AH-64 Apache Shot Down By Iran, U.S. Will Retaliate: Trump

[Talyn]

Likely a sucker punch MANPADS shot from one of those speedboats, or a from a "dhow".

The latter are like mosquitos in that AOPS.
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President Donald Trump says the Iranians shot down the AH-64 Apache that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz overnight and vowed to retaliate. As we noted earlier today, the crew was safely rescued by a drone boat, an unprecedented action, which you can read more about here.

“I have just been informed by our Great Military that last night the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump stated on Truth Social. “There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured. Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack.”

The AH-64 crashed into the Gulf of Oman and its crew was rescued by a drone boat, and now Trump says it was due to enemy action.

AH-64 Apache Shot Down By Iran, U.S. Will Retaliate: Trump

The AH-64 crashed into the Gulf of Oman and its crew was rescued by a drone boat, and now Trump says it was due to enemy action.

www.twz.com

 

[HayesGreener]

Here we go

 

[TurboDog910]

Delete minions in full effect. Uncle

 

[Talyn]

The message that needs to be sent out asap is...

"Any sitty little boats (speedboat, jet ski, etc.) or fishing dhow in Iranian territorial waters will be destroyed starting now."

We have plenty of APKWS's to do the job.

 

[az4783054]

the price of oil will up again, which might be worth it if we turn that stinking country back to sand. Meanwhile the (d) want to forgive and forget.

 

[Talyn]

The News has reported the AH-64 was downed by an Iranian drone.

Iranian Drone Took Out U.S. Apache Downed in the Strait of Hormuz

As the U.S. begins retaliatory strikes, officials have told reporters that an Iranian Shahed drone was believed to be responsible for the downing of a

theaviationist.com

 

[NMEDGE]

Let's do something....all talk no action!

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Git'r done!

It's about time to go scorched earth. Then maybe they'll negotiate.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[Talyn]

This Is The Corsair Drone Boat That Plucked The Downed Apache Crew Out Of The Gulf Of Oman​

The U.S. Navy's top drone task force in the Middle East only started operating the Corsair uncrewed surface vessels in March.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed a Saronic Corsair was the uncrewed surface vessel (USV) that rescued the crew of a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache out of the Gulf of Oman overnight. President Donald Trump has also now said Iranian forces downed the attack helicopter, and promised a response.

This is the first known instance of a drone boat being used to recover personnel as part of a search and rescue mission, and has major implications for these operations going forward.

“The surface drone that assisted in last night’s rescue of the Apache crew off the coast of Oman was a U.S. Navy Corsair unmanned surface vessel operated by U.S. 5th Fleet’s Task Force 59,” U.S. Navy Capt. Tim Hawkins, a CENTCOM spokesman, told TWZ. “The task force began fielding these drones in theater in late March.”

This Is The Corsair Drone Boat That Plucked The Downed Apache Crew Out Of The Gulf Of Oman

The U.S. Navy's top drone task force in the Middle East only started operating the Corsair uncrewed surface vessels in March.

www.twz.com

 

[KillerFord1977]

This Is The Corsair Drone Boat That Plucked The Downed Apache Crew Out Of The Gulf Of Oman​

The U.S. Navy's top drone task force in the Middle East only started operating the Corsair uncrewed surface vessels in March.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed a Saronic Corsair was the uncrewed surface vessel (USV) that rescued the crew of a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache out of the Gulf of Oman overnight. President Donald Trump has also now said Iranian forces downed the attack helicopter, and promised a response.

This is the first known instance of a drone boat being used to recover personnel as part of a search and rescue mission, and has major implications for these operations going forward.

“The surface drone that assisted in last night’s rescue of the Apache crew off the coast of Oman was a U.S. Navy Corsair unmanned surface vessel operated by U.S. 5th Fleet’s Task Force 59,” U.S. Navy Capt. Tim Hawkins, a CENTCOM spokesman, told TWZ. “The task force began fielding these drones in theater in late March.”

This Is The Corsair Drone Boat That Plucked The Downed Apache Crew Out Of The Gulf Of Oman

The U.S. Navy's top drone task force in the Middle East only started operating the Corsair uncrewed surface vessels in March.

www.twz.com

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bet that was a rough as hell rescue ride back to another boat or chopper pick up

 

[jumpinjoe]

I've seen short videos of the two of them skimming across the water at what looks like a pretty good speed, and you're right about it being a rough ride. Probably better than being in the water all night though.

 

[Shibadog]

I've seen short videos of the two of them skimming across the water at what looks like a pretty good speed, and you're right about it being a rough ride. Probably better than being in the water all night though.

Or being picked up by the ragheads. I am completely sick of us continuing to play games with the Assahola and his minions. It’s past time we say “enough of your BS. ONE more freaking attack of any scale by you or your proxies on ANYBODY and Kharg island will become a smoking hole and 90% of your future revenue will evaporate”. Why do we continue to tolerate these animals. You can NOT have peace with someone whose entire rationale for being is to kill you-you can only kill them first-which by any rationale Should have happened in ‘79.