Posted on 04/06/2026 4:42:30 AM PDT by MtnClimber
There’s nothing really new in the uproar surrounding the loss of a USAF F-15E Strike Eagle over Iran this past weekend. Media hysteria over the downing of a single U.S. aircraft has become a commonplace schtick in coverage of American wars over the past three decades.
During WW II, the U.S. lost over 23,000 planes in combat. I kid you not, playmates: 23,000+ – and that’s only combat losses. Overall losses, including accidents, amounted to 65,164. The media talking heads would have had to be carried out in straitjackets if they’d been active at the time.
Losses dropped sharply following WW II. In Korea, the USAF lost 147 shot down out of a total of 1,000+ losses. During the Vietnam War, 67 USAF planes were lost to North Vietnamese MiGs. The majority of the 1737 lost in combat were targeted by SAMs and anti-aircraft artillery.
Media acting out over relatively miniscule losses began in 1991 with the First Gulf War. On January 17, 1991, the opening night of the war, an F/A-18 piloted by Lt. Scott Speicher was shot down over Iraq, the war’s first fatality.
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As this piece is being drafted, word has come down that the WSO of the downed F-15 has been rescued by Special Forces troops after a dramatic battle with IRGC forces. A fine gift on this Easter morn.
Not that the Left, within the media or out, is going to appreciate it. That’s not what they want. They want American aircraft downed by the bushel. They want Navy ships ablaze in the Gulf. They want our troops captured, battered by mobs, and tortured. But if they can’t get that, they’ll do their best with the occasional aircraft downing.
We haven’t heard the last aircraft shootdown frenzy.
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We have his appreciation of the media in common with him.
Exactly!
The US has flown almost as many combat sorties in the last 6 weeks as we typically fly training sorties in a year so we are in the unusual situation that our our combat losses may actually be lower than our training losses for the given number of flight. Our ground losses are what have been heavy .
Lyrics just as relevant today as 43 years ago.
Just the broadcast outlets and size/type of screens is all that has really changed.
DNCNN are sore losers.
The other cause of production volume reductions is cost over-runs, F22, B2, Zumwalt...
I have been trying to work my way through the Bible from front to back and am nearly done, but one thing I have seen, is that from the start of the Bible to now. techniques may change, technologies may change, and customs may change, but...human behavior with respect to evil is pretty much a constant.
They were doing the same evil things back then that are occurring today, even if other things may change.
Umm, Don Henly is alive.
Is that right? I hadn't heard that. I saw a video (over and over) of a few Iranians moving through rugged terrain, some carrying Iranian flags. There's no way to tell from the video whether these guys were trying to help the IRGC or trying to help the downed airman.
The video I saw they were carrying mullah regime flags. I don’t imagine they were there to help.
CNN and other Democrats insist that Iran is winning.
It really sickens me that CNN and almost all other Democrats would rather see the Ayatollahs have nuclear weapons than for Trump to have a favorable outcome. Tagline is STILL accurate.
Not your money, Canuck! Not your problem.
Go eat yellow snow ...
It sure did. In 1982.
Let that sink in for a moment.
That song was DESCRIPTIVE ... not predictive ... in 1982.
Big Media have been lying through their teeth for so long that it was fair fodder for a hit song a few generations ago.
Tousi has also shown cell phone video from Tehran where IRGC offices got hit by a drone or a missile. The Iranian citizens were running around in the street cheering.
Canada is buying F35s, so the cost overruns are a problem, just like for all the buyers.
Is that flag different from the pre-mullah regime flag?
Minor point: I think it's called Persian or Farsi.
yes the pre-mullah flag has a lion & sunburst emblem in the middle!
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