In Reply to: Re: Those were the first 3 F-15s downed in 35 years posted by confused442 on March 02, 2026 at 14:59:51
If you look beyond F-15s, we had convoys, tanks, A-10, F-15s, Tornado, etc shot down by friendly fire.
Not in the last 20 years. Total fixed wing aircraft losses from friendly fire during the entire Iraq war 2003-2009 was 2. And that war encompassed tens of thousands of missions, at minimum.
This is a colossal failure.
The less time you have to organize the more often is going to happen.
Agree with this, but I'd put it this way -- the more slipshod and incompetent the leadership, the more often things like this will happen. If they planned a mission over Kuwati airspace and didn't provide the IFF to the Kuwaitis, that is just massive stupidity and incompetence.
But there is no way a minimally competent operation loses 3 F-15s to friendly fire in a single day.