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Jersey Devil

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1. First off, he wasn't a "pilot"

Reply to the_liberal_grandpa (Original post)

Sun May 3, 2026, 10:51 AM

13 hrs ago

He was a WZO, the back seater weapons officer in an F-15E Srike Eagle. As to what happened to him, I believe he is still in a hospital in Germany with an assortment of injuries mostly caused by being shot out of the jet like a rifle bullet by pyrotechnics. Perhaps he doesn't want the publicity?

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What ever happened to the downed pilot who was rescued in Iran? [View all] the_liberal_grandpa 13 hrs ago OP

First off, he wasn't a "pilot" Jersey Devil 13 hrs ago #1

HE might not want the publicity, Wednesdays 9 hrs ago #6

Good question leftstreet 13 hrs ago #2

No one knows, but we know TSF holds people with impairments in contempt. Girard442 13 hrs ago #3

Very Good Questions! MineralMan 13 hrs ago #4

It's a kafka trap. Igel 11 hrs ago #5