During the rescue of the F-15 airman in Iran, the U.S. military blew up two of its own transport planes that had to be left behind | Flipboard
The article compiles various news snippets, including the U.S. military's rescue of an F-15 airman in Iran, Trump's statements on Iran, NASA's Artemis II mission, and changes at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. It also references historical intelligence failures and media coverage of Trump's actions.
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“During the rescue of the F-15 airman in Iran, the U.S. military blew up two of its own transport planes that had to be left behind”
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Multiple web search results and Wikipedia entries confirm the destruction of two C-130 transport planes during the 2026 rescue operation in Iran. Independent sources (AP News, web search) and the Wikipedia entry on the 2026 Iran war corroborate this claim.
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— On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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— This is a list of losses involving the F-15 including the F-15 Eagle, F-15E Strike Eagle, Mitsubishi F-15J and other F-15 variants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_F-15_losses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_F-15_losses
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— This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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“President Donald Trump announced early Sunday that the U.S. had rescued an aviator nearly two days after he was shot down over Iran”
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Web search results from AP News and other sources directly quote President Trump announcing the rescue two days after the F-15 was shot down. Wikipedia's entry on Donald Trump confirms his presidency during the relevant timeframe.
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— Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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— Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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— Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO) is a pejorative description of the perceived tendency of US president Donald Trump to make tariff threats, only to delay them later as a way to increase time for negot…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_Always_Chickens_Out
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“A bipartisan commission of lawmakers and security experts concluded that 'the Intelligence Community was dead wrong in almost all of its pre-war judgments about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction'”
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Wikipedia's entry on the Iraq Intelligence Commission explicitly states the commission concluded the Intelligence Community was 'dead wrong' about Iraq's WMDs. This matches the claim verbatim.
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— The 2003 invasion of Iraq was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, including 26 days of major combat operations. The invasion was conduc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq
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— The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction is a panel created by Executive Order 13328, signed by U.S. president George W. Bush in Febru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Intelligence_Commission
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Intelligence_Commission
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— The United States Intelligence Community (IC) is a group of U.S. federal government intelligence agencies and subordinate organizations that work to conduct intelligence activities which support the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Com…
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“NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the success of the historic Artemis II mission would not be possible 'if it wasn't for President Trump'”
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No evidence was found in web search, Wikipedia, or cross-references to confirm NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman's statement about Artemis II and President Trump.
“The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington quietly removed from its website educational resources about American racism and canceled a workshop about the 'fragility of democracy' after Trump returned to office”
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No evidence was found in web search, Wikipedia, or cross-references to confirm the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum removed content or canceled workshops during Trump's second term.
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