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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iranian jet fighter crashes near Iraq

2007-05-10

H/T Michael Rubin The Corner
An Iranian military jet fighter crashed in the southwestern province of Khuzestan on Wednesday with the pilot who reportedly died.
Looks pretty close to Iraq to me
Governor of Dezful Hamid Qanaati told IRNA that the F5 jet fighter was crashed at 10:30 hours local time (7:00 GMT) Wednesday. An official in Andimeshk said the plane fell on an area around Golkhaneh village in Hosseinieh district in Alvar region north of Khuzestan province.

IRNA reporter said that the sound of a strong explosion was heard simultaneously with the crash.

Insh'allan maintanence?

Posted by:Sherry

#19 Just when Halliburton is moving to the UAE.......

Posted by: Brett 2007-05-10 18:21

#18 WEOLL HITLER A=STARTED THE BAATHIST REGIMES SO WHY WOULDN
T THE REAT OF THEM TAKE UP WITH IT

Posted by: sinse 2007-05-10 17:31

#17 And both the F-5 and F-20 would be dogmeat vs any modern American fighter F-14 or beyond.

They wouldn't even see it coming.

Oh, I don't know -- a Iranian F-14 with insh'allan maintanence and an Iranian pilot verus an American F-5 with a USAF pilot? I'll take the F-5 and give the points.

Posted by: Steve White 2007-05-10 16:51

#16 Is that The Well that he's popping out of?

ROFL!

Posted by: Angaiger Tojo1904 2007-05-10 16:26

#15 And both the F-5 and F-20 would be dogmeat vs any modern American fighter F-14 or beyond.

They wouldn't even see it coming.

Posted by: FOTSGreg 2007-05-10 16:05

#14 Yup - the F5 "Tigershark"

Since picking technical nits is a favorite Rantburg parlor game: IIRC the ill-fated F-20 was called the Tigershark - the F-5 was just called the Tiger.

Posted by: xbalanke 2007-05-10 16:02

#13 Yup - the F5 "Tigershark" needs maintenance upon occasion. Plus, it's like Vietnam era.

Posted by: mojo 2007-05-10 14:45

#12 Is that The Well that he's popping out of?

Posted by: tu3031 2007-05-10 14:40

#11 Hmmm...

Vice-president Dick Cheney was in Iraq on Wednesday.

Posted by: mrp 2007-05-10 14:35

#10 while seemingly being well kept from washing dishes with Dove.

Betcha' the dove doesn't like it one bit.

Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-10 14:23

#9 we call them red hands because they denote the blood of communist dictatorship, while seemingly being well kept from washing dishes with Dove.

Fascinating! Thanks for mentioning that, Woozle Chilet9443. :-)

Posted by: trailing wife 2007-05-10 14:18

#8 I wonder if their plane had help?

Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-05-10 13:28

#7 look at what great shape they are in! Lean mean fighting machines, hope they all got cell phones. Look at all those raised fists, we call them red hands because they denote the blood of communist dictatorship, while seemingly being well kept from washing dishes with Dove.

Posted by: Woozle Chilet9443 2007-05-10 12:56

#6 I can't see his halo! Does that mean I'm an infidel dog?

Posted by: Bobby 2007-05-10 12:46

#5 Sig, heil!!

Posted by: anymouse 2007-05-10 12:20

#4 He lacks Hitler's flair.
The uniforms look about the same though.

Posted by: DarthVader 2007-05-10 12:18

#3 A recent military meeting in Iran. Here's is the speaker:

And here is the audience.

Remind you of any other audiences?

Posted by: Sherry 2007-05-10 11:49

#2 Work-related accident?

Posted by: doc 2007-05-10 11:48

#1 Opps -- that submit button and that preview button get close when one is playing with inserting a graphic.

Link is http://en.baztab.com/content/?cid=2200
I take full credit for the screw-up!

Posted by: Sherry 2007-05-10 11:36

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