged F-35 making a safe emergency landing (no total loss or mid-air breakup). No independent wreckage photos, pilot capture claims, or debris verification from Iran. The clip itself (from the @AryJeay post) is short (~6 seconds), shows lock/flash but no catastrophic destruction or follow-through. The static plume is essentially a smoking gun for fabrication — real combat IR footage of a high-performance jet under threat doesn't freeze like a screenshot or game still

@softwarnet I showed every OSINT that posted this garbage the track record of IRGC producing fake videos. Not one took it down. x.com/i/grok/share/5…

The only reason the Iranians published the Lincoln was sunk so many time was because they knew we had live videos of it launching strikes 24/7... can I face palm you now? 4–6 distinct publicized claims in February and March based on separate IRGC statements, and PressTV articles - claiming to have sunk the USS Lincoln. It's not a one-off but habitual propaganda. Example from Iranian state media reporting one such claim presstv.ir/Detail/2026/03…

@IredcapI @HansDiabethics @softwarnet The only reason the Americans admitted one was damaged was because they knew Iran had / were releasing footage. Otherwise why else would they admit it? They could have just said nothing this guy completely ignores the admission part

@GigachadHW And the air is perfectly uniform ... no changes in temp, humidity nor pressure and the computer doesn't change a thing in the FADEC, and the pilot doesn't move, and it is flying REALLLLLLY straight and level over a combat zone....

@softwarnet Straight and level flight without thrust adjustments would produce static mach diamonds.

@J_Mhungu @AryJeay After over 13,000 bombing missions... Bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

@softwarnet @AryJeay Who cares, the bird got clipped. End of…

Iran has published footage showing the exact moment when Iranian air defenses tracked & intercepted the American F-35 over central Iran. The IRGC says it locked & hit the F-35 over central Iran and severly damaged it.

@sheikholarefin Baby has only 1 engine... Which confirms that the Iran fake was a Houthi video of a shoot down of a Saudi AF F-15 with a faked F-35 static image.

@softwarnet It appears to have 2 engines.

@GPhapkun76058 Hmmm... no fact, no disputing anything I posted, not even trying to think about it... Oh... I get it... Bull Shit.

@softwarnet Massive cope here

@RegularHuman17 @IredcapI @HansDiabethics You would figure that huge blast would have been followed by another 6 seconds of showing debris and burning jet... instead they cut the video. FAKE.

@IredcapI @HansDiabethics @softwarnet CENTCOM has only confirmed the emergency landing and safety of the pilot, not the cause of the emergency. An F-35 hit by a missile is probably not making it back to a base anyway

@NotDGSE No it hasn't... It's not blown up. The only thing that we can be sure of... it may not detect it's designer... ever...

@softwarnet I assume video is cut out. Anyway, this early warning radar has detected it. x.com/i/status/20346…

@RandoMando39673 would Iran lie? x.com/softwarnet/sta…

mmmyess the f35 was damaged from a bird at fl350 like yes they post propaganda but

BREAKING: The Israeli Air Force has successfully eliminated Hamas commander Ahmed Hamdan Abdallah in a precise airstrike yesterday in Lebanon. Another one bites the dust.

@DrippaJoe Total fake

@softwarnet I think its real. The plane is completely white due to the calibration of the camera recording where the sky is cold and everything else, the F-35, is hot in comparison. The shock diamonds look to be at least vibrating to me. The final explosion convinces me, its too accurate.

A-10 says....Here's today's down payment. Keep the change.

@FurkanGozukara A-10 says....Here's today's down payment. Keep the change.

Brilliant move by Iran. They are planning to levy a 10% toll on all ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. This will generate $73 billion a year, completely offsetting US sanctions and paying for war damages. Checkmate.

انفجار هائل ومخيف في معسكر لواء 52 الحشد الشعبي (بروجلي)أطراف قضاء طوزخرماتو .... السؤال:- ماذا كان يحتوي هذا المعسكر ليخلف هذه القوة الهائلة من الانفجار؟؟ هل يجوز أن يحتفظ تشكيل بمستوى لواء هذه الكمية من الأسلحة أو الصواريخ او المتفجرات ؟؟