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Ambiguities in the U.S. narrative of the F-15E pilot rescue operation

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Original report: Akharin KhabarOriginal publication Editorial policy

Akharin Khabar

🔺🔻Ambiguities in the U.S. narrative of the F-15E pilot rescue operation 🔹The American F-15E pilot claimed in an interview that after being hit by an Iranian missile, he collided with the ground at a speed of about 160 kilometers per hour with a damaged parachute, and despite fractures in his back, arm, and shoulder, he managed to reach the heights. 🔹Brigadier General Abbas Ramazani, a veteran pilot of the Air Force, stated that this narrative requires more documentation from both technical and medical perspectives, especially regarding the actual speed of the impact and the extent of parachute damage. 🔹An American officer claimed that the collision occurred nearly in free fall at a speed of 100 miles per hour, but colliding with the ground at such speed, particularly under conditions where the parachute is said to have been torn or severely malfunctioned, is not a simple matter, and surviving after that seems highly improbable. 🔹Ramazani pointed out that the media coverage of the rescue operation appears to extend beyond a military operation, suggesting that the U.S. seems to have attempted to create a promotional and morale-boosting narrative from this incident.

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