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I'm hearing it was a Kuwaiti F-18 that committed the frats.

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Does this mean that Kuwait has to buy us three new builds coming off the line in St Louis

IIRC, a couple Beagles were lost in Desert Storm

6 hours ago, DirkDiggler said:

Really glad they all got out, almost unbelievable result from a (assumed) Patriot engagement.

Yea, I’m assuming it was a head-on shot too. Real lucky!

4 hours ago, VMFA187 said:

I'm hearing it was a Kuwaiti F-18 that committed the frats.

Qatar got two Su-24s so…possible

Per Wiki, two mud hens lost in ODS. SAM or AAA

3 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

Confirmed...3x Fox 3.

I would only ever want to fly with the Aussies and Brits in my lane.

18 hours ago, VMFA187 said:

I'm hearing it was a Kuwaiti F-18 that committed the frats.

That’s pretty wild to think about. Honest question, how could that happen?

25 minutes ago, DirkDiggler said:

That’s pretty wild to think about. Honest question, how could that happen?

Honestly after my time in the Middle East, how could it not?

8 hours ago, DirkDiggler said:

That’s pretty wild to think about. Honest question, how could that happen?

On 3/2/2026 at 4:41 PM, VMFA187 said:

I'm hearing it was a Kuwaiti F-18 that committed the frats.

Sooooooo……… does Boeing advertise that the F-18 is the only fighter to bag an F-15????

13 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

This has stat always referred to Air to Air.

A Mudhen was lost in Libya as well.

True, but the reason the aircraft was lost was not enemy activity or engagement.

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15 hours ago, ClearedHot said:

Confirmed...3x Fox 3.

A legacy Hornet paints three E's and their TEWS isn't screaming??

Not saying reports are wrong that just seems "odd"?

4 hours ago, RegularJoe said:

A legacy Hornet paints three E's and their TEWS isn't screaming??

Not saying reports are wrong that just seems "odd"?

Not odd if the Hornet driver has some questionable loyalties...

There is an effort to contain some of the details in order to limit the obvious bad press and political consequences. Complete $hit, rip the Fing band-aid off and call it what it is.

Lots of possibilities that could lead to something like this that don't include nefarious motives. There are enough US on US frats in training and combat to not need jumping to traitorous motives to explain a mistake like this.

That air picture was likely exponentially more complicated than anything he had ever trained. Very possible the dude thought there was a flight of missiles that were minutes or seconds from hitting his country and potentially killing his family and friends. I'd have to imagine that most pilot's frat risk math would change a bit in that scenario.

Had 4 Kuwaiti’s in my UPT class (1987) 2 washed out, the other 2, bottom of the class, both got fighters in the KAF……

I flew the 1st Fighter Wing (F-15’s Langley) into Daharan 2 days after the Iraqis invaded Kuwait in Aug 1990….As we taxied in, there were rows of Kuwaiti A-4’s lined up on the ramp, with “Free Kuwait” stenciled on the fuselage…I asked why they weren’t attacking the Iraqi’s in Kuwait, and they said one of the pilots left for Cairo….

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37 minutes ago, Smokin said:

Lots of possibilities that could lead to something like this that don't include nefarious motives. There are enough US on US frats in training and combat to not need jumping to traitorous motives to explain a mistake like this.

Not jumping to nefarious motives if you have more of the details...

On 3/2/2026 at 8:09 PM, HeyEng said:

Yea, I’m assuming it was a head-on shot too. Real lucky!

Taking an AA missile up the pipe makes much more sense for all three crews surviving than being struck by a a SAM fragmentation warhead and I was a little skeptical of the Patriot missile story.

Ward covers this story as well as the Yak shootdown by a F-35.

https://youtu.be/3cb7R1xEZBI

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