Comment on All 6 crew members on a US refueling plane that crashed in Iraq are dead, US military says

tyler@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  U.S. Central Command said the circumstances of the crash are under investigation but that the loss of the aircraft was “not due to hostile or friendly fire.”

  The amount of denying makes me think it was attacked. They lied about casualties multiple times at this point so it wouldn’t surprise me if it comes out later this was a lie too.

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  • tyler@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Or hegseth demanded the pilot send him dick pics while flying and caused the crash.

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    • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I hate how this is an actual real possibility in this timeline.

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  • P00ptart@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Some AI YouTuber in 2040 long after humanity ceased to exist: it was shot down.

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• mrdown@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Iraqi mrlitia claimed to shot down one of them

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  • tyler@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sorry I was being facetious. They are all getting shot down, but it makes the American military look inept so they’re saying “crashed” and other similar things rather than “shot down”.

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    • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I dunno, a crash without getting attacked sounds even more inept to me.

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      • ChairmanMeow@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Same ineptness, but it makes the Iranians more dangerous and the US less invincible.

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      • tyler@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Good point.

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    • TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It was a crash with a missile.

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