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IcyPeas

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14. I heard that also. That the number of planes and resources they sent in to...
Mon Apr 20, 2026, 05:41 PM
Apr 20

rescue the pilots was overkill. Totally suspicious.

The pilot was rescued by U.S. forces seven hours after the crash.[13] The operation involved hundreds of U.S. troops and dozens of aircraft.[14] The weapon systems officer (WSO) escaped in the area of the Zagros Mountains, ... The WSO was recovered by U.S. forces supported by 155 aircraft.[15] A U.S. military official described it as "one of the most challenging and complex [missions] in the history of U.S. special operations".[12]
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...Trump later stated that the rescue mission had involved 155 US aircraft, including four bombers, 64 fighters, 48 refueling tankers, 13 rescue aircraft along with other aircraft.[15]
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Alaeddin Boroujerdi, former chairman of the Iranian National Security Commission, ..... Boroujerdi said the scale of the deployment suggested their main objective was to locate and take enriched uranium out of Iran, rather than a limited rescue mission.[56][57]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_F-15E_rescue_operation_in_Iran

Whose propaganda ya gonna believe?


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