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ceejayozyesterday at 4:18 PM2 repliesview on HN

Update: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/us-fighter-jet-went-ir...

> An F-15 fighter jet pilot has been rescued alive by the U.S. military after their aircraft went down over Iran, a U.S. official said Friday.

> White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump had been briefed on the incident — the latest dramatic development in the war, now more than a month old.

CENTCOM lied.


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0x_rsyesterday at 4:48 PM

The government would never lie: the "damaged" plane was already accounted for, just in the ground, in enemy territory.

netsharcyesterday at 5:06 PM

The use of "a" instead of "the" pilot suggests more than 1 personnel on the plane, considering F15's carry 2 people (unless it's some magical F15 I haven't heard of), it means there's still 1 guy missing out there.

Or he (I assume) could also have been found dead, and is not being mentioned before his family is notified of the sacrifice Donald Trump made of his life.