Fi 🏳️‍⚧️

lol, they nailed a '35

that tremendous waste of money and resources is just another target, not some invincible superfighter like the propaganda had it.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/19/politics/f-35-damage-iran-war

US F-35 damaged by suspected Iranian fire makes emergency landing, sources say

A US F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at US air base in the Middle East after it was struck by what is believed to be Iranian fire, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

CNN
Mar 19 at 5:08pmWeb
Show threadApotropaetMar 19
@munin "Sorry, we didn't know it was invisible"
Show threadDavid SmithMar 19
@munin leading hypothesis on discord is they probably had the external hard points filled for masculinity reasons (“moar dakka”), with the obvious downside
Show threadFi 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 19

@Catfish_Man

I'm not going to speculate wildly, but I have my suspicions.

Show threadAlexander The 1stMar 19

@munin I'm less worried about the fact Iran was able to hit and more worried about this part of the same article:

"The US has lost other aircraft in the war thus far, though none known to have been hit by enemy fire."

What do you mean? Is Boeing designing and manufacturing these planes?

Show threadFi 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 19

@AT1ST

Oh, yeah, the F-22 is a Boeing product.

Show threadAlexander The 1stMar 19
@munin Also the F-35?
Show threadFi 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 19

@AT1ST

nah, the '35 is a Lockheed-led endeavour, but there's shit in it from basically all the major defense contractor players.

It's a deliberately engineered "everyone gets a slice of this pie!" clusterfuck, with pork for basically every congressional district.

Show thread40796c19Mar 19
@AT1ST @munin some have slipped off the deck of a carrier edit: misremembered something from the red sea in 2025, and some were friendly fire, afaik
though i think “none by enemy fire” is a bit too unlikely
Show threadAlexander The 1stMar 19

@40796c19 @munin "Some have slipped off the deck of a carrier-"

Hold up: is the U.S. trying to claim "The slippery conditions of our aircraft carriers are more dangerous than Iran is to our airplanes"?