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People working for the US government do you really want to die fighting for a pedophile?
I think the answer has been a resounding “hell the fuck yes”.
“…during Operation Epic Fury…”
I’ve not heard of this one, is this going on at the same time as Operation Epstein Distraction?Operaron “fuck kids but in a different way and also brown”
Wouldn’t surprise me if it actually was shot down and the US regime is just lying again to avoid the embarrassment.
“The incident occurred in friendly airspace during Operation Epic Fury, and rescue efforts are ongoing,” a release from US Central Command said, using the operation name the Pentagon has given to US operations against Iran. “Two aircraft were involved in the incident. One of the aircraft went down in western Iraq, and the second landed safely. This was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.”
Sounds like a collision during refueling.
The second aircraft that landed safely was also a KC-135, the official said.
Weird.
It is possible for one tanker to refuel another I think, or multiple tankers could have been flying in formation.
Fuelception
A few of these 135’s can receive fuel midair and judging from the damage to the Beale 135 that landed, most likely a collision while refueling.
This was not due to hostile fire or friendly fire
So it’s a skill issue?
Did it run out of fuel?
The front fell off.
Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
Would you call this tanker safe?
I was thinking more about the other ones.
The ones the front doesn’t fall off.
Some of them are built so the front doesn’t fall off
I think the point fell off.
The loadmaster forgot to properly strap the fuel in.
It’s fucking Boeing. Just another case of MBAs running an engineering firm, someone has to die for those quarterly bonuses.
It’s a KC-135. A plane designed in the 1950’s, and the plane in the incident was probably built in the early 1960’s. Way before any of Boeing’s current problems.
Yeah sure, but their parts are made by today’s Boeing.
Doubt
It had the big sad
It apparently was an incident between two kc-135, so maybe they just got a little too rowdy XD
How much of our money wasted on this? I want the news channels to have a running tally i can see going up as it slowly wipes out any benefits that directly help taxpayers.
No clue how they came up with the number or how true it is but i saw its in the 30 millions a day area. So 1 billion a month.
I mean, if you don’t support the war, then all dollars spent in its effort are wasted. Truth be told it’d be a hard number to tally.
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it’s essentially a modified 707, “Massive” is a bit hyperbolic. Not much larger than a 737 Max 9.
Pretty big for a military aircraft tho? Aren’t most of them smaller?
If you are talking about fighters and small transport, yes, but this is a specialized transport. The C5 galaxy is nearly double the length, lifts over THREE times the weight. You have the Amazing Antonov 225 (one bombed by Russia, two partially built), The C5 Galaxy, the C17 Globemaster, the Antonov 124, The airbus A400…
In the commercial space you have many more planes larger than the KC135
Here is a KC135 refuelling a C5, to give you a sense of perspective.
Awesome! Thanks for the info!
Stop lying guys it’s a lot more humiliating that your planes are falling by themselves. Next you are going to say that the soldiers you sent to Iran are self immolating.
Just another
russianamerican smoking accident…
At least some good news.
I mean, I wouldn’t say it’s good. You had 6 crewmen die for nothing. For a pedophiles war. If this moves us to pulling out of this shit war, then yes…good news. But I don’t see that happening. Not with our government owned by Isreal
hard to have empathy for imperialists aggressors, they did sign up to help murder brown people on the other side of the world.
Not to show off how smart and cool I am, but I personally avoid being killed in US wars of aggression by not joining the US military.
even if you bring up that it’s the only way to get healthcare and education in the US, bullshit. you’re still signing up to murder people in the name of the state. you are less deserving of education and healthcare than everyone else.
The most recent statement said 2 of the 6 crew survived
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Sure, like the planes that “fell” off USS Harry Truman, like the three planes shot down by Kuwaiti Red Baron…
it’s a boeing…
Yea but its a really old one from when they weren’t crap.
So it missed Iran completely?
Did two planes collide while refueling? I wonder how many people died…
Four, as of last update
The other plane was another kc-135, so possibly
As the fighting force is replaced by this next generation…I suspect the systemic lack of cognative ability I keep seeing discussed will have impacts.
Also…no one has fought to defend US freedom since wwii.
