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Search results for "An F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iran on April 3"

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Social Media stated on April 05, 2026 in social media posts:
Photos show rescues of U.S. F-15 airmen from Iran in April 2026.
By Maria Briceño• April 6, 2026
Tom Graves stated on September 01, 2011 in an article:
"Two days of interest we pay to China is enough to buy one joint strike fighter [jet]."
By Eric Stirgus• September 9, 2011
Facebook posts stated on October 09, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Footage shows “Palestinian freedom fighters shot down 4 Israelis fighter jets.”
By Madison Czopek• October 9, 2023
Instagram posts stated on February 04, 2023 in an Instagram post:
A vigilante “shot down the Chinese spy balloon in an extraordinary act.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• February 6, 2023
Donald Trump stated on June 16, 2016 in Dallas fundraiser:
The U.S. has to go to "plane graveyards" and museums to get parts for its 20-year-old jet fighters while it sells new jets to other countries.
By Filipa Ioannou• July 23, 2016
Bernie Sanders stated on November 19, 2015 in a speech at Georgetown University:
"Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen."
By Linda Qiu• November 24, 2015
Mark S. Zaccaria stated on October 01, 2010 in a news release:
Says James Langevin voted to spend "$3 billion for a jet engine no one wants."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• October 10, 2010
Mitt Romney stated on July 29, 2012 in an interview on 'Face the Nation.':
President Ronald Reagan sent troops into conflict "only in one circumstance, which was in Grenada … We were in a peacekeeping setting in Lebanon."
By Jon Greenberg• July 31, 2012
Facebook posts stated on February 27, 2022 in a video:
Image shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “has joined the front lines with his troops.”
By Monique Curet• March 4, 2022
Donald Trump stated on February 06, 2017 in remarks at U.S. Central Command in Tampa:
"I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35."
By Amy Sherman• February 7, 2017
Kelli Ward stated on July 03, 2016 in a campaign advertisement:
Says Sen. John McCain spent the July 4 weekend in Islamabad, Pakistan, selling "F-16s and advanced weapons to the folks who harbored Osama bin Laden."
By Anthony Cave• July 14, 2016
TikTok posts stated on January 13, 2024 in a TikTok video:
President Joe Biden said he will “send F-15s” to “wage war against Texas.”
By Sara Swann• January 18, 2024
Facebook posts stated on February 25, 2022 in a Facebook post:
"Ukrainian fighter-ace known as the 'Ghost of Kyiv's real name is Samuyil Hyde.”
By Jeff Cercone• March 1, 2022
Rachel Siegel stated on April 08, 2019 in an email to supporters:
"The F-35 bombers, scheduled to arrive in Burlington this fall, have been designated with a nuclear mission."
By Colin Meyn• April 11, 2019
Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force."
By Louis Jacobson• December 13, 2015
Marco Rubio stated on April 25, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Summit:
The United States "is not building the aircraft, the long-range bombers, the additional aircraft carriers, the nuclear submarines."
By Amy Sherman• May 5, 2015
Facebook posts stated on March 04, 2022 in a Facebook post:
Deceased Ukrainian fighter pilot Col. Oleksandr Oksanchenko was the “Ghost of Kyiv.”
By Gabrielle Settles• March 14, 2022
X posts stated on October 13, 2020 in a videos, articles and screenshots:
Says Joe Biden and Barack Obama “directly participated in a plot to have #SealTeam6 MURDERED, then arranged a massive cash deal as part of a cover up.”
By Daniel Funke• October 14, 2020
Sean Duffy stated on July 20, 2017 in a TV interview:
"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."
By Alan Hovorka• September 6, 2017
Facebook posts stated on April 27, 2022 in a Facebook post:
“War Begins — F-35, F-16 and MiG-29 NATO intercept and destroy Russia Jets in Polish air space.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 28, 2022

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