RE: https://journa.host/@ScottLucas/116350553346977422

So far - to rescue all three F-15E and A-10 crew members, the US Air Force has destroyed two C-130 Hercules and damaged two search and rescue UH-60 Blackhawks, and sent more aircraft to Iran to rescue the crews of the destroyed planes. It's all going great.

It's a bit hard to keep tabs on this, but I do believe American aircraft losses in the Iran war are currently higher than the combined Ukrainian and Russian aircraft losses in the Ukraine war. Last week only, obviously.

RE: https://mas.to/@osma/116311817630824685

Operation Epstein Fury has continued to avoid loss of stealth bombers and marine landing ships. So far.

@osma Iโ€™m kind of glad Iranians didnโ€™t find the weapons officer, because then US would have sent even more to try and break them out. Could have been a โ€Black Hawk Downโ€ -situation.

But then again, perhaps Mr. Fox and Friends will be feeling even more invulnerable after this one and will make a Black Hawk Down situation anyway. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

Given the operational competence demonstrated by the Department of War Crimes, they'd be as likely to bomb the prison as break into it..
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@osma And perhaps even more top military brass will get fired, as any close calls they might have gotten into are discussed in debriefings today.

Honestly I donโ€™t think anything short of $200 oil or a military coup will stop them at this point.

I doubt any mil brass get fired for incompetence. So far it appears all the firings have been for refusal to be awful enough.
@gimulnautti
@osma Yes. More like fired for competence. Under authoritarian regimes it tends to be competence that puts you at risk, actually. Canโ€™t have underlings too skilled, you see. They might threaten the leader..
To build a winning organization, never hire anyone smarter than yourself, I think the general wisdom goes?
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