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I'd love it if this was true, but let's be a bit less credulous shall we? No photos, no evidence, no named quotes, no location.
Should be taken with a grain of salt till more evidence surfaces, they are claiming they captured a pilot. If that's the case we'll probably see some solid evidence soon. Given that Yemen nearly shot one down, I don't think it's that much of a stretch.
better pic
That is an f-16
seems like might be a generated image
Haha that's fake as hell!
update, there are pics now
These are fake, as mentioned elsewhere
ah, I guess we'll have to wait some more
Definitely fake, likely a generated image.
Compared to a real F-35 the geometry doesn't match up. If the wings and horizontal stabilizers broke off we would at the least see holes where they were supposed to be. The grass in the immediate vicinity would probably not be untouched like we see in the image. Lastly, AI struggles to differentiate between vehicle debris, building rubble, ashes, and clutter, so wreckage in those kinds of images tends to look like a mix of all of the above.
Im sure that Iran has the capability to down a vehicle of such a type, but I'm waiting for third-party confirmation before poppin bottles.
yeah seems like I jumped the gun on that one
I hope I didn't make you feel bad :(
nah, it's my bad for getting too excited
I think we all are to some degree. There's a lot of shit going down and theres probably as much information warfare going on as there is actual warfare right now so I can't really blame you.
For sure, and thanks for the kind words. :)
Yeah, intact fuselage too. That doesn't happen.
Iran has not officially released ANYTHING. Iran has confirmed hits on 3 F35 planes and 1 F16 plane, but ANY PICTURE YOU SEE IS FAKE. Russia's Sputnik has also reported one of those F35 hits.
Also, you know, the engine is still very much on.
(I do not want to make op feel bad either, def a nice analysis by Shaleesh too, the rear stabiliser is F22 shaped - but the engine, it's just so funny to me how it's the centrepiece of the pic, an image so unique and stand-outish it just triggers some situational/prop humour for me.)
This is not a true picture. This is an older MiG.
Imagine feeding AI slop to the masses & adding to the prompt "oh, and make it so that its anus is still glowing like it's at full speed"
This is an older MiG plane, it has been mistakenly or maliciously resurfaced by media