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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran nearly shot down a US F-18 super hornet when they did not obey commands by Iranian AF
2020-03-24
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Posted by:Fred

#12  "Go ahead, skin that smoke wagon and see what happens."
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-03-24 17:39  

#11  EW and FC comms and C2 network identified.
Targeting the big boys at the backend.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-03-24 17:36  

#10  Radars geolocated. SAM complex SAR maps made. Thanks!
Posted by: Woozle Black1622   2020-03-24 17:28  

#9  I missed it by that much. quoth Maxwell Smart.
Posted by: AlanC   2020-03-24 12:49  

#8  Taking a shot at, and shooting down, two different things.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-03-24 10:14  

#7  May have been a drone looking to collect radar info from Iran.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-03-24 09:49  

#6  Might be harder to shoot down than a Ukrainian airliner, Reza.
Posted by: Mercutio   2020-03-24 08:39  

#5  That, too.
Posted by: gorb   2020-03-24 08:25  

#4  gorb, if there were F35s, they were more likely ahead of the F18s.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2020-03-24 05:43  

#3  Must not have seen the F-35s with HARMs right behind it.
Posted by: gorb   2020-03-24 03:03  

#2  "...scared" Yeah, right. Though I bet there was a certain *ahem* "pucker factor" when the warning sensors started going active in the F/A-18's cockpit.
Posted by: magpie   2020-03-24 01:32  

#1  "We have also, with the help of Allah and our precious fundamental oils, valiantly resisted several attacks by probing aliens."
Posted by: Grusose Crose1446   2020-03-24 01:28  

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