This is what happens when your military is lead by whiskey leaks and the fat man.
Well, in bad lighting, they can look like Venezuelan fishing boats, so …
Holy fucking shit, the “never shot down in combat” streak of the F-15 is over?
It’s not that impressive considering it came into service after Vietnam which is the last time the US faced an enemy with a real air force and effective air defenses. Not to mention the fact that the cheaper more numerous F16 has been the real work horse (and cannon fodder) of the USAF since then.
That’s for air to air.
I am not aware of any F-15s having been shot down in any way before today. They blow up by themselves or snap in two sometimes but that’s par for the course for any fighter jet.
Just did a quick search, and it looks like a handful were shot down during desert storm. Interestingly, 1 was shot down via sidewinder accidentally fired by a wingman during training. So, I guess the true statement should be, “never lost a dogfight?”
when was the last dogfight tho, ww1?
But hey, on the plus side, that means US tax dollars will have to be spent replacing these planes and that will increase GDP!
I am all aboard the Keynesian train, government spending stimulates the economy for sure. Could we maybe try spending the money on roads, bridges, education, healthcare, or even just a stupidly huge purposeless gigantic monument instead of engaging in fucking omnicide
lol no way bro. There’s nothing more productive that an overengineered overpriced overpowered tool of destruction!
slaps roof of f-15 this baby here can fit so much omnicide in it.
Let’s talk about its fuel consumption! Sixty seconds of afterburner takes more fuel that an average minivan would if it drove around the entire world.
And won’t that make you feel like a MAN!? HELL yeah!
Too bad the pilots are okay.
Donald Trump’s fault. All of this is his fault.
Kuwait probably had their twitter account banned or they might have known
Oh good I’m sure this will help lower the price of groceries and gas.
I did the calculation and not factoring any fuel, ammo or maintenance, or the missiles that shit them down, each of these planes was worth about 7,500 years of healthcare for a single person
missiles that shit them down
What a terrible way to go for those planes, though. :(
About $300 million dollars shot down.
“Oops.”
Why would the people at the top of this circus care about a measley $300M when they can just tax the poor and cut essential social services in order to expand the military budget an extra $500B?
They don’t bother taxing more yet, they just print more money and drive inflation up. We still end up poorer and they get their toys.
By coincidence the amount they would lose by taking greenland. The arms contractors.
What about the cost to train the LLM that identified the jets as targets?
You mean that if I somehow collect 350mio you know about a scheme that would keep me alive and well for 7.5k years? I see the appeal of being filthy rich now…
US military is striving for Russia-level military (in)competency.
Oh yes LOL so incompetent, please tell me why we need NATO then? Is it for the group hugs or the macaroni salad recipes?
Missile striking aircraft: My tax dollars in action
Aircraft being struck by missile: Also my tax dollars in action
Aircraft downed by friendly fire: My tax dollars out of action
Kuwait right now
So how is this supposed to bring prices down again?
I don’t know, but how’s the DOW?
Lmao its like 48 thou
Down another 500 as of today.
Does that mean we can start caring about raping children again?
Phrasing.
Ouch. Lol. Another case of friendly fire. A self inflicted wound.
Then this country is moving in the wrong direction. Smh. Because of the Dow. /s
Dunno about that, but the DoW is alive and well, fulfilling its purpose.
Funny how the “peace President” needed a Department of War and a whole lot of war.
How else will he eventually stop a war, then? You think he’d be able to stop wars he isn’t even involved in, if he can’t even stop starting them himself?
I think n AG Karen said it was over 9000 dollars.
Did her hair start glowing at any point?
How much does a fighter jet cost? A thousand dollars?
dammit i only have 699MM pepsi points
About the same as a banana
I knew grocery prices were bad but this is getting ridiculous.
F-15 or bananas the choice is yours.
I’m sorry, we have no bananas today.
Three thousand dollars?
What!? But fighter jets can be built in America.
The dollar is no longer the reserve currency. We’re onto Doll Hairs now
Well, you see. If Trump gets enough US soldiers killed, or as he called them, suckers and losers, there will be less demand for products and prices will go down. Checkmate, economists!
Down?
You know, like the F-15s.
Proper IFF and allied coordination is too woke for Petey.
They’ve replaced IFF with Grok so why would they need to coordinate with allies?
Lemme guess… AI was involved…
Idiocracy in action.
