Iran Super Thread- Merged

[PrairieFella]

Reported blue on blue. Pilots safe. 3x US F-15E

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2026-03-01/iran-latest?

Will the loss of 3 Strike Eagles make any sort of noticeable difference in regards to SEAD assets in the region? Strike Eagles are what the Wild Weasels fly, right?

 

[ytz]

Will the loss of 3 Strike Eagles make any sort of noticeable difference in regards to SEAD assets in the region? Strike Eagles are what the Wild Weasels fly, right?

They don't fly with the Jamners. Growlers do that. They were either bombing targets or they were hunting launchers.

 

[KevinB]

The way I took it was, given the high altitude release point and the fact that he seemed to be talking about a cargo of 20 submunitions weighing 2.5 kg apiece, then it seemed unlikely that 8 km was the blast radius.

It seemed more likely that he was effectively talking about scattering 20 unguided light to medium mortar rounds over a circle with an 8 km radius. That would be a 200 km2 circle with 20 mortar bombs in it. Militarily ineffective I would think.

Blast radius being in the above, being the area of dispersion.

20 submunitions in a 8km wide circle.

It is a terror weapon, nothing more. Some of variants have a fragmentation payload, others an incendiary.

 

[ytz]

Wow. Openly admitting Israel is leading them around by the nose.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2027953804881137896

 

[brihard]

Will the loss of 3 Strike Eagles make any sort of noticeable difference in regards to SEAD assets in the region? Strike Eagles are what the Wild Weasels fly, right?

Lots of video from these ones.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028391827519525311

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028345253405872170

Some hairy moments for the crews when they hit the ground and locals didn’t initially know who they were.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028404758390743297

 

[Czech_pivo]

Lots of video from these ones.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028391827519525311

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028345253405872170

Some hairy moments for the crews when they hit the ground and locals didn’t initially know who they were.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2028404758390743297

The one pilot's hand doesn't look to be in a good way.

 

[brihard]

The one pilot's hand doesn't look to be in a good way.

His moustache is worse.

 

[PPCLI Guy]

His moustache is worse.

He got shot down because of his poor grooming standards - scraggy beard, unkempt hair etc. <s>