uticusApr 3

F-15E Wreckage Photos Amid Iranian Claims It Shot Down an American Fighter

https://www.twz.com/air/photos-of-f-15e-wreckage-emerge-amid-iranian-claims-it-shot-down-an-american-fighter

F-15E Down In Iran, Rescue Operation Ongoing (Updated)

The F-15E went down under unknown circumstances and U.S. combat search and rescue assets have been seen deep in Iran. Photos show what appear to be parts of a U.S. Air Force F-15E, amid claims and counterclaims from the US and Iran.

The War Zone
Show threaduticusApr 3
Also reported at https://theaviationist.com/2026/04/03/iran-f-15e-debris/
Iranian Media Posts Debris From USAF F-15E Claimed to Have Been Downed Earlier Today

Although Iranian media claimed an F-35 has been shot down, images from the crash site clearly show debris belonging to an F-15E Strike Eagle. On Apr. 3,

The Aviationist
Show threadceejayozApr 3
C-130s and helicopters flying low over Iran right after they shot down an F-15 in the same spot is wild. Whatever I think of the war idiocy, that's brave.
Show threaduticusApr 3

It's breaking news...meaning it may be inaccurate. CENTCOM certainly is saying it's false [0]. But there are enough signs of it being genuine, to be concerning at this stage.

Flying low over Iran at this point is planned, expensive "standoff" munitions were planned to give way to more accurate and less expensive munitions once air superiority was reached - which U.S. has been claiming has happened for a while now.

[0] https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2039805134704660622

U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) on X

🚫 CLAIM: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it downed an "enemy" fighter jet over Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. ✅ FACT: All U.S. fighter aircraft are accounted for. Iran's IRGC has made the same false claim at least half a dozen times.

X (formerly Twitter)
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> CENTCOM certainly is saying it's false…

Any time this administration cries "fake news" is probably a tell.

> Flying low over Iran at this point is planned…

But with C-130s and helos, in an area that just shot down a F-15? That's risky. One of the videos shows the C-130 deploying flares.

Apr 3 at 2:20pmWeb
Show threaduticusApr 3
You do have a point. F-18 narrowly missed a MANPAD recently too
Show threadjacquesmApr 3
The other way around.