Aside from the damaged F-35, there are no confirmed reports of downed American aircraft. There's also no information about what the Iranians used to attack this aircraft, but it was the most interesting aerial event of the past month. There are also doubts about the incident with the single tanker. The Americans claim that two tankers collided in mid-air. This is, to put it mildly, unlikely. They may have been attacked from the ground, with one coming under fire and the other damaged.outside of friendly fire and accidents, Iran has only managed to damage a single F-35 and a dozen drones, pretty poor performance, specially considering how much Iran has invested into air defense, even Iraq managed to do more damage with its outdated AD systems.
The Israeli Air Force, according to them, suffered no losses or damage. Okay, all these combat aircraft are undetectable by Iranian radars, but huge airfields are.
Yes, Iranian air defenses are weak; this has long been known and was confirmed during last year's war. Thus, the enemy is destroying all Iranian military facilities with impunity. It seems to me that even if the Americans withdraw from the war, Israel will be able to continue bombing until Iran's military potential is completely destroyed.
$3 billion is an insignificant sum for the US, but Iran's losses could be irreparable for at least 10 years.
