The speaker claims an American F-15, described as a roughly $90 million plane, was shot down over Iran.
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F 15
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The read-aloud summary says anti-aircraft equipment that supposedly did not exist shot down an F-15 and apparently an A-10 on the same day.
Jiang says a pilot rescue after an F-15 shootdown already functioned as a ground incursion and will set a precedent for more ground operations.
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"...the Americans said that one of their jets, it's called an F -15,"
"it's about a $90 million plane, okay? It was shot down over Iran. Okay? Basically in this area right here. And you ask yourself,..."
"...up, anti -aircraft equipment that supposedly didn't exist shot down an F -15 and apparently an A -10 Warthog the same day. A seriously..."
"...this pilot um that had to eject from his plane an f -15 that got shut down by the iranians and there was a..."
"reality is that these um um jets are not as invincible as people believe them to be also the iranians have shown themselves extremely..."
"thing keeps on going you're gonna have you're gonna have malfunction which is gonna force these planes to crash into um iran and and..."
"...was the... This was the successful pilot rescue, right? Right. This F -15 got shot down near Esafan, and one pilot was rescued, but..."
"...rescue pilot because active duty. I know you guys want the F -15 pilot. I know something crazy about that pilot personally that would..."
"...it's not sustainable in the long term. We're already seeing American F -15s, F -35s being downed by the Iranians because, first of all,..."
"...attitude that one American soldier is worth more than $100 million F -15 or F -35, you're going to lose this war. Right. So..."
"...was just gonna let them know the audience know that the f -15 jet costs around 90 million dollars extremely expensive it's supposed to..."
"...for precision targeting. They have these airplanes, these B -2 bombers, F -15s, that are the most advanced weaponry ever in human history. Okay?..."
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