Houthi Red Sea Blockade

[RangerRay]

Al Jazeera is a lot more credible reporting than many Western ones, unless your looking for Palestinian casualties

I heard or read that the further away the reporting is from Qatar, the more objective it is.

Mind you, that was before western journalism went to complete shite because they failed to adapt their business model to the Internet.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Al Jazeera is a lot more credible reporting than many Western ones, unless your looking for Palestinian casualties

I will argue, anything of interest to the Qatar government becomes suspect, if it falls outside of that, it not generally worth twisting.

 

[HavokFour]

It has not been a good year for the F-15.

Houthis claim downing Saudi F-15 over Yemen, deny targeting Mecca | The Jerusalem Post

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said later on Wednesday that the group had attacked an airbase in Khamis Mushait as well as Aramco facilities in Yanbu.

www.jpost.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1whywve/footage_of_a_saudi_f15_fighter_jet_being_shot

 

[dapaterson]

It has not been a good year for the F-15.

Houthis claim downing Saudi F-15 over Yemen, deny targeting Mecca | The Jerusalem Post

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said later on Wednesday that the group had attacked an airbase in Khamis Mushait as well as Aramco facilities in Yanbu.

www.jpost.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1whywve/footage_of_a_saudi_f15_fighter_jet_being_shot

Or is it a case that F-15s are accumulating more hours than other platforms, and therefore are at a greater risk of being damaged? With F-35 availability under 45%, you're going to be flying other airframes a lot to compensate.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Or is it a case that F-15s are accumulating more hours than other platforms, and therefore are at a greater risk of being damaged? With F-35 availability under 45%, you're going to be flying other airframes a lot to compensate.

Taking the moral and political spins out of this...

Why do people not expect to take losses in a fight ? Imagine if the news, in 1943, made a story out of every spitfire or B17 that was shot down...

Food for thought 37% of the B17s produced were destroyed.

 

[KevinB]

Or is it a case that F-15s are accumulating more hours than other platforms, and therefore are at a greater risk of being damaged? With F-35 availability under 45%, you're going to be flying other airframes a lot to compensate.

Except that operation air hours in theatre are significantly skewed towards the F-35.

 

[dapaterson]

Except that operation air hours in theatre are significantly skewed towards the F-35.

Not all of us are doomscrolling army dot ca on our phones in a SCIF while reading detailed operational information on classified systems

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Or is it a case that F-15s are accumulating more hours than other platforms, and therefore are at a greater risk of being damaged? With F-35 availability under 45%, you're going to be flying other airframes a lot to compensate.

The Saudis don’t fly F35s.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

It has not been a good year for the F-15.

Houthis claim downing Saudi F-15 over Yemen, deny targeting Mecca | The Jerusalem Post

Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said later on Wednesday that the group had attacked an airbase in Khamis Mushait as well as Aramco facilities in Yanbu.

www.jpost.com

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1whywve/footage_of_a_saudi_f15_fighter_jet_being_shot

Bit more this, interesting the Houthis have said they honour their agreement not to attack US shipping, they are effectively dividing and conquering. Along with this they are moving fast in the NE against militas there.

 

[HavokFour]

Still haven't seen anything concrete about the fate of the crew.

There is now a claim that it was done with a domestically made missile.

This coming after the claim a few days ago that they had used Claude to make them guidance system software.

We may be heading into some scary DIY SAM times.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/houthis-release-video-of-saudi-f-15-jet-being-shot-and-its-wreckage-in-flames-12056519

 

[KevinB]

Not all of us are doomscrolling army dot ca on our phones in a SCIF while reading detailed operational information on classified systems

I did that once.
In my defense I had no idea that office (of the mutual Mustache) at the Pentagon was a SCIF

But under this administration it’s par for the course. As long as didn’t mean to invite the wrong guy to the Signal group call…



The Air Force has admitted in briefings that they are using the F-35 more, and for all the deeper airspace intrusions (or whatever they call those missions).