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Mr. Scorpio

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23. Incompetence...

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:59 AM

18 hrs ago

That's the answer.

How do you target and open fire on fighters with friendly transponders?

Where is the command and control?

Shit like this gets Wing and Group commanders sacked.

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The highly competent and believable Kuwaiti army shot down three planes in a morning Prairie Gates 19 hrs ago #15

Friendly fire from Kuwait it appears herding cats 21 hrs ago #4

Definitely not a good sign. BumRushDaShow 20 hrs ago #5

I noticed the same! herding cats 20 hrs ago #6

With AI it could have been three Cessna 182's Bengus81 17 hrs ago #31

Or maybe even BumRushDaShow 17 hrs ago #32

If only! yardwork 16 hrs ago #34

Definitely not F-15D RoseTrellis 13 hrs ago #46

That's what I had found searching around BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago #48

I saw a video of one crashing...the plane was not hit by anything in the video Prairie Gates 19 hrs ago #14

Video Here. ruet 18 hrs ago #28

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Yep. OldBaldy1701E 19 hrs ago #16

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When the Obama administration led the anti ISIS coalition, karynnj 17 hrs ago #33

Will this war last 20 years and cost three hundred million dollars a day like that other one? twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #10

Guess their IFF failed Aviation Pro 20 hrs ago #11

Same thought crossed my mind about the IFF Deminpenn 16 hrs ago #39

Criminy, the husband of my wife's cousin copilots one of those, and I know he's deployed over there. Efilroft Sul 19 hrs ago #12

Those airmen are all in his squadron. Efilroft Sul 12 hrs ago #52

Buuuuuullllshhhhhhhittttt Prairie Gates 19 hrs ago #13

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Obviously a Highly Coordinated Military Operation Layzeebeaver 19 hrs ago #18

This is the outcome of firing all of those commanders and IGs from the beginning Mr. Scorpio 18 hrs ago #25

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Incompetence... Mr. Scorpio 18 hrs ago #23

And a pleasant good morning to you! BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #24

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Congrats and I hear ya BumRushDaShow 18 hrs ago #27

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Maybe it's worse than that Nasruddin 16 hrs ago #41

Same mistake as with the Iraq war when Rumsfeld Deminpenn 16 hrs ago #42

"Ejected safely" Miguelito Loveless 16 hrs ago #35

One of the recovered pilots had a pretty mangled hand in one image Prairie Gates 16 hrs ago #36

Yes, the ejection seat is fired off by an explosive under the seat. Deminpenn 16 hrs ago #43

At a cost of 90-100M per F-15 Deminpenn 16 hrs ago #37

1,2,3 infinity Nasruddin 16 hrs ago #40

Came here for this... OmegaX 11 hrs ago #56

Just a little friendly fire republianmushroom 15 hrs ago #45

Video of Kuwaitis trying to help. Mosby 13 hrs ago #47

CLUSTER FUCK Skittles 12 hrs ago #49

Hegseth: Shit happens. no_hypocrisy 12 hrs ago #51

Accidentally on purpose orangecrush 11 hrs ago #55

Operation "Epic Fury" Griefbird 11 hrs ago #57

Well, That's $270 Million I'll Never Get Back DrFunkenstein 10 hrs ago #58

Maybe change the name "Department of War" KPN 9 hrs ago #59

Well, there goes a billion of our money. For what? Let's hear something coherent Evolve Dammit 9 hrs ago #60