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UPDATED: US Aircraft Casualties as of 10/09/2026 --- #OperationEpicFury / #ProjectFreedom / #IranWar‌ --- Following the Iranian ballistic missile attack at Muwaffaq Salti Airbase (OJMS) in Jordan and reporting by @JenniferJJacobs @JimLaPorta from CBS regarding aircraft damaged at the base, I have updated the US air losses graphic that I last updated on 7th August: - MQ-9A "Reaper" UAVs lost has been updated to reflect US media reporting 45 losses last month, plus 2 new visually confirmed shoot-downs since - 1x A-10C added as "damaged" due to loss of a wing in the attack on Jordan - 8x F-15E added as "damaged" due to "light damage" per CBS reporting in the attack on Jordan (report posted below) I will post the link to the previous edition of this chart in the replies below. @MATA_osint @prestonstew_ @ArmchairAdml @TheIntelFrog @steffanwatkins @vcdgf555 @AUX_OSINT
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Crazy story. An oil tanker belonging to an Iraqi businessman was hijacked by Somalian pirates. So the businessman’s tribe contacted Somalian authorities and got permission to go hunt down the ship and recover it. And then they did.
عشيرة عراقية تعلن عن استعادة سفينة من قراصنة صوماليين بعد شهر من اختطافها أعلنت عشيرة الشغانبه العراقية، في بيان، أن أبناءها تمكنوا من استعادة سفينة تعود ملكيتها إلى رجل أعمال من العشيرة، بعد نحو شهر من اختطافها قرب السواحل الصومالية. وأوضح البيان أن السفينة كانت تنقل النفط من الإمارات إلى دول أوروبية عندما استولى عليها قراصنة صوماليون، وطالبوا بمبلغ مالي كبير مقابل الإفراج عنها. وأضاف أن أبناء العشيرة وصلوا إلى السفينة بعد تتبعها والتنسيق مع الحكومة الصومالية، وخاضوا مواجهة استمرت أكثر من خمس ساعات، انتهت، بحسب البيان، بمقتل عدد من الخاطفين وأسر آخرين والاستيلاء على أسلحتهم. ولم يذكر البيان اسم السفينة أو تفاصيل عن طاقمها وحالته، كما لم يحدد أعداد القتلى والأسرى.
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Since 2015, the UN has passed 188 resolutions condemning Israel. That's more than twice as many as against the rest of the world combined—Russia, China, Iran, and Venezuela included. Yet diplomats sat politely through a speech from Iran, a regime that has killed thousands of its own citizens and still persecutes them. It's not about human rights. It's blatant anti-Israel bias.
"If there are any other moral cowards who haven't yet left this hall, please do so now." ⠀ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opens his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York with a sharp rebuke as delegates walk out of the hall in protest of his speech.
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MAP: Coronet East 116 - A Long First Leg! #IranWar‌ Cell 1 have not long passed Gibraltar heading towards Aviano (LIPA) with Cell 2 trailing somewhere behind them at present. Below is a map giving an approximate route for the jets since departing Atlantic City (KACY). Assets involved are: Cell 1: KC-46A "CLEAN11" 11-46060 #AE5FA7 (KPSM -> LPLA) KC-46A "CLEAN12" 11-46058 #AE5FA5 (LPLA -> LPLA) KC-46A "CLEAN13" 15-46066 #AE5FAD (LPLA -> LPLA) F-16C (x6) "TABOR31" to "TABOR36" Cell 2: KC-46A "CLEAN91" 21-46090 #AE63C6 (KPSM -> LPLA) KC-46A "CLEAN92" 19-46065 #AE5FAC (LPLA -> LPLA) KC-46A "CLEAN93" 21-46094 #AE63CA (LPLA -> LPLA) F-16C (x6) "TABOR41" to "TABOR46" @MATA_osint @AUX_OSINT @ArmchairAdml @LatAmMilMVMTs @vcdgf555
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Who are these advisors?!?!
NEW: Advisors reportedly urging Trump to declare martial law ahead of midterms, per The Atlantic.
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If Zelenskyy visits Russia, I see little chance of him leaving alive. Trump is being ridiculous to keep raising this.
Trump encouraged Zelenskyy this week to travel to Moscow to meet with Putin, despite repeated past refusals, as the U.S. tries to reignite Ukraine-Russia peace talks, according to Bloomberg. Zelenskyy declined the appeal made during their meeting at the UN, and people familiar with his position said Trump raising the issue upset him.
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Agreed. A country that fails to stand up for its troops is in peril… (and don’t expect perfect language when people have been through hell, on their country’s behalf.) Anyone that has signed on that dotted line deserves their nation’s respect.
I mean wow. Troops engaged in gun battles with the enemy every night and every day. Night after night. Week after week. Month after month (sometimes for years). Some people fail to realise that we sleep safely in our beds at night because these men and woman are constantly engaged in preventing attacks against this country. We should be focused on the sacrifices and their service not whether they swear at each other. We definitely shouldn’t compare their extraordinary roll to other professions.⬇️
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RT @AlistairCarns: I mean wow. Troops engaged in gun battles with the enemy every night and every day. Night after night. Week after week.…
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Falkland Islands Patrol Vessel, HMS Medway, arrived back in Port Stanley harbour yesterday. Via @kelper60
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Game On for Agamemnon. The 6th of 7 Astute-class submarines, HMS Agamemnon, today departed Barrow, her construction at the BAE Systems yard complete. 🔗royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/s…
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Suspect this is the first of several support missions for the Saudis by the RAF. I'll keep a log of them!
RAF Begins Supporting Saudi Air Defence? Royal Air Force A330-MRTT "Voyager" KC.2 airframe ZZ333 has departed RAF Akrotiri (LCRA) earlier this morning and is routing south over the Red Sea towards Jeddah, following UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham's announcement that the UK would provide a tanker to support "defensive" operations against the Houthis in Yemen. It will most likely refuel the Eurofighter "Typhoon" jets operated by the Royal Saudi Air Force, which are based at King Fahd Airbase (OETF) near to Jeddah. Voyager KC.2 "ASCOT9915" ZZ333 #43C6F6 @MATA_osint @UKDefJournal @UKForcesTracker nitter.net/DefenceGeek/status/210…
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HMS Agamemnon finally out to sea from Barrow late this morning. Heading up to Faslane.
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14:47 FLAM 98 x1 USAF KC-135 Statotanker (61-0310) Airborne from Istres LFMI to AARA10W for tanking with #HISS40/41 (x2 B-1's from EGVA) wkg Swanwick Mil 278.600 / Boom Freq 334.250.
Replying to @Andyyyyrrrr
13:46 Switched Swanwick mil 278.600 Confirmed they will be tanking with a "#FLAM98" tanker in AARA10W.
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The US Army Reserve is studying which units could support potential operations against Cuba within the next few months -CBS Units requested include a combat sustainment support battalion, medical brigade, forward surgical detachment, and a military police brigade.
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This week, @WRNMMC_DHA welcomed Captain Lanny Littlejohn (USN) as its new director. #MilitaryMedicine plays a critical role in combat readiness; we look forward to seeing this great institution continue to grow and evolve under Capt. Littlejohn’s leadership.
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The Ministry of Justice was told it must disclose data on convictions by nationality. It is now going to court to block this information entering the public domain. What are they hiding?
The ruling was unambiguous. The Ministry of Justice must disclose migrant conviction data for 2018 - 2024. Rather than comply with this decision, the Labour government has launched a legal campaign to continue the migrant crime cover-up. Donate to help us fight for the truth: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/qleJP…
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A first for Finland 🇫🇮 and Sweden 🇸🇪 On 24 September, Finnish F-18s and Swedish JAS Gripens conducted their first joint operational identification mission, led by the Finnish Air Operations Centre. The fighters scrambled alongside F-16s from Türkiye 🇹🇷 at Ämari, Estonia 🇪🇪, and Italian Eurofighters at Šiauliai, Lithuania 🇱🇹, both on Air Defence mission in the Baltics, as NATO and national Quick Reaction Alert aircraft responded to multiple Russian military aircraft in international airspace.
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Some BBC channels and radio stations 'may well' have to close, director general says bbc.in/3V824ve
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Russia carried out a daytime drone attack on the center of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, killing at least four civilians and wounding 7. Follows a series of drone attacks on the city today that have wounded at least 40.
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