testtest

U.S. Air Force loses A-10 Warthog attack jet near Hormuz

Talyn

Talyn

Emissary
Founding Member
A second United States Air Force combat aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday as rescue teams continued searching for a missing crew member from a downed F-15E Strike Eagle, according to two U.S. officials cited by The New York Times.

The second aircraft, an A-10 Thunderbolt II, went down near the Strait of Hormuz, and its pilot was safely rescued, the officials said.
The crash occurred around the same time that an F-15E was shot down over Iran, where one crew member has already been recovered and search teams continue looking for the second.

defence-blog.com

U.S. Air Force loses Warthog attack jet near Hormuz

A second United States Air Force combat aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday as rescue teams continued searching for a missing crew member from a downed F-15E Strike Eagle, according to two U.S. officials cited by The
defence-blog.com defence-blog.com

1775243610240.png
 
HayesGreener said:
Ground fire, or mechanical failure? Those A10's are pretty long in the tooth.
Click to expand...
Seriously doubt mechanical failure, they have the glidepath of a hummingbird, fly with one engine, one elevator and half a wing missing and it can belly land like a walrus. The reason it has had more downed incidents is due to the close air support missions it flies, not from mechanical failures. Combat survivability is extremely high.
 
I read somewhere it was hit while providing ground support during the search and rescue of the F-15 pilot but was able to fly the aircraft to friendly skies before having to eject, making his rescue quick and safe.
 
A10’s fly down in the crap. They’re tough but anything can be taken out. Iran has a large army and as far as I know their conventional forces/weapons systems haven’t been pounded like their missle, Air Force and navy units.
 
They have no anti-aircraft equipment, their radar’s 100% annihilated, we are unstoppable as a military force.
Click to expand...
It appears that President Trump was a bit premature. The US Air Force had a difficult day on Friday:

➡️F-15E (48th Fighter Wing) — Shot down in southwestern Iran. Pilot rescued; WSO still missing.

➡️A-10C Thunderbolt II — Shot down and crashed into the Persian Gulf. Pilot reportedly recovered.

➡️2X HH-60G Pave Hawk — Hit during CSAR mission, one crash-landed across the border in Iraq. All crew reportedly rescued.

➡️KC-135R Stratotanker — Emergency squawk 7700 around 10:00 UTC near Tel Aviv.

➡️F-16CJ “Wild Weasel” (F-16C Block 50/52, SEAD configuration) — Emergency squawk 7700 over Saudi Arabia near the Iraqi border around 15:00 UTC; later disappeared from FlightRadar.

➡️KC-135R Stratotanker — Emergency squawk 7700 around 19:00 UTC near Tel Aviv.

It appears that Iran has no centralized air defense C2 or any kind of joint engagement zone (JEZ) anymore. However, as evidenced by the incidents above, Iran appears to be relying on Vietnam-style guerrilla tactics of shoot-and-scoot air defense with their passive and highly tactical indigenous system… The IR-SA-7’s (pronounced “Ur-sah-seven”). These Some are specially developed missiles that can loiter at altitude, almost like a glider, completely passive, that lie in wait for one of the US older generation fighters, tankers or other support aircraft to wander too close and then hone-in. While the US can claim “air supremacy” this does not mean that US aircraft can fly over Iran without incurring the risk of being shot down.
 
1775322146845.png


More pics of the A-10 above that shows damage. May be the A-10 that was clipped during the F-15E SAR ops.

1775322106049.png

1775322199051.png
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top