RBT's Defense Blog

     In a first ever confirmed combat loss of USAF aircraft inside Iran in the ongoing Iran - USA/Israel war, Iran has shot down a U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle, a twin seater fighter jet. Early on April 3, 2026; in a major escalation in the five-week-old U.S.-Iran conflict, Iranian forces shot down a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet over Iranian territory. U.S. officials have confirmed the incident, and have confirmed that a high-stakes search-and-rescue operation is underway. Reports came to light when on April 3, 2026, Iranian state media, including outlets linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), announced that Iranian air defenses had downed an American fighter jet. They released photos and videos purporting to show wreckage, including identifiable parts like a tail fin consistent with an F-15E Strike Eagle.     F-15E Strike Eagle Is a two-seat strike fighter flown by a pilot and weapons systems officer. A combat search-and-rescue ...

When on 28 February 2026 Israel and USA fired the PGMs into Tehran killing Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, they thought that Iran will surrender and both USA and Israel expected to announce victory. But it was not to be, Iran instead fired back and hit Israel and USA interests including its lapdog kingdoms in the Middle East nations like UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait. Today is 17th day of the war and Iran is hitting hard. Since last few days Iran has been firing  cluster bombs (or cluster warheads) on top of missiles  into Israel. Seeing this Israel is shedding crocodile tears, it forgets it fired  cluster bombs (or cluster munitions)  into Gaza Strip and Lebanon not to mention  White Phosphorus bombs .  Nobody expected Iran to fight for this long and today the initiative and narrative in the 2-front war against Israel and USA is with Iran. Iran is giving a rude awakening to USA Empire , which is about to collapse.   I had already pred...