Military Watch Magazine – June 14, 2025
A spokesman of the Iranian Armed Forces has confirmed the shooting down of two Israeli F-35 fifth generation fighter aircraft during clashes on June 13, with state media subsequently reporting the capture of one female pilot who landed on Iranian soil after ejecting. Although the veracity of these claims remains in question, an assessment of the circumstances of the F-35’s operations, and the capabilities of Iranian air defences, provides context which is invaluable to evaluating the likelihood that such shootdowns were achieved. The F-35 is the only modern fighter currently in the Israeli Air Force’s fleet, with none of the service’s F-15s or F-16s having been produced at or modernised to a ‘4+ generation’ standard, while all continue to rely on mechanically scanned array radars considered effectively obsolete for high intensity engagements. Confirmation that Israeli attacks on Iranian targets used not only air-launched missiles, which can be fired from F-15s and F-16s far beyond Iranian airspace with little risk to the aircraft, but also gravity bombs which these older fighters would struggle to brave Iranian airspace to drop, makes it highly likely that Israeli F-35s flew deep into Iranian airspace to attack their targets. Such operations are unprecedented, with prior Israeli attacks on Iran having consistently been launched from far outside the country’s airspace.
The wreckage of an Israeli F-35 allegedly shot down by Iran. Click to enlarge
Although the F-35 retains advanced stealth capabilities, and Iranian air defences have shown signs of considerable limitations in the past, the sheer scale of Iran’s arsenal of air defence assets, the sophisticated capabilities of many of its systems, and the size of its fighter fleet, make it highly possible that F-35s were shot down. With the Israeli Air Force fielding an estimated 40 F-35s, while Iranian forces had considerable foreknowledge of which targets were most likely to be struck by bombing raids, in particular its hardened nuclear facilities. Iran’s Russian-supplied Rezonans-NE long range radar system procured in 2019 is particularly well optimised to alerting air defences to the approaches of low radar cross section targets such as the F-35 over long distances, potentially allowing fighters to be scrambled and ground-based systems to focus their sensors towards the area of the incoming aircraft. Although Iranian fighters rely on radars and weaponry long since considered obsolete, the fact that stealth-configured F-35s have very little capacity to carry air-to-air armaments alongside their gravity bombs could have left them vulnerable to interception.
Although Iranian official sources have made multiple highly questionable claims in the past regarding the country’s military successes, and more broadly the successes of the country’s defence sector, the claim that an Israel pilot was captured, and her likely use in future public relations footage, indicates that air defences may have indeed been successful in engaging the threats. Iranian air defence systems have achieved notable and surprising successes in the past, including against stealth aircraft, with the commandeering of a CIA RQ-170 stealth drone in 2011, and the shootdown of an RQ-4 Global Hawk surveillance drones in 2019, being the most notable examples. Both were much scarcer and higher value aircraft than the F-35. Nevertheless, the loss of just two F-35s during an operation deep into heavily defended airspace involving only a relatively small number of stealth fighters would far from reflect poorly on the capabilities of the American aircraft, with losses more than an order of magnitude greater expended if Israeli F-15s and F-16s had attempted the same mission. Although the F-35 retains tremendous superiority over the Iranian fleet, a combination of cost overruns preventing Israel from affording larger numbers, and production delays which have prevented orders already placed from being met, mean major Israeli F-35 operations will continue to be strained by the limited numbers of fighters available.
What a biased load of tosh.
Israel claims to have used a bunker buster bomb, and they need to be over the target. This would indicate F35’s used at depth, so no surprise two got wasted over Iranian territory, and we’re removed from the crash site.
As to the Nazi bitch pilot, it’s unfortunate that the Iranians will treat her within the law, but she should be subjected to standard Nazi torture. Tut.
Given that Iran was lured into a false sense of security by the Nazis, this won’t happen again, and hopefully Joolandia will send more planes to be shot down.
Nazi Amerika better watch out, because US assets in the region have been put on notice, and Iran is deliberating on closing the Strait of Hormuz.
The Russians have publicly warned Israel and the US, but it’s the back channel warnings which really matter, such as nuking Israel before they can use nukes, assuming they have them.
Given the total breakdown of surface trust, Iran must be considering assembling nukes.
Hostage 2.0 from the director of Hostage (Hamas)
And dont get too excited about that F-35 supposedly being “shot down”…
since if, in fact, it WAS a”female pilot”… the dumb khunt probably crashed it herself..
without ANY “help” from the Iranians.. 😒
That aircraft in the photo does not look like a F35. Could be wrong however. Anybody got other ideas?
carl jones is such a c *nt
Like most female pilots, she probably hit the eject button when she thought she was taking the absurdly ubiquitous in-the-vehicle selfie. I hope she literally shit her pants…then gets sliced open from tits to taint and strangled with her own intestines.
Again with the faked photo..
AI: Why the Tail Looks Backwards:
Vertical Stabilizers (Tail Fins) Angle Inward
On a real F-35, the tails flare outward (✓), but in this image, they curve inward (✗), as if mirrored.
Engine Nozzle Doesn’t Align
The exhaust nozzle appears to be in the correct position, but the tail structure around it is reversed, making it look like someone spliced two different images together.
Missing Panel Lines & Details
The real F-35 has distinct panel seams and access points near the tail—this one lacks those fine details, suggesting a crude edit or AI generation.
STARMERS RENT BOYS
well known pervert boy george has said stamer is defo a homosexual
why else would his cock taste of shit all the time
starmer says the rent boys just came round to ” play cards”
boy george said starmer was out one night with a freind who was a pedophile and starmer saved him from a beating
Philip Schofield said yes he was grateful for that
Yahweh will punish his Chosen if they lie !!!
white genocide
under cover of another war
covid did not kill enough people
https://www.renegadetribune.com/christopher-langan-explains-white-genocide/
Images reveal the toll of Iran’s assault on Israel
god they deserved it dirty damn jews
they are not laughing now
Silence on bullying in the Post Office scandal’, says Cambridge chancellor
Story by Poppy Wood •
The official secrets act kept a
lid on horrendous managerial bully
racial sexual etc
there were those pushed to suicide
it will all come out
I think Carl Jones enjoys annoying people. He reminds me of a woman whose ugly tattoos on her arms draw attention away from her beautiful face. His Nazi remarks draw attention away from his sensible, and sometimes revealing comments.