Cool cool, no big deal, no Healthcare bc we need to pay for another jet
hodlum101 on
Damaged. When the airframe was torn in half.
modernistdespair on
Don’t these cost $500m-2.5 billion per piece? And only 16(now 15) in existence?
whatproblems on
so we’re learning what russia and ukraine already taught us….
Great-Promise-3258 on
How many AWACS did other presidents lose on their watch? Is Trump winning again?
sunnyspiders on
You’re letting a spoiled brat break all your toys, Murica
Jaded_Chemical646 on
Didnt the USAF cancel development of the E3s replacement?
Affectionate_Oven_77 on
Russia gave Iran the target and the satellite imagery. Watch as Trump and Hegseth continue to reward Russia despite this.
imtourist on
No doubt targeted with help from the Russians. This war has been a windfall for Putin, not only is it filling his coffers but it’s helping him with his proxy Iran hitting key strategic assets of the US (AWACs, tankers etc).
vossmanspal on
Maybe all of the money chump and his family/friends have embezzled since he became president could be forcibly retrieved and used towards putting things right. If only!
mrcafe500 on
Look! It’s the “expensive gift” Donny said they gave him!!
TokathSorbet on
Holy understatement, Batman. I’m not an aviation technician, but I dare say that’s not airworthy.
subjekt_zer0 on
That’s a cool $300 mill down the fucking drain. Un-fucking-believable. Every day we descend deeper and deeper into Russian-level incompetence and irrelevance. Losing these planes is a national embarrassment we won’t recover from. Hell, this whole administration is a national embarrassment we won’t recover from in my lifetime. What a joke.
Far-Cellist-3224 on
Dassa gonna be extremely expensive!
srout_fed on
…if these are any indicators, if Trump decides to invade(demented fool that he is, he most likely will) then it’s going to be disater. For everyone yes, but certainly an incredible disaster for US power projection.
Please, Trump, PLEASE don’t escalate further🙏🙏🙏
Human-Piglet-5450 on
I hate the guys on charge of this
BobbyBoogarBreath on
Destroyed is a kind of damaged, I suppose.
OOBExperience on
‘Damaged?’ It was blown in half.
grs86 on
It isn’t damaged, it’s destroyed. The images have came out of it. There’s no fixing half an airframe missing.
TheGoalkeeper on
“destroyed
Remember when we laughed about Russia loosing their equivalent?
hanr86 on
Putin has really got Trump by the balls. Man how weak we look just suckin up to him everyday.
ComplexxToxin on
Destroyed *
No_Street8874 on
Trump can’t even wage war as good as Bush, Obama, or even Biden. What a joke.
TOMC_throwaway000000 on
“Damaged” is certainly one way to describe an aircraft that is missing the back 2/3rds
RustyPlastics on
“damaged”
It is completely destroyed
das_masterful on
Australia will get pressured by Bahrain to “provide” another aircraft for their “defence”.
user2021883 on
‘Damaged’ is slightly underselling it. The E-3 is in two pieces
d_repz on
Misleading headline. The airframe is in two separated and burnt out parts with the tail section completely sheered off. It’s not “damaged”, it’s been destroyed.
ZenBacle on
Damaged? Half the plane is gone. The important half, with the wings and giant radar disc…
Quiet-Second368 on
It is amazing the survivability of american aircraft, they just never got destroyed, even when break in half by a drone attack
Ok_Recording81 on
It was destroyed. Not damaged.
Ok_Sea_1200 on
Bit worrying on how the government and the press are lying on the losses in this war. I mean the Trump government lying shouldn’t come as a suprise but still, you’d expect the press to be more inquisitive. This is Russia/Iran level of denial. Also what really happened to the USS Ford and the supposed “laundry room fire”? If this is how they lie about the equipment imagine all the bs when boots on the ground are happening.
Gr8gaur on
BIG BEAUTIFUL F 15s
BIG BEAUTIFUL F 35s
BIG BEAUTIFUL AWACS
BIG BEAUTIFUL REFUELERS
BIG BEAUTIFUL RADARS
ALL OF THEM DESTROYED VERY STRONGLY !!
TinitusTheRed on
It’s gutted, airframe beyond repair, will never fly again not just damaged.
The US has learned nothing from watching Ukraine effectively deploy drones and missiles against high value assets parked in the open.
Trump started this, but heads should role in the DoD and air force for not preparing for this new type of warfare.
More-Perspective-838 on
By damaged, the state media actually means completely and utterly destroyed.
LaserJul on
How do Americans let themselves get fucked over that much?
One_Seat7274 on
Huh, I guess that E-7 Australia is sending to UAE got more important…
SensitiveExtremity on
Can’t wait for Trump to release the Epstein file to cover up the flood of American Marines getting fpv droned to the face.
Ok_Recording81 on
The airforce screwed up. Should of scattered the planes among different bases and move them around. Imagine if there was a video of something like this happening. Oh there is, when ukraine used drones to destroy russian aircraft on the ground. The airforce has a doctrine on this. ***agile combat employment***, note 1-21. The airforce failed to use their own doctrine. Its hard logistically but better than losing airframe. We can learn a lot from Ukraine.
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Trump’s folly is getting very expensive for everyone involved and those not involved.
Well, the back fell off so I think “damaged” is kind of underselling it.
Obliterated more like.
https://bsky.app/profile/angrystaffer.bsky.social/post/3mi65dxf4js2g
Yeah if this was a Russian plane we would be calling it destroyed, let’s use the same terminology.
Thank you Israel and America for another pointless war that makes the world worse.
About 20% of the aircraft has been impacted. (It’ll buff right out)
There goes $270 Million.
Hey remember 2 weeks ago when the “war was over” and “Iran’s military was 100% destroyed”?
Seems like the guy that was [caught in 30,573 lies during his first term](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/24/trumps-false-or-misleading-claims-total-30573-over-four-years/) was lying again? God damn, what a surprise.
Cool cool, no big deal, no Healthcare bc we need to pay for another jet
Damaged. When the airframe was torn in half.
Don’t these cost $500m-2.5 billion per piece? And only 16(now 15) in existence?
so we’re learning what russia and ukraine already taught us….
How many AWACS did other presidents lose on their watch? Is Trump winning again?
You’re letting a spoiled brat break all your toys, Murica
Didnt the USAF cancel development of the E3s replacement?
Russia gave Iran the target and the satellite imagery. Watch as Trump and Hegseth continue to reward Russia despite this.
No doubt targeted with help from the Russians. This war has been a windfall for Putin, not only is it filling his coffers but it’s helping him with his proxy Iran hitting key strategic assets of the US (AWACs, tankers etc).
Maybe all of the money chump and his family/friends have embezzled since he became president could be forcibly retrieved and used towards putting things right. If only!
Look! It’s the “expensive gift” Donny said they gave him!!
Holy understatement, Batman. I’m not an aviation technician, but I dare say that’s not airworthy.
That’s a cool $300 mill down the fucking drain. Un-fucking-believable. Every day we descend deeper and deeper into Russian-level incompetence and irrelevance. Losing these planes is a national embarrassment we won’t recover from. Hell, this whole administration is a national embarrassment we won’t recover from in my lifetime. What a joke.
Dassa gonna be extremely expensive!
…if these are any indicators, if Trump decides to invade(demented fool that he is, he most likely will) then it’s going to be disater. For everyone yes, but certainly an incredible disaster for US power projection.
Please, Trump, PLEASE don’t escalate further🙏🙏🙏
I hate the guys on charge of this
Destroyed is a kind of damaged, I suppose.
‘Damaged?’ It was blown in half.
It isn’t damaged, it’s destroyed. The images have came out of it. There’s no fixing half an airframe missing.
“destroyed
Remember when we laughed about Russia loosing their equivalent?
Putin has really got Trump by the balls. Man how weak we look just suckin up to him everyday.
Destroyed *
Trump can’t even wage war as good as Bush, Obama, or even Biden. What a joke.
“Damaged” is certainly one way to describe an aircraft that is missing the back 2/3rds
“damaged”
It is completely destroyed
Australia will get pressured by Bahrain to “provide” another aircraft for their “defence”.
‘Damaged’ is slightly underselling it. The E-3 is in two pieces
Misleading headline. The airframe is in two separated and burnt out parts with the tail section completely sheered off. It’s not “damaged”, it’s been destroyed.
Damaged? Half the plane is gone. The important half, with the wings and giant radar disc…
It is amazing the survivability of american aircraft, they just never got destroyed, even when break in half by a drone attack
It was destroyed. Not damaged.
Bit worrying on how the government and the press are lying on the losses in this war. I mean the Trump government lying shouldn’t come as a suprise but still, you’d expect the press to be more inquisitive. This is Russia/Iran level of denial. Also what really happened to the USS Ford and the supposed “laundry room fire”? If this is how they lie about the equipment imagine all the bs when boots on the ground are happening.
BIG BEAUTIFUL F 15s
BIG BEAUTIFUL F 35s
BIG BEAUTIFUL AWACS
BIG BEAUTIFUL REFUELERS
BIG BEAUTIFUL RADARS
ALL OF THEM DESTROYED VERY STRONGLY !!
It’s gutted, airframe beyond repair, will never fly again not just damaged.
The US has learned nothing from watching Ukraine effectively deploy drones and missiles against high value assets parked in the open.
Trump started this, but heads should role in the DoD and air force for not preparing for this new type of warfare.
By damaged, the state media actually means completely and utterly destroyed.
How do Americans let themselves get fucked over that much?
Huh, I guess that E-7 Australia is sending to UAE got more important…
Can’t wait for Trump to release the Epstein file to cover up the flood of American Marines getting fpv droned to the face.
The airforce screwed up. Should of scattered the planes among different bases and move them around. Imagine if there was a video of something like this happening. Oh there is, when ukraine used drones to destroy russian aircraft on the ground. The airforce has a doctrine on this. ***agile combat employment***, note 1-21. The airforce failed to use their own doctrine. Its hard logistically but better than losing airframe. We can learn a lot from Ukraine.
https://www.doctrine.af.mil/Portals/61/documents/AFDN_1-21/AFDN%201-21%20ACE.pdf
“Damaged” lol is this the monty python skit??
Expensive products don’t mean shit in this modern drone warfare.
MFer
I was in the USN
Sh*t like this didn’t happen then.