Iran shares photos of F-35 wreckage; analysts say images show F-15 tail sections (www.turkiyetoday.com)
from throws_lemy@reddthat.com to world@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 13:42
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The IRGC said the “LN” tail code on the wreckage identified the aircraft as belonging to the 48th Fighter Wing at RAF Lakenheath in Britain, home to the 493rd Fighter Squadron.

Some analysts suggested the debris could instead belong to an F-15E Strike Eagle, as the red coloring visible on the wreckage aligns with markings on F-15s from the same squadron.

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leoj@piefed.social on 03 Apr 14:22 next collapse

Not a true expert, but nothing in those photos says f35 to me…

TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today on 03 Apr 14:48 collapse

Eh… I’m not an expert either, but there’s a few pics that show more traditional exposed riveting rather than the inset fasteners you see on stealth aircraft. Plus there are a few pics going around of an F-15 matching the matching livery.

xenomor@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 14:47 next collapse

Jumping on this thread too, to say fuck these pilots.

extremeboredom@lemmy.world on 03 Apr 14:51 next collapse

Sorry I’m all for US imperialism getting shown up to be a paper tiger, but this is NOT F-35 wreckage and it’s not even a little bit ambiguous.

tomiant@piefed.social on 03 Apr 14:53 collapse

Is this an allahu akbar moment? I feel like this is an allahu akbar moment. I mean, for people who say that, I can imagine this would be one of those allahu akbar moments.

NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io on 03 Apr 17:05 collapse

I mean, there's a good chance that whoever downed the plane did say Allahu Akbar in celebration.