Fi 🏳️‍⚧️Mar 19

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
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 1st
@munin Also the F-35?
Mar 19 at 7:33pmWeb
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.