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Spec Ops planes destroyed in rescue cost more than $100MM each

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-news-2026/card/u-s...
motley cruise ship deer antler
  04/05/26
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/us-2-billion-burned-iran-...
motley cruise ship deer antler
  04/05/26
Keep slaving away, goy....you need to toil to pay for more w...
bateful weed whacker
  04/05/26
$1B to save one guy Ljl
Hilarious low-t sneaky criminal
  04/05/26
prob more than $2B
motley cruise ship deer antler
  04/05/26
think of the leverage Iran would have if they caught him ...
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  04/05/26
$1B to save one guy who’s actually worth something, le...
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  04/05/26
Greater Israel thanks you
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  04/05/26
Happy Passover!
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  04/05/26
how are u so jewish
Splenetic Principal's Office
  04/05/26
better that than the Hannibal Directive.
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id rather have it fund Somali daycare fraud than Greater Isr...
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  04/05/26
that’s because you aren’t white and aren’t...
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  04/05/26
What a hit piece. Libs are so mad rn
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  04/05/26
guys who write military magazines: notorious libs
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former LA Times reporter here. Many of them, in fact, are.
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LOL, they absolutely are. Maybe the olds who actually served...
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جمال سلطان @GamalSultan1 Translated from Arabic...
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  04/05/26
yeah its a farce when you're outspent 100x to 1, and are fig...
motley cruise ship deer antler
  04/05/26
i have to give them credit for taking down a few planes, but...
Poppy hall
  04/05/26
Allegedly there were Iranian factions the US was working wit...
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  04/05/26
i had read that the local population wasn't the biggest fans...
Poppy hall
  04/05/26
90% of Irans oil is under minority Arab lands. These guys wo...
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  04/06/26
Our guys are working around the clock for Israel, it's inspi...
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  04/06/26
I think this just proves America is ready for a ground invas...
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It is pretty crazy Americans landed two airplanes in Iran, m...
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  04/06/26
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  04/06/26
I think America would take Tehran in about 10 days.
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  04/06/26
Trump said this was part of the plan
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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:28 AM
Author: motley cruise ship deer antler

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/iran-war-news-2026/card/u-s-special-ops-planes-destroyed-in-iran-cost-more-than-100-million-each

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795085)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:29 AM
Author: motley cruise ship deer antler

https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/us-2-billion-burned-iran-f15e-rescue-mission-hc130-helicopter-losses/

By the end of the mission, the United States had lost an F-15E Strike Eagle, at least two HC-130J Combat King II rescue aircraft, an MH-6 Little Bird helicopter (possibly two), one A-10 Thunderbolt II and possibly multiple MQ-9 Reaper drones, while two HH-60 rescue helicopters were damaged and several other aircraft reportedly declared emergencies.

The overall financial cost of the operation remains disputed, but analysts and military observers now believe the total may ultimately exceed US$2 billion once the destroyed aircraft, emergency deployments, precision munitions, support assets and longer-term operational consequences are taken into account.

Even more damaging than the financial cost is the strategic message that emerged from the operation.

For weeks, Washington had insisted that American and Israeli forces had achieved near-total air superiority over Iran during Operation Epic Fury.

The loss of an F-15E deep inside Iranian territory, followed by the destruction of multiple American rescue aircraft stranded in Iran, has instead raised serious questions about the survivability of U.S. airpower in a highly contested environment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795086)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 1:53 PM
Author: bateful weed whacker

Keep slaving away, goy....you need to toil to pay for more weapons to defend Israel with!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795669)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:32 AM
Author: Hilarious low-t sneaky criminal

$1B to save one guy Ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795095)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:33 AM
Author: motley cruise ship deer antler

prob more than $2B

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795097)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:49 AM
Author: ocher titillating boiling water office

think of the leverage Iran would have if they caught him

but yeah, woulda probably been cheaper to carpet bomb the 25-mile radius he was in

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795357)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:34 AM
Author: appetizing lavender university

$1B to save one guy who’s actually worth something, leaving behind a trail of dead Basij scum who are literally worth nothing. 180!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795101)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:39 AM
Author: motley cruise ship deer antler

Greater Israel thanks you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795114)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: ocher titillating boiling water office

Happy Passover!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795361)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Splenetic Principal's Office

how are u so jewish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795364)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:38 AM
Author: Poppy hall

better that than the Hannibal Directive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795109)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: concupiscible brindle bbw



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795334)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:39 AM
Author: Galvanic point nowag

Just think of all the Somali daycare fraud this could have funded

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795113)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:44 AM
Author: motley cruise ship deer antler

id rather have it fund Somali daycare fraud than Greater Israel

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795120)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: Galvanic point nowag

that’s because you aren’t white and aren’t American

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795381)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 10:15 AM
Author: Vibrant dog poop

What a hit piece.

Libs are so mad rn

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795172)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: concupiscible brindle bbw

guys who write military magazines: notorious libs



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795333)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: ocher titillating boiling water office

former LA Times reporter here. Many of them, in fact, are.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795349)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: concupiscible brindle bbw

guy who used to work for one: no, they are not. can't think of a single one.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795363)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:55 AM
Author: ocher titillating boiling water office

LOL, they absolutely are. Maybe the olds who actually served aren't. but even some of them are.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795372)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 1:03 PM
Author: orchid queen of the night trailer park



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49797803)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:32 AM
Author: Poppy hall

جمال سلطان

@GamalSultan1

Translated from Arabic

What happened in the rescue operation for the American pilots whose plane crashed inside Iranian territory is a military scandal by all measures, a military humiliation for the arrogant mullah regime, and it actually reveals the accuracy of Prince Turki Al-Faisal's description years ago that Iran is a paper tiger, a stuttering media speech, and propagandistic bluster from politically and militarily deranged leaderships psychologically shaken by the shock. Twice in a row in less than a week, an enemy military landing operation takes place on your soil and among your people, right in the face of your forces that have only succeeded in oppressing their poor people. American forces comb through Iranian land, killing any Iranian soldier who approaches the injured pilot's landing zones, scattering the bodies of your officers and soldiers by the dozens over the mountaintops, then securing their pilots, then safely transporting them out of Iran, and the rescue forces returning without a single injury among them—this is called military humiliation. This is a farce, by God.

https://x.com/GamalSultan1/status/2040655835710292296

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795315)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: motley cruise ship deer antler

yeah its a farce when you're outspent 100x to 1, and are fighting the entire world

its actually amazing that they could take down a bunch of US planes, including a fighterjet. i thought Trump said the airspace was definitely clear?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795330)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Poppy hall

i have to give them credit for taking down a few planes, but realistically the airspace is 99.9% clear and uncontested.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795351)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 1:22 PM
Author: stirring insanely creepy plaza

Allegedly there were Iranian factions the US was working with that slowed down the IRGC. The US was also feeding bad Intel into streams being monitored by Chinese and Russian Intel and looped back to the IRGC.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795573)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 1:52 PM
Author: Poppy hall

i had read that the local population wasn't the biggest fans of IRGC.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795665)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:26 PM
Author: stirring insanely creepy plaza

90% of Irans oil is under minority Arab lands. These guys would love to push the Persians back into the mountains.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49797660)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 1:54 PM
Author: Arousing jade alpha new version

Our guys are working around the clock for Israel, it's inspiring

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49795672)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:28 PM
Author: motley cruise ship deer antler



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49797667)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:28 PM
Author: Ultramarine fragrant institution juggernaut

I think this just proves America is ready for a ground invasion, IMHO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49797666)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: stirring insanely creepy plaza

It is pretty crazy Americans landed two airplanes in Iran, mind you, near their most valuable land in the country. Those aircraft fucked up, so they waited and called in three more airplanes. That's almost 8 hours sitting on the ground. They did this with minimal engagement, and with considerable help on the ground.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49797686)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:35 PM
Author: Ultramarine fragrant institution juggernaut

Completely agree. We should move forward with a ground invasion.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49797692)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:52 PM
Author: stirring insanely creepy plaza

How do you think that would go? It would probably start from Kuwait and through the Iranian Arab lowlands where the oil is. Probably an air drop into the capital. I bet they roll pretty quickly. Drones and hardened bunkers won't help.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49797762)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:59 PM
Author: Ultramarine fragrant institution juggernaut

I think America would take Tehran in about 10 days.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49797782)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:30 PM
Author: passionate fuchsia whorehouse corn cake

Trump said this was part of the plan

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49797673)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:40 PM
Author: lake selfie

U: poast.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49797707)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:53 PM
Author: hyperactive stimulating rehab

Strip the query parameters from links before sending them. That shit is for tracking. Everyone who clicks the link's identity is now associated with yours.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5853747&forum_id=2...#49797766)