> Bummer… looks like a billion dollars worth of E-3 Sentrys and KC-135s got blown the fuq up last night

Basically we are playing Iran's game.  If Trump was going to do this he should have ended it quickly and decisively.

But I thought the war was already won and Iran was completely obliterated?
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We're going to need a better news source than "Babak Taghvaee"

We forward deployed everything. That means they turn into targets.

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So you would agree with this statement?

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Twitter is not a reliable source.
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No.  Twitter is simply a platform.  Some twitter accounts are reliable, and others are not.

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No.  Twitter is simply a platform.  Some twitter accounts are reliable, and others are not.

My disclaimer accounts for that.

Glad you agree with it.

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So you would agree with this statement?

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Twitter is not a reliable source. The content shared here has a strong possibility of containing misinformation, disinformation, lies, or propaganda. It very likely may have been created by bad actors who intend to cause harm. Click to view / hide content.
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Twitter is a reliable enough news source for the entire mainstream media to exploit for developing stories.

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Twitter is a reliable enough news source for the entire mainstream media to exploit for developing stories.

So the mainstream media, which you say lies all the time, uses X, which you say tells the truth.

Do you even hear your own insanity?

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So the mainstream media, which you say lies all the time, uses X, which you say tells the truth.

No one said 'x tells the truth'. It's more credible than major media, but like anything else on the internet, sure, there are a lot of liars.

The modfilth 'disclaimer' bullshyt would be on every fuqing post if they had any integrity at all about their idiocy. Clearly they don't, and want to portray reality as something other than what it actually is. Typical of treasoncrat vermin.

You dishonest hypocrite scumbag fraud.

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Yet, you don't have the same disclaimer for reddit links.

reddit is a highly credible source (liberal) 

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How many working USAF 707s are left mothballed in Arizona?

There’s about three years work and $500 million dollars worth of updates, sensors and technology to turn a clapped out 707 into an E-3 Sentry

VP_Spiro is right about the replacement cost. Each E-3 Sentry costs north of 500M to build from scratch, and the tooling to make new ones literally doesn't exist anymore. Boeing ended 707 production in 1978. The replacement program (E-7 Wedgetail) is years behind schedule and way over budget.

So Iran just destroyed an asset that:
1. Cannot be replaced at any price
2. Was one of only 31 in the entire fleet
3. Provides the situational awareness that makes every other air asset effective

Without AWACS coverage, you're flying blind. Your fighters don't know where the threats are. Your tankers don't know where to be. Your whole air war degrades.

And parking it at Prince Sultan Air Base within Iranian missile range was, as the thread noted early on, weapons-grade incompetence. We learned nothing from the drone age.