MicroWave3d ago

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

https://lemmy.world/post/44475605

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

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. Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for US Central Command, said the fifth-generation stealth jet was “flying a combat mission over Iran” when it was forced to make an emergency landing. Hawkins said the aircraft landed safely and the incident is under investigation. The incident would be the first time Iran has hit a US aircraft in the war started in late February. Both the US and Israel are flying F-35s in the conflict; the aircraft costs upwards of $100 million.

Show threadMinnesotaGoddam3d ago

I thought those were supposed to be unsinkable unshootdownable sneaky beaky. How are the latest gripen’s stats?

Can I unload a little?

Skip this if you want. This is some train of thought emotional rambling about my family. This also makes me a little sad because my little cousin, who may be a doofus about some things but we love him is a genius about other things and he helped design the F35 when he was at Lockheed. It’s weird to have that little amount of pride in weapons of war thinking “my bro built that, look how fancy” but like, every one of those quarterly icbm test launches, like, my great uncle was on the design team for the minuteman. We do a pilgrimage out to thiokol every ten years as a family to recognize the sacrifice and achievement. It’s fucking weird to have that pride and fear and sadness at the same time.

Show threadRamRabbit

I thought those were supposed to be sneaky beaky.

Given how many hundreds of sorties over a hostile country, and only one damaged? Yeah, they are pretty damn sneaky.

Mar 20 at 4:27amWeb
Show threadvaultdweller0132d ago
Yeah I think this could be like with the F-117 being shot down by the serbs back during the Yugoslav wars. Statistically some or something is going to hit it no matter how advanced since there will always be gaps in its defenses.