US congressman says Washington suffered major aircraft losses during its illegal war against Iran.

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A US lawmaker says the American military lost at least 39 aircraft during 40 days of the US-Israeli war of aggression against Iran.

Democratic Congressman Ed Case made the statement during a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday while questioning Pentagon Chief Financial Officer Jay Hurst about the scale of US military losses in the war.

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According to the report, 39 US aircraft were destroyed, and another 10 sustained varying levels of damage.

It also said that an F-35A Lightning II was struck inside Iranian airspace and that a Boeing E-3 Sentry aircraft was destroyed.

  • spectre [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I think they were trying to establish an airbase to prepare for the follow up mission (which would take days/weeks?)