15 hours ago15 hr 3 hours ago, Sua Sponte said:Same WSO was also on one of the -15Es who were shot down by that Kuwaiti F-18 last month.Same pilot, great American.
13 hours ago13 hr Glad they're out safe and uninjured.Osint reports lost 2 herks to the mission. Seems herks are allergic to Iran. Edited 13 hours ago13 hr by No One
9 hours ago9 hr Not the first time the Iranian desert ate an American C-130.SOF played a front row seat, i wonder if this is going to stoke the fire in the battle to move CSAR to AFSOC.
6 hours ago6 hr 2 hours ago, ClearedHot said:i wonder if this is going to stoke the fire in the battle to move CSAR to AFSOC.Probably. I'm of the impression that it's a foregone conclusion, all indications from big blue pointed (over the last 5-6 years) in that direction.This could very well be the thing to re-light the fire.Fucking good work everyone. TOML Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by busdriver Clarity
6 hours ago6 hr 2 hours ago, ClearedHot said:Not the first time the Iranian desert ate an American C-130.SOF played a front row seat, i wonder if this is going to stoke the fire in the battle to move CSAR to AFSOC.Smelled a little like "Eagle Claw."
5 hours ago5 hr 7 hours ago, No One said:Glad they're out safe and uninjured.Osint reports lost 2 herks to the mission. Seems herks are allergic to Iran.Wasn't this the whole point of the Osprey?
5 hours ago5 hr What I am told is they landed two MC-130Js with 2 X Little Birds each. Both MC-130Js got their nose wheels stuck in the sand.The little birds launched and one picked up the WSO. At the FARP they tried unsuccessfully to get the MC-130J's "unstuck" so they called in other assets from a supporting agency to pick up everyone. 3 X other smaller platforms came in and picked everyone up. USAF aircraft then bombed the 2 X MC-130J's and 4 x Little birds. We lost a couple of Reapers as well.True team effort.
4 hours ago4 hr Good video of the F-15E crew that bailed out over Libya in 2011 and what happened after they returned to friendly control; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZvhhTpNFqU Excellent channel, BTW, if you like aviation.
2 hours ago2 hr 2 hours ago, ClearedHot said:Hands down the most wild thing ever said by a president.
2 hours ago2 hr 2 hours ago, ClearedHot said:What I am told is they landed two MC-130Js with 2 X Little Birds each. Both MC-130Js got their nose wheels stuck in the sand.The little birds launched and one picked up the WSO. At the FARP they tried unsuccessfully to get the MC-130J's "unstuck" so they called in other assets from a supporting agency to pick up everyone. 3 X other smaller platforms came in and picked everyone up. The Step-130 wasn’t available to be brought in?Pretty amazing all around.
2 hours ago2 hr 2 minutes ago, Lord Ratner said:Hands down the most wild thing ever said by a president.
2 hours ago2 hr What does he (Trump) think is going to happen? Iranian leadership has nothing to lose at this point. They only want to be in charge at the end of this. Blowing up some power plants and bridges ain't going to do shit. It'll maybe rile up the feckless Iranian people a bit more but I'm sure we're covertly trying to support them and they haven't been able to pull it off yet.
2 hours ago2 hr 6 minutes ago, uhhello said:What does he (Trump) think is going to happen? Iranian leadership has nothing to lose at this point. They only want to be in charge at the end of this. Blowing up some power plants and bridges ain't going to do shit. It'll maybe rile up the feckless Iranian people a bit more but I'm sure we're covertly trying to support them and they haven't been able to pull it off yet.We're getting close to the "put up or shut up" phase of the operation. We've set back the Iranian war machine decades. We've killed the leaders who targeted our people. We can still take the oil island, I'm fine with that, but it's not realistic to actually extract resources from Iran, it would just be another form of crippling economic pressure. Pretty soon we need to leave and let the people of Iran earn their reputation. If they do, then they can welcome us in as partners to help rebuild. They have enough oil and gas to make it worth our efforts. If not, then we pull back and give Israel whatever they need to keep mowing the lawn while the regime withers away.
2 hours ago2 hr WSO's new call sign should be Matt Damon, because in 2x movies where he's stranded in space, billions in resources are spent to rescue him. And he can claim some Borne for evading.
2 hours ago2 hr 16 hours ago, Standby said:No fucking way. If true, it’s time for that guy to hang up the harness and find a way into some sort of ground combat branch since that’s clearly where Murphy wants him.Does this mean he gets TWO watches for his troubles? Or are those different seats?
57 minutes ago57 min Author 1 hour ago, Lord Ratner said:We're getting close to the "put up or shut up" phase of the operation. We've set back the Iranian war machine decades. We've killed the leaders who targeted our people. We can still take the oil island, I'm fine with that, but it's not realistic to actually extract resources from Iran, it would just be another form of crippling economic pressure.Pretty soon we need to leave and let the people of Iran earn their reputation. If they do, then they can welcome us in as partners to help rebuild. They have enough oil and gas to make it worth our efforts.If not, then we pull back and give Israel whatever they need to keep mowing the lawn while the regime withers away.My record on 2026 predictions has been spotty at best, ok it’s been crappy but mostly in a good way… that out of the way, if we arm the Kurds in Iran we have to keep Turkey from intervening, if encourage the Baluchi and Azeris we can’t leave them hanging, if we get a ceasefire and opening of the Strait then we have to remain in theater to ensure no retrenchment on a ceasefire deal.My guess is that we are headed for a new version of Northern / Southern Watch where we keep immediate retaliation available in theater, daily patrol and observation.
26 minutes ago26 min 4 hours ago, pbar said:Good video of the F-15E crew that bailed out over Libya in 2011 and what happened after they returned to friendly control; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZvhhTpNFqU Excellent channel, BTW, if you like aviation.Steve is a fantastic author too. Worth a look.
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