Live Conflict Israel-US vs Iran War (2026)

[Sanchez]

İran F-35 vurdu

ABD'ye ait F-35 savaş uçağı, İran ateşi olduğu değerlendirilen bir saldırı sonucu isabet alarak Orta Doğu'daki bir üsse acil iniş yaptı.

www.defenceturk.net

Turkish media is giving the same news as well.
A F35 jet has been shot by Iranian fire.
it is not clear what hit the plane and inspite of “being shot” how the plane managed to return and safely land.

Probably hit by one of the same missiles we got to learn over the last 2 years, 358 or 359. These are slow burning, relatively small missiles and come with IIR and optic guidance. No radar lock and very small footprint as well as thermal signature due to its tiny engine; so no RWR or MWR warning. If the aircraft was flying slow and low, it is very possible that it could be targeted and engaged in an ambush. It being able to limp back also increases the possibility that it's one of them, their warhead is small.

 

[Asena_great]

footage analysis of downing F-35




my own analysis is

1) f35 was on full thrust which is wired since it would give away its position
2) stealth fighters are vulnerable to detection when their internal weapons bays is open and it's usually opens when they need to hit a target
3) stealth aircrafts are in danger of detection by specific radars at close range. chines even have radar drones to detect stealth aircrafts on the air ( radar drones on air reduces the distance between radar and stealth aircraft )

so probably f35 hit its target and was on full thrust to getaway when it got hit by AD

 

[GoatsMilk]

the mad king.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2034667305318187239

 

[Huelague]

So much truth never heard in EUROPEANS Parliament

 

[GoatsMilk]

So much truth never heard in EUROPEANS Parliament

european parliment is basically what democratic dictatorship looks like. Its democratic as long as everyone says and does what the globalist agenda demands of them. All european states are to have their national sovereignty stripped from them.

anyone go against the agenda will be silence by the EU mechanisms.

 

[Passenger]

France open their air space for US bomber again.

 

[TR_123456]

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France open their air space for US bomber again.

Unified Europe,yeah.

 

[Tabmachine]

İran F-35 vurdu

ABD'ye ait F-35 savaş uçağı, İran ateşi olduğu değerlendirilen bir saldırı sonucu isabet alarak Orta Doğu'daki bir üsse acil iniş yaptı.

www.defenceturk.net

Turkish media is giving the same news as well.
A F35 jet has been shot by Iranian fire.
it is not clear what hit the plane and inspite of “being shot” how the plane managed to return and safely land.

This is confirmed by the CENTCOM spokesperson now too. (confirmed as in they've admitted it with their usual avoidant description)

US F-35 aircraft makes emergency landing after a combat mission over Iran

The F-35 fighter jet landed safely and the pilot is in stable condition, CENTCOM spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[500]

Probably hit by one of the same missiles we got to learn over the last 2 years, 358 or 359. These are slow burning, relatively small missiles and come with IIR and optic guidance. No radar lock and very small footprint as well as thermal signature due to its tiny engine; so no RWR or MWR warning. If the aircraft was flying slow and low, it is very possible that it could be targeted and engaged in an ambush. It being able to limp back also increases the possibility that it's one of them, their warhead is small.

In this war Iranians attacked their own MiG-29 with same optic guided missile:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2029963126024573210

And it also survived.

 

[Saithan]

I wonder why Iran didn't target Israels gasfields after getting bombed themselves. or the nuclear power plant in Israel. in a Tit for Tat move.

 

[500]

I wonder why Iran didn't target Israels gasfields after getting bombed themselves. or the nuclear power plant in Israel. in a Tit for Tat move.

Iranian missiles have accuracy of about 200 m. Plus more than 90% of them are intercepted.

They can only terrorize civilians.

 

[Soldier30]

For the first time, Iranian air defenses damaged an American F-35 fighter jet with an unknown missile in central Iran. Iranian Majid air defense systems or Izdeliye-358/359 missiles were presumably used. The F-35 was hit by a heat-seeking missile. The damaged F-35 made an emergency landing at an airbase in the Middle East. The F-35's downing demonstrates the aircraft's high survivability and vulnerability to simple air defense systems. Had Iran used any more powerful air defenses, the aircraft would have inevitably been shot down.

 

[Passenger]

I wonder why Iran didn't target Israels gasfields after getting bombed themselves. or the nuclear power plant in Israel. in a Tit for Tat move.

Israel says Haifa oil refinery hit in Iranian missile attack​

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026...hit-in-iranian-missile-attack-no-major-damage

Isreal control the media and not allow reporter to post the damage.
I still remember last year 12day war, Haifa oil refinery stopped production due to Iran missiles strike, and they usr US air refueling tanker to transfer oil.

 

[clonda]

the iranian regime is pretty dumb. Their getting ass pounded and their leaders are being exterminated like its nothing. That's why what's going on seems quite impressive to me. A dumb regime, no air force, no real navy, no air defence, no real strategy, yet they are able to keep sending rockets out to isreal. If such a backward nation can cause this sort of trouble to the USA, then moving forward its not going to look good for the american image of being a global power.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2034649661638693263

When we pay attention to the past few decades, the iranians have been reckless and helped bring the region to this failed point. Their geopolitical moves ultimately has only harmed the Muslim middle east.

Had Turks converted to Christianity instead of Islam, probably Islam would be a dead religion by now.

These misconceptions that Iran is a "harmless problem" that can be solved at any moment by decapitating its leadership, military superiority, or sanctions — that's nothing but intoxicated arrogance with a sense of superiority.
Now, in practice, a new dynamic has emerged that's difficult to control. The real world doesn't play by the rulebooks, and Iran used the space to maneuver and shifted the war into the political arena. Now the US has new problems to deal with — it looks like they were the ones without a strategy.

Why would Iran need a real navy? That's pointless. They're not trying to win a war. They're making Western dominance in the region as difficult and expensive as possible.

 

[Iskander]

A US F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at US air base in the Middle East after it was struck by what is believed to be Iranian fire, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for US Central Command, said the fifth-generation stealth jet was “flying a combat mission over Iran” when it was forced to make an emergency landing. Hawkins said the aircraft landed safely, and the incident is under investigation.

“The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition,” Hawkins added. “This incident is under investigation.”

The incident would be the first time Iran has hit a US aircraft in the war started in late February. Both the US and Israel are flying F-35s in the conflict; the aircraft costs upwards of $100 million.

The emergency landing comes as senior US officials continue to claim widespread success in its campaign against Iran. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday morning that the US is “winning decisively” and that Iran’s air defenses have been “flattened.”

https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-19-26?t=1773933632206

There's nothing to celebrate about this. So what if they damaged one F-35 on the 20th day of the war? Is there any point in celebrating when these aircraft have already destroyed a significant portion of Iran's defenses with virtual impunity?
Leaving aside the superior technical characteristics of 5th-generation aircraft, I want to ask another question: Okay, so these 10-ton stealth aircraft are completely out of range of Iranian radars and anti-aircraft missiles in the air, but they don't stay in the air forever. They spend more time on the ground. We need to intercept them on the ground. They may be invisible in the air, but on the ground, they are visible!
I understand, of course, that this proposal is not an American "rediscover," because in 2018, America fired about 40 Tomahawk missiles at just one airfield, Shayrat, in Syria, completely disabling it.

Bombing an airfield and all its infrastructure must be easier than detecting an invisible aircraft maneuvering in vast airspace. An airport is a visible object, and, by the way, it doesn't maneuver at all.
Well, of course, the Iranians probably tried. But it seems they're failing.
Why?
I think that it would be easier to solve the problem of 5th generation aircraft on the ground, not in the sky.

There's another reason to do it on the ground: in the air, you can shoot down a single fighter, but on the ground, you can shoot down all the aircraft currently on the airfield, along with all the infrastructure.

 

[Passenger]

There's nothing to celebrate about this. So what if they damaged one F-35 on the 20th day of the war? Is there any point in celebrating when these aircraft have already destroyed a significant portion of Iran's defenses with virtual impunity?
Leaving aside the superior technical characteristics of 5th-generation aircraft, I want to ask another question: Okay, so these 10-ton stealth aircraft are completely out of range of Iranian radars and anti-aircraft missiles in the air, but they don't stay in the air forever. They spend more time on the ground. We need to intercept them on the ground. They may be invisible in the air, but on the ground, they are visible!
I understand, of course, that this proposal is not an American "rediscover," because in 2018, America fired about 40 Tomahawk missiles at just one airfield, Shayrat, in Syria, completely disabling it.

Bombing an airfield and all its infrastructure must be easier than detecting an invisible aircraft maneuvering in vast airspace. An airport is a visible object, and, by the way, it doesn't maneuver at all.
Well, of course, the Iranians probably tried. But it seems they're failing.
Why?
I think that it would be easier to solve the problem of 5th generation aircraft on the ground, not in the sky.

There's another reason to do it on the ground: in the air, you can shoot down a single fighter, but on the ground, you can shoot down all the aircraft currently on the airfield, along with all the infrastructure.

You are right, but the real problem is not at the war.
Iran does not initiate attacks and only defends and counterattacks, which makes them more passive when selecting attack targets. Otherwise, they could directly attack European countries that have opened their airspace to the US military.
However, Israel and the United States are not subject to any moral or legal constraints in selecting targets and means of attack.

 

[Yasar_TR]

There's nothing to celebrate about this. So what if they damaged one F-35 on the 20th day of the war? Is there any point in celebrating when these aircraft have already destroyed a significant portion of Iran's defenses with virtual impunity?
Leaving aside the superior technical characteristics of 5th-generation aircraft, I want to ask another question: Okay, so these 10-ton stealth aircraft are completely out of range of Iranian radars and anti-aircraft missiles in the air, but they don't stay in the air forever. They spend more time on the ground. We need to intercept them on the ground. They may be invisible in the air, but on the ground, they are visible!
I understand, of course, that this proposal is not an American "rediscover," because in 2018, America fired about 40 Tomahawk missiles at just one airfield, Shayrat, in Syria, completely disabling it.

Bombing an airfield and all its infrastructure must be easier than detecting an invisible aircraft maneuvering in vast airspace. An airport is a visible object, and, by the way, it doesn't maneuver at all.
Well, of course, the Iranians probably tried. But it seems they're failing.
Why?
I think that it would be easier to solve the problem of 5th generation aircraft on the ground, not in the sky.

There's another reason to do it on the ground: in the air, you can shoot down a single fighter, but on the ground, you can shoot down all the aircraft currently on the airfield, along with all the infrastructure.

Good point @Iskander !
But you have also to remember that those airfields on the ground have 10 times more layered and complex air defences than any city. To overcome those defences is not a simple task. To Shayrat, the US fired 59 Tomahawk missiles. According to Russian sources 23 hit their targets.
Including UK and French missiles, there were 103 missiles’s fired at Shayrat. Some never made it to shore. But in total 71 missiles were intercepted by Syrian air defences. Even a country like Syria could defend their airbase to a certain degree. US an Israeli air bases would be much better protected.

Among The Airbases you want to destroy lie the aircraft carriers. They are the floating air bases and are even harder to hit. As well as its own AD systems, it has 3 to 4 Arleigh Burke Class destroyers and Virginia Class nuclear subs to defend it. Short of a nuclear strike, it is a bloody hard job to destroy a carrier group.

Russia: Syria air defence intercepted 71 missiles

Reports say US Tomahawk missiles used to target Syria, as UK and France deploy Tornado, Mirage and Rafale jets.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[Soldier30]

Iran launched a cluster munition missile attack on the Israeli oil refinery in Haifa. The missile strike caused power outages in several areas of Haifa and the suburb of Kiryat Haim. The attack involved various types of missiles, possibly including heavy Khorramshahr-4 missiles.

 

[500]

Israel says Haifa oil refinery hit in Iranian missile attack​

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026...hit-in-iranian-missile-attack-no-major-damage

Isreal control the media and not allow reporter to post the damage.
I still remember last year 12day war, Haifa oil refinery stopped production due to Iran missiles strike, and they usr US air refueling tanker to transfer oil.

You are projecting. Just because in your country everything is censored does not mean other countries are same.

All Israeli news channels reported it. Here even the official Israeli state TV channel posts videos about refinery hit:

https://www.kan.org.il/content/kan-news/defense/1015482/

Cluster missiles virtually impossible to intercept but their damage is minimal too.

 

[Passenger]

You are projecting. Just because in your country everything is censored does not mean other countries are same.

All Israeli news channels reported it. Here even the official Israeli state TV channel posts videos about refinery hit:

https://www.kan.org.il/content/kan-news/defense/1015482/

Cluster missiles virtually impossible to intercept but their damage is minimal too.

Not only Cluster missiles, right?