USAF Pilot Suffered Shrapnel Wounds after F-35 Hit Over Iran
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Date: March 24th, 2026 3:26 PM Author: ..,.,.,.,.,.,.,,,,.....
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/usaf-pilot-shrapnel-wounds-f-35-hit-iran/
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Date: March 24th, 2026 3:26 PM Author: ..,.,.,.,.,.,.,,,,.....
The aircraft was hit by ground fire. Though U.S. Central Command has not provided details, the aircraft was most likely damaged by a surface-to-air missile rather than by small-arms fire or another projectile, given the altitude at which the F-35 typically flies.
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Date: March 24th, 2026 3:27 PM Author: ..,.,.,.,.,.,.,,,,.....
The F-35 is now one of around 20 U.S. Air Force aircraft known to be damaged or destroyed in the nearly three-week-old Iran war.
Three F-15E Strike Eagles were shot down by Kuwaiti F/A-18 aircraft in a friendly fire incident on March 2, according to people familiar with that incident. All crew members were recovered safely.
On March 12, a KC-135 Stratotanker crashed in western Iraq, killing all six Airmen aboard. Another KC-135 had its tail severely damaged in the same incident but landed safely. In a March 14 social media post, President Donald Trump appeared to confirm that at least one KC-135 was damaged on the ground by Iranian attacks on Saudi Arabia.
As of roughly a week ago, about a dozen MQ-9 Reaper drones had been lost in the conflict. Some of the losses occurred while the aircraft were damaged on the ground by Iran, people familiar with the matter said. Iran has launched retaliatory missile and drone attacks on U.S. bases in the region since the conflict began. The Reaper losses have not been publicly announced.
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