Kuwait Splashes Three US Strike Eagles
 

Crew ejected and survived, so that's a plus...

https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-new...ived-pentagon/

Yeah. Priority 1. Priority 2; theyll cut us a check to pay for them.

Dunno, we might just be thankful that they let us use the 'Deid for this.

Kuwait doesnt have much sway over Qatar.

Plus Kuwait is Kuwait because of us anyway so...

Investigation will be interesting and the debrief rough for 2 and 3.

$hit happens in war. And while the Kuwaitis are definitely not my favorite culture, they aren’t the first in this region to shoot down the wrong aircraft:


https://www.militarytimes.com/news/y...n-its-own-jet/

For that matter, if you want to go back far enough…

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/middl...itary-intl-hnk

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Glad everyone seems to have gotten out alive at least.

I assumed it was IADS, but turns out it was a KW Hornet 1v3 :eek:

This isn't good for the Eagle's previously unblemished air comabt record lol...

Well, maybe one...but 3 in a row...that's not a one-off.

Modern combat systems can track and engage multiple targets simultaneously, I'm assuming the shooter launched all three in rapid succession. That's assuming FOX 2 /3, if he rolled in and gunned them, that would be hard to explain :rolleyes:

But I heard on some podcast that there was video of a rear aspect missile hit.

The eagle drivers might have let their guard down once out of indian country, and not reacted strongly to RWR from a friendly platform... although that's starting to seem like a big ASSumption these days.

Guess it's time for a Dos Gringos Revival...

https://youtu.be/ahbmOpt3FCw?list=RDahbmOpt3FCw

This was the first thing I thought of when the incident happened.