A second United States Air Force combat aircraft crashed in the Persian Gulf region on Friday as rescue teams continued searching for a missing crew member from a downed F-15E Strike Eagle, according to two U.S. officials cited by The New York Times.
The second aircraft, an A-10 Thunderbolt II, went down near the Strait of Hormuz, and its pilot was safely rescued, the officials said.
The crash occurred around the same time that an F-15E was shot down over Iran, where one crew member has already been recovered and search teams continue looking for the second.
It’s a death trap for everyone. The rates of friendly fire for the A-10 are horrifying.
If I was an American Grunt i’d be ok with a few of my unit getting mowed down just to hear that sweet sweet brrrt
Yeah that does beat losing a friend…
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