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Renew Deal

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9. 10 sounds right

Reply to Swede (Reply #8)

Sun Apr 5, 2026, 10:22 AM

Sunday

2 shot down in Kuwait
1 tanker crash
1 tanker heavily damaged
2-3 bombed on the ground
2 shot down this week
1-2 helicopters damaged this week
These 2

Approx 10 with 1-2 more helicopters

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US destroyed 2 stuck C-130s during rescue mission, official says [View all] David__77 Sunday OP

Wow what a story. Irish_Dem Sunday #1

I think those aircraft are used to transport troops, and sometimes to carry paratroopers who jump from them. John1956PA Sunday #2

Stuck or struck? Did they land? Blues Heron Sunday #3

On the opening day of trout season I drove my car onto the lower field near the creek. taxi Sunday #7

Maybe they didn't use the planes in the rescue, so if they remained, they would have been "stuck"? LeftInTX Sunday #10

I didn't realize you could just land a c130 in the mountainous rocky terrain of Iran Blues Heron Sunday #12

$75-$100 million per plane NickB79 Sunday #4

Just like daddy's money malaise Sunday #6

Riiiight Prairie Gates Sunday #5

How many planes have been lost since fuckhead began this war? Swede Sunday #8

10 sounds right Renew Deal Sunday #9

3 F15s were shot down in Kuwait Prairie Gates Sunday #11