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  • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
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    23 hours ago

    When Russia lost planes to friendly fire, we made fun of them. It’s been 2 days and I think we’ve lost more planes to friendly fire than Russia has in years.

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      14 hours ago

      Back in my army days, every chopper that went down, whether in a warzone or not, was deemed an “accident” or “mechanical failure”. Once two choppers went down and we were told they just crashed against each other, lol. I don’t believe these “accidents” anymore, maybe 1 out of 10 cases but this is just a lie to keep morale up, I’m positive.

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      22 hours ago

      FWIW Russia shot themselves, so it’s not quite the same.

      If the US had shot its own jets down … that’d be funny.

        • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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          3 hours ago

          yeah i don’t buy the friendly fire thing either. at least not for all of them

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            1 hour ago

            My money is that the US didn’t give Kuwait the heads up that USAF jets would be flying through their airspace, so they never adjusted their Patriot systems to not shoot them down.