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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...
Infuriating menage
  04/05/26
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/us-2-billion-burned-iran-...
Infuriating menage
  04/05/26
Keep slaving away, goy....you need to toil to pay for more w...
Ocher Appetizing Box Office Hunting Ground
  04/05/26
$1B to save one guy Ljl
diverse house dingle berry
  04/05/26
prob more than $2B
Infuriating menage
  04/05/26
think of the leverage Iran would have if they caught him ...
disgusting canary parlor multi-billionaire
  04/05/26
$1B to save one guy who’s actually worth something, le...
Pink well-lubricated principal's office
  04/05/26
Greater Israel thanks you
Infuriating menage
  04/05/26
Happy Passover!
disgusting canary parlor multi-billionaire
  04/05/26
how are u so jewish
Salmon idea he suggested casino
  04/05/26
better that than the Hannibal Directive.
hairraiser underhanded trump supporter
  04/05/26
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fuchsia stead community account
  04/05/26
Just think of all the Somali daycare fraud this could have f...
Vivacious Circlehead
  04/05/26
id rather have it fund Somali daycare fraud than Greater Isr...
Infuriating menage
  04/05/26
that’s because you aren’t white and aren’t...
Vivacious Circlehead
  04/05/26
What a hit piece. Libs are so mad rn
Marvelous forum cuckoldry
  04/05/26
guys who write military magazines: notorious libs
fuchsia stead community account
  04/05/26
former LA Times reporter here. Many of them, in fact, are.
disgusting canary parlor multi-billionaire
  04/05/26
guy who used to work for one: no, they are not. can't think ...
fuchsia stead community account
  04/05/26
LOL, they absolutely are. Maybe the olds who actually served...
disgusting canary parlor multi-billionaire
  04/05/26
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Provocative water buffalo
  04/06/26
جمال سلطان @GamalSultan1 Translated from Arabic...
hairraiser underhanded trump supporter
  04/05/26
yeah its a farce when you're outspent 100x to 1, and are fig...
Infuriating menage
  04/05/26
i have to give them credit for taking down a few planes, but...
hairraiser underhanded trump supporter
  04/05/26
Allegedly there were Iranian factions the US was working wit...
brindle institution
  04/05/26
i had read that the local population wasn't the biggest fans...
hairraiser underhanded trump supporter
  04/05/26
90% of Irans oil is under minority Arab lands. These guys wo...
brindle institution
  04/06/26
Our guys are working around the clock for Israel, it's inspi...
Useless fiercely-loyal step-uncle's house
  04/05/26
...
Infuriating menage
  04/06/26
I think this just proves America is ready for a ground invas...
Chartreuse telephone indian lodge
  04/06/26
It is pretty crazy Americans landed two airplanes in Iran, m...
brindle institution
  04/06/26
Completely agree. We should move forward with a ground invas...
Chartreuse telephone indian lodge
  04/06/26
How do you think that would go? It would probably start from...
brindle institution
  04/06/26
I think America would take Tehran in about 10 days.
Chartreuse telephone indian lodge
  04/06/26
Trump said this was part of the plan
Outnumbered carnelian liquid oxygen
  04/06/26
U: poast.
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  04/06/26
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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:28 AM
Author: Infuriating menage

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=2most#49795085)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:29 AM
Author: Infuriating menage

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=2most#49795086)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 1:53 PM
Author: Ocher Appetizing Box Office Hunting Ground

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=2most#49795669)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:32 AM
Author: diverse house dingle berry

$1B to save one guy Ljl

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:33 AM
Author: Infuriating menage

prob more than $2B

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:49 AM
Author: disgusting canary parlor multi-billionaire

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=2most#49795357)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:34 AM
Author: Pink well-lubricated principal's office

$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=2most#49795101)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:39 AM
Author: Infuriating menage

Greater Israel thanks you

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:50 AM
Author: disgusting canary parlor multi-billionaire

Happy Passover!

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:52 AM
Author: Salmon idea he suggested casino

how are u so jewish

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:38 AM
Author: hairraiser underhanded trump supporter

better that than the Hannibal Directive.

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: fuchsia stead community account



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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:39 AM
Author: Vivacious Circlehead

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

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 9:44 AM
Author: Infuriating menage

id rather have it fund Somali daycare fraud than Greater Israel

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:59 AM
Author: Vivacious Circlehead

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

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 10:15 AM
Author: Marvelous forum cuckoldry

What a hit piece.

Libs are so mad rn

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:41 AM
Author: fuchsia stead community account

guys who write military magazines: notorious libs



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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: disgusting canary parlor multi-billionaire

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

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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:51 AM
Author: fuchsia stead community account

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=2most#49795363)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:55 AM
Author: disgusting canary parlor multi-billionaire

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=2most#49795372)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 1:03 PM
Author: Provocative water buffalo



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



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:32 AM
Author: hairraiser underhanded trump supporter

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=2most#49795315)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:40 AM
Author: Infuriating menage

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=2most#49795330)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 11:48 AM
Author: hairraiser underhanded trump supporter

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=2most#49795351)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 1:22 PM
Author: brindle institution

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=2most#49795573)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 1:52 PM
Author: hairraiser underhanded trump supporter

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=2most#49795665)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:26 PM
Author: brindle institution

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=2most#49797660)



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Date: April 5th, 2026 1:54 PM
Author: Useless fiercely-loyal step-uncle's house

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

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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:28 PM
Author: Infuriating menage



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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:28 PM
Author: Chartreuse telephone indian lodge

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

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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:33 PM
Author: brindle institution

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=2most#49797686)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:35 PM
Author: Chartreuse telephone indian lodge

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

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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:52 PM
Author: brindle institution

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=2most#49797762)



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:59 PM
Author: Chartreuse telephone indian lodge

I think America would take Tehran in about 10 days.

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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:30 PM
Author: Outnumbered carnelian liquid oxygen

Trump said this was part of the plan

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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:40 PM
Author: Supple ruddy nowag mad-dog skullcap

U: poast.

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



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Date: April 6th, 2026 12:53 PM
Author: blue toilet seat roast beef

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=2most#49797766)