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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...
twisted drab mental disorder
  04/05/26
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/us-2-billion-burned-iran-...
twisted drab mental disorder
  04/05/26
Keep slaving away, goy....you need to toil to pay for more w...
Exhilarant underhanded main people
  04/05/26
$1B to save one guy Ljl
Walnut Pocket Flask Rigor
  04/05/26
prob more than $2B
twisted drab mental disorder
  04/05/26
think of the leverage Iran would have if they caught him ...
Racy Startling Garrison Newt
  04/05/26
$1B to save one guy who’s actually worth something, le...
Stubborn erotic depressive
  04/05/26
Greater Israel thanks you
twisted drab mental disorder
  04/05/26
Happy Passover!
Racy Startling Garrison Newt
  04/05/26
how are u so jewish
Nubile skinny woman
  04/05/26
better that than the Hannibal Directive.
Odious Wine Senate Internal Respiration
  04/05/26
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indecent milky piazza
  04/05/26
Just think of all the Somali daycare fraud this could have f...
Puce preventive strike patrolman
  04/05/26
id rather have it fund Somali daycare fraud than Greater Isr...
twisted drab mental disorder
  04/05/26
that’s because you aren’t white and aren’t...
Puce preventive strike patrolman
  04/05/26
What a hit piece. Libs are so mad rn
canary parlour
  04/05/26
guys who write military magazines: notorious libs
indecent milky piazza
  04/05/26
former LA Times reporter here. Many of them, in fact, are.
Racy Startling Garrison Newt
  04/05/26
guy who used to work for one: no, they are not. can't think ...
indecent milky piazza
  04/05/26
LOL, they absolutely are. Maybe the olds who actually served...
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  04/05/26
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Irate heady tattoo round eye
  04/06/26
جمال سلطان @GamalSultan1 Translated from Arabic...
Odious Wine Senate Internal Respiration
  04/05/26
yeah its a farce when you're outspent 100x to 1, and are fig...
twisted drab mental disorder
  04/05/26
i have to give them credit for taking down a few planes, but...
Odious Wine Senate Internal Respiration
  04/05/26
Allegedly there were Iranian factions the US was working wit...
emerald talented mediation trump supporter
  04/05/26
i had read that the local population wasn't the biggest fans...
Odious Wine Senate Internal Respiration
  04/05/26
90% of Irans oil is under minority Arab lands. These guys wo...
emerald talented mediation trump supporter
  04/06/26
Our guys are working around the clock for Israel, it's inspi...
marvelous stage police squad
  04/05/26
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twisted drab mental disorder
  04/06/26
I think this just proves America is ready for a ground invas...
Crimson fear-inspiring gunner
  04/06/26
It is pretty crazy Americans landed two airplanes in Iran, m...
emerald talented mediation trump supporter
  04/06/26
Completely agree. We should move forward with a ground invas...
Crimson fear-inspiring gunner
  04/06/26
How do you think that would go? It would probably start from...
emerald talented mediation trump supporter
  04/06/26
I think America would take Tehran in about 10 days.
Crimson fear-inspiring gunner
  04/06/26
Trump said this was part of the plan
Confused cobalt trailer park roast beef
  04/06/26
U: poast.
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  04/06/26
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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:28 AM
Author: twisted drab mental disorder

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...id.#49795085)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:29 AM
Author: twisted drab mental disorder

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...id.#49795086)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 1:53 PM
Author: Exhilarant underhanded main people

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...id.#49795669)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:32 AM
Author: Walnut Pocket Flask Rigor

$1B to save one guy Ljl

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:33 AM
Author: twisted drab mental disorder

prob more than $2B

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:49 AM
Author: Racy Startling Garrison Newt

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...id.#49795357)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:34 AM
Author: Stubborn erotic depressive

$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...id.#49795101)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:39 AM
Author: twisted drab mental disorder

Greater Israel thanks you

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: Racy Startling Garrison Newt

Happy Passover!

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Nubile skinny woman

how are u so jewish

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:38 AM
Author: Odious Wine Senate Internal Respiration

better that than the Hannibal Directive.

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: indecent milky piazza



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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:39 AM
Author: Puce preventive strike patrolman

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

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:44 AM
Author: twisted drab mental disorder

id rather have it fund Somali daycare fraud than Greater Israel

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: Puce preventive strike patrolman

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

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 10:15 AM
Author: canary parlour

What a hit piece.

Libs are so mad rn

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: indecent milky piazza

guys who write military magazines: notorious libs



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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Racy Startling Garrison Newt

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

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: indecent milky piazza

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...id.#49795363)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:55 AM
Author: Racy Startling Garrison Newt

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...id.#49795372)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 1:03 PM
Author: Irate heady tattoo round eye



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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:32 AM
Author: Odious Wine Senate Internal Respiration

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...id.#49795315)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: twisted drab mental disorder

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...id.#49795330)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: Odious Wine Senate Internal Respiration

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...id.#49795351)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 1:22 PM
Author: emerald talented mediation trump supporter

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...id.#49795573)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 1:52 PM
Author: Odious Wine Senate Internal Respiration

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...id.#49795665)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:26 PM
Author: emerald talented mediation trump supporter

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...id.#49797660)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 1:54 PM
Author: marvelous stage police squad

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

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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:28 PM
Author: twisted drab mental disorder



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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:28 PM
Author: Crimson fear-inspiring gunner

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...id.#49797666)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: emerald talented mediation trump supporter

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...id.#49797686)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:35 PM
Author: Crimson fear-inspiring gunner

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

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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:52 PM
Author: emerald talented mediation trump supporter

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...id.#49797762)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:59 PM
Author: Crimson fear-inspiring gunner

I think America would take Tehran in about 10 days.

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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:30 PM
Author: Confused cobalt trailer park roast beef

Trump said this was part of the plan

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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:40 PM
Author: translucent university

U: poast.

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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:53 PM
Author: Blue office

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...id.#49797766)