VP Vance being escorted by PAF F-16S (Video)

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User_Error_6505@reddit

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Unhappy_Cress_7431@reddit

Kel-el no!

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Clean-Ad3000@reddit

got to wonder, is it worth being there in person to visit some shithole country the other side of the world?

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motosandguns@reddit

F22(s) sitting out of frame?

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CarminSanDiego@reddit

Don’t bring f22 into this. F22 pilots real pissed rn after being promised to finally get air to air action and only to be sitting in desert hiding from rockets

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notang@reddit

Genuine question, why aren't 22s flying? It's strange but everything seems to still be f16s

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Immediate-Spite-5905@reddit

no use for air superiority fighters when Iran's already lost most if not all of their fast jets

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84Cressida@reddit

And their jets were 50 year old F-14s

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Wall_Significant@reddit

They still have a few mig-29s, but yea, their Air Force was a wreck even before the war.

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DDX1837@reddit

The post says PAF (Pakistan Air Force). And F-22's were never sold to foreign countries.

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Ok-Parfait-9856@reddit

There’s no real point. A cheaper f-15 can do do whatever we need and a few f-35s can do all the electronic warfare stuff. The f-22 is cool but not needed when we’re just hitting ground targets

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thetiredtypist@reddit

Gotta reserve them for air-to-balloon combat

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historyeeter@reddit (OP)

Ask Iran.

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Brainfart92@reddit

Yeah that is not a 757.

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DoctorDinghus@reddit

Then what is it?

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Stuf404@reddit

I've never seen one before - no one has - but I'm guessing it's a white hole.

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Signal-Session-6637@reddit

You mean that orange whirly thing in space?

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GravyPainter@reddit

A220?

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MeyersonAdam@reddit

It just takes one person to change the world.

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normaal_volk@reddit

Bet he loves the attention

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Darth19Vader77@reddit

Their whole party gives off "kid who was neglected, so now they lash out for attention from strangers" vibes

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Imaginary-Brick-1614@reddit

Is the close formation just for show right after takeoff? Isn’t it tiring to fly so close to each other, without any practical benefit?

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pomonamike@reddit

It’s a fantastic way to demonstrate a mid-air collision. That’s why you don’t see Air Force fighters doing this everytime AF1 is up. Also zero combat benefit to any threat.

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S1075@reddit

What a weirdly alarmist take.

This is symbolic and happens all the time with foreign visits around the world. Even the Danish Olympic team had escorts after the games concluded.

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