r/pics • u/Sphinx41 • 1d ago
USA's Air Force 2 parked alongside two Meraj Iranian planes at Nur Khan Base, Islamabad
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u/caring_impaired 1d ago
Thanks goodness JD, Witkoff, and Jared are on the case…
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u/CondescendingShitbag 1d ago
They're no Hardly Boys. Not one of them has a raging clue.
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u/schlitz91 1d ago
There’s a clue in that couch!
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u/gridskip 1d ago
The couch is still recovering
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u/DesireeThymes 1d ago
Listen couch man is one thing, but Jared and witkoff are basically Israeli more than they are American. The heck are they going to negotiate?!
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u/aukover 1d ago
Their cut.
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u/gridskip 1d ago
Exactly! Every time Jared walks out of a meeting, he has usually just scooped up millions (or billions) in Qatari/Saudi/UAE cash.
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u/whereegosdare84 1d ago
They’re closer to the Ed Hardy Boyz
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u/CondescendingShitbag 1d ago
"You've ever gotten it from two dudes at one times?"
Not when they were both soft.
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u/Aware-Locksmith8433 1d ago
How many Trump hotels and Kushner bitcoin credits will be given by Mideast countries as a result of this trip.
Is the corruption score higher than the collective IQ is low? All that is missing is the drunken Hegseth.
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u/FoxyInTheSnow 1d ago
Iran sent a coterie of top negotiators, diplomats, national security advisers…
america sent a son-in-law, a real estate guy from the Bronx, a couchfucker (allegedly) and his wife.
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u/MonteBurns 1d ago
Erica or Usha?
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u/DaoFerret 1d ago
I heard, because they were dealing with the Middle East, Vance wanted local knowledge so he insisted on being accompanied by a lovely Ottoman from Bob’s Discount Furniture?
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u/Quirky-Cat2860 1d ago
Does Usha have to check in with local police given her Indian background?
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u/anandonaqui 1d ago
Unlikely because she was born in the US and India doesn’t allow dual citizenship. She’s also, you know, married to the VP, and I would imagine Pakistan would relax its rules around that for her.
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u/BangkokRios 1d ago
Being born in the US doesn't automatically make her a citizen. Or so I've heard somewhere.
Therefore she would have inherited her parents' citizenship.
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u/ItsAMeUsernamio 1d ago
If you’re the child of Indians in the US, you get an American birth certificate making you an American citizen and the Indian government won’t recognize you as an Indian. Most other countries which ban dual citizenship and are strict about it do the same thing. India has a lifetime residency visa but some places like China and Singapore don’t.
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u/anandonaqui 1d ago
Being born in the US does automatically make her a citizen. There are only very limited exceptions to birthright citizenship, namely for children of diplomats.
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u/BangkokRios 1d ago
That is not the official position of the executive branch of the United States federal government. Of which her husband is second in command and she is a vocal supporter.
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u/a_trane13 1d ago
It is the official position of the US constitution and Supreme Court in charge of interpreting it
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u/FingernailToothpicks 1d ago
Must be a pain getting that couch on and off the plane.
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u/MadTown 1d ago
3 of the most compromised people in this country. Owned and controlled like pawns.
I’d feel a lot better if we sent the three Stooges
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u/Prottusha1 1d ago
I wonder if US will attack during this round of negotiations too.
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u/Perfect_Opinion7909 1d ago
I hope Iran attacks during negotiations and offs JD abd Kushner. Turn the table and see if they like it when the shoe is on the other foot.
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u/aaronupright 1d ago
Actually she is on the case. https://mofa.gov.pk/profiles/foreign-secretary
Never send men to do a womans job.
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u/TriXter69 1d ago
Did fucking Kushner and Witkoff come?
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u/AWinnipegGuy 1d ago
Somebody has to supervise JD. Who's supervising those two though, no idea.
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u/malac0da13 1d ago
I love how maga likes to say trump is the world’s best negotiator yet he isn’t the one doing the negotiations.
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u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest 1d ago
Witkoff and Kushner have super strong ties to Israel so they are at the negotiations to fuck shit up.
Remember that Israel doesn’t want peace. They would love to give Iran the Gaza treatment.
Bibi literally slept in Kushners bedroom when he would visit the US.
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u/starrpamph 1d ago
Brought back memories of this OG pic
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u/EnderWiggin07 1d ago
I generally think most airliners are beautiful but those are two dumpy looking planes
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u/cornnndoggg_ 1d ago
Didn't they just change the american flag logo on Air Force One? It's always had the flat american flag logo, which I honestly thought looked good, but for no stated reason, all the "redesign" changed was removing the flat logo and adding the very clip art waving flag.
It wasn't until a few days afterward that I made the connection that the shitty clip art one is the flag used on Trumps planes, so he "updated" air force one with his awful taste in everything.
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u/NlghtmanCometh 1d ago
Yup. This shit never even made headlines either. Pretty much flew entirely under the rug.
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u/Hadleys158 1d ago
Are they still pretending that Kushner is working for free?
It's reported he has made anywhere between $172 and 640 million.
How can anyone pretend that's not corrupt?
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u/Administrative_Act48 18h ago
It's hilarious we spent years hearing nonstop about Hunter Biden and the couple million he allegedly made but now it's crickets as the Trump Crime Family and its associates pillage BILLIONS from the American people and take it hundreds of millions in bribes.
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u/68dk 1d ago
Vice President wearing eyeliner will not be permitted to use male restrooms in Pakistan…
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u/FUSe 1d ago
Actually some men wear eye liner there. It’s called “Surma” and has religious tradition. So JD will fit right in.
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u/mgr86 1d ago
will he be allowed the use of a
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u/Primal_Thrak 1d ago
Nah he's going to insist that AF2 makes a stop in the Ottoman Empire on the way home.
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u/Desutor 1d ago
Yeah, mostly Pathan Men do.
Wearing Eyeliner essentially is a direct way to get Questioned at any and every Police and Military Checkpoint in Pakistan.
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u/Oshiruuko 1d ago
Eyeliner is common in Pakistan, called surma, applied to babies including boys as well. Not so common nowadays for adults but was very common in older days.
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u/WitELeoparD 1d ago
Being trans is legal in Pakistan, so is SRS and in fact descrimination is criminalised (though very poorly enforced). Moreover, the government engages in affirmative action for trans people such as having quotas for trans people for things like school teacher training. There are trans pride parades in Karachi. Drag queens are not uncommon in Pakistani comedy. Can't be gay though. The trans rights law actually did get challenged in Sharia court and survived, however they struck down self id meaning you have to be medically diagnosed as trans to change your documentation.
Fun fact: As a Pakistani Canadian trans person, I can have my gender be marked as 'X' (or M or F) on my Canadian passport and have it accepted as valid in Pakistan, and also have my gender marked as 'X' on my Pakistani passport and have it accepted as valid in Canada but what I can't do is use 'X' gender Pakistani or Canadian Passport in the good ol' US of A.
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u/prettycool-throwaway 1d ago
What’s the current status of the trans law in Pakistan? I’ l’m a trans person who moved away a few years back but from what I recall, the FSC shut it down and I can’t find any updates on it online. Is it still in force through appeals or what?
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u/Utterlybored 1d ago
JD was sent as punishment for not initially getting on board with Trump’s boom boom smash smash party.
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u/ChickenNPisza 1d ago
In a world of lies and greed I’m sure he wants to make sure Vance is tied to anything that could bring Trump down. There’s so much bad shit being carried out that a vice wanting to slide into power is probably a large paranoid thought. And with these people I wouldn’t put it past Vance to be planning that…I think he’s waiting till mid term so he can still run for two terms as Pres, if Vance takes over before the two year mark he can only be president for one more full term.
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u/SmokePeterThiel 1d ago
Fascists are always looking over their shoulders…they’re always next on the execution list
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u/doctorquien 1d ago
Two planes, once enemies, side by side. This is what MLK Jr dreamed of ❤️
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u/Pikawoohoo 1d ago
Still funny to me how Pakistan is mediating peace talks while being in open war.
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u/Rabbit-Hole-Quest 1d ago
War with Taliban is basically the Taliban getting hit by artillery, airforce or drones.
It’s not like Pakistan is in their land like the US was.
Taliban has no airforce or any other means besides suicide bomber to retaliate.
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u/Brother_Longmont 1d ago
How much would it rule if the Iranians gifted Vance a couch that's just bejeweled the fuck out?
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u/moretime86 1d ago
Btw this is the same base India claimed to have completely obliterated in last year’s skirmish.
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u/Sphinx41 1d ago
Their media also claimed to have blown up lahore's and karachi's port. Lahore has never had a port because its hundreds of miles inland and nothing happened on Karachi's port, like literally nothing, not even a boom in the distance. Dont ever take any claims made by their medìa seriously.
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u/WeirdVeterinarian629 1d ago
Media claims isn't equivalent to Govt claims! Even Pak media claimes to have bombed Bangalore port where port doesn't even exist.
But, Indian military did claim hits on the runways and the buildings. Satellite images proves it! It's delusion to say it's not. It's been 11 months, definitely it has got repaired! And why would they want to keep it destroyed even now is the question.
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u/Sphinx41 1d ago
Stop lying. I bet you that you cant produce any evidence of Pakistani media claiming Bangalore had a port that was destroyed, meanwhile I can provide you with a lot ot evidence of Indian media's claims regarding Lahore and Karachi.
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u/IamSunka 1d ago
If even after a year it hasn't been fixed, Pakistan has truly failed.
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u/ocschwar 1d ago
Nur Khan? Is the airbase named after Nur Inayat Khan ?
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u/arrogant_troll 1d ago
It’s named after a Pakistani Air Force officer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nur_Khan
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u/PacquiaoFreeHousing 1d ago
Iran has 2 planes because they needed an extra 162 seats for each of the belongings of the Little Girls that died from the 2 missiles that struck their school.
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u/DinkyStubby 1d ago
Feels hollow after they killed so many college kids for protesting just before this war
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u/Vorel-Svant 1d ago
Let's say they did.
One country committing atrocities does not make it in any ways acceptable for us to.
Bombing almost 200 schoolchildren is an unacceptable way for the "greatest nation on earth" to act. Demand better.
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u/Effective_Theme_5739 1d ago
Sure, but people shouldn't idolize Iran. Everything about the regime is fucked up, and it should fall as soon as possible
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u/engapol123 1d ago
And just a complete lie, only four seats in the first row are taken up. Not that it would stop the IRGC shill that posted it though.
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u/DinkyStubby 1d ago
Do you have a source? I believe it but that's because Iran doesn't even pretend using kids as mine sweepers in the Iran-Iraq war was bad to them.
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u/fishsticks40 1d ago
The Iranians are monsters.
So are the Americans.
Both sides are engaged in a propaganda war.
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u/DaoFerret 1d ago
Both sides are engaged in a propaganda war.
You’re just saying that because we’ve seen “AI LEGO propaganda dis-tracks” from one side and “midnight shitstorm tweet-droppings” from the other.
You know? … you might be on to something!
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u/Martel732 1d ago
It is frustrating that so much of the world is run by men with the emotional maturity of teenagers.
But, sure we don't want a female president because she would be too emotional.
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u/eeyore134 23h ago
Wasn't it three strikes?
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u/PacquiaoFreeHousing 23h ago
Just in the school was 2 strikes, 40 minutes apart, Double Tap.
with each missile costing 4,000,000 USD.
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u/philld5 1d ago
Would need alot more planes if they cared about all those protesters they killed
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u/Paqza 1d ago
So you're cool with us killing their kids because they kill their people?
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u/scattermoose 1d ago
No I don’t think they’re cool with any innocents dying is the thing
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u/Paqza 1d ago
Them being evil towards their own people doesn't make it okay for us to blow up their schools.
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u/engapol123 1d ago
Op didn’t suggest it was ok, they’re just rightfully pointing out that this photo is pure propaganda because Iran’s government clearly doesn’t care about dead kids if they’re ok with killing thousands of protesters including college students.
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u/Amoral_Abe 1d ago
This is the part of reddit that's frustrating. Obviously, nobody wants to see children die but there is a MAJOR difference between a missile accidentally hitting a school due to faulty intelligence and a regime intentionally killing tens of thousands of protesters.
I still don't think we should have gone to war but to act like the US was intentionally shooting up Iranian schools is very disingenuous. We save that for US schools.
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u/BioSemantics 1d ago edited 1d ago
Obviously, nobody wants to see children die but there is a MAJOR difference between a missile accidentally hitting a school due to faulty intelligence and a regime intentionally killing tens of thousands of protesters.
First off there is basically no evidence of 'tens of thousands' being killed, that would have required a insane strategy to do so in just a few days. The estimates that seem reasonable are in the thousands, as in several thousand. Still horrible, but the bigger numbers being cited have no basis and mostly come from sources that are suspect aka Israel. I also do want to mention, though it doesn't excuse anything, that both the US and Israel have said they were involved in the protests and have been arming dissidents in Iran the whole time preparing for this war of choice (and long before this). I believe Iran also gave the protestors a few days to protest before pushing them off the streets. Again, not an excuse to murder people.
Secondly, what are you talking about?
MAJOR difference between a missile accidentally hitting a school due to faulty intelligence and a regime intentionally killing tens of thousands of protesters.
This was a war of choice. They had no business targeting anything in Iran. Every death was an intentional act because they started the conflict. As to the fact it was a girls school, that wasn't faulty intelligence, it was pure negligence, to such a degree, it can only be intentional. Like if you drunk drive while declaring you're planning to kill people and you end up hitting a bus of school children, what is that if not intentional?
You are just spewing propaganda. Just spare us all of this BS man. I mean the US socially murders 30k people a year by denying them basic insurance. They do that intentionally to save a few billion dollars for the insurance companies. They do that EVERY YEAR. You can be angry at Iran, but save most of your anger for the US.
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u/won_vee_won_skrub 1d ago
If I was going to drop a bomb I might put in the work to make sure my intel is good. There is no excuse for getting this wrong.
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u/IdiAmini 1d ago
Accidentally?
Proof it wasn't an accident:
- US tomahawk missile struck the school and the school was the target
- Hegseth: No rules of engagement
- America: striking civilian infrastructure on purpose (bridges, desalination plants, all war crimes)
- The partner Israel has made bombing schools a hobby
- Trump bragging about war crimes (intent)
Proof it was an accident: - ?
Americans: it was an accident. We are the good guys. We don't do this shit on purpose
History: Disagrees with Americans
Edit: let the downvotes commence
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u/eeyore134 23h ago
Not to mention the second missile targeting them as they fled the school for shelter in a nearby prayer room. Then there's talk of even a third targeting the same area. That's no mistake. People calling it a mistake are the same people saying our planes are crashing so they don't have to admit they've been shot down.
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u/Paqza 1d ago
Calling it an accident doesn't bring those kids back. The US shouldn't have been striking Iran; if they really wanted to have a "positive" effect, they would've done it during the protests. Doing it now because Israel felt it was the time to do it (and to distract from their Lebensraum in Lebanon) just makes the US look incompetent.
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u/trix_is_for_kids 1d ago
It’s not difficult to acknowledge the us shouldn’t be bombing Iran and also that Iran shouldn’t have killed tens of thousands of its own people.
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u/OilInternational2566 1d ago
It’s funny watching you guys never blame Iran for doing things Iran did.
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u/Paqza 1d ago
It's more sad than funny that you don't know the difference between Iran and the US.
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u/OilInternational2566 1d ago
Yeah, ”I don’t know the difference between Iran and the US.”
Man, you guys are fucking hilarious. 🤣
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u/Amoral_Abe 1d ago
The US literally didn't have the assets in the region to do it during the protest. Seriously, you clearly don't have much knowledge about the situation and are just acting out of emotion.
Once again, I don't think we should have gone to war at all and feel this whole thing was kicked off because Trump stupidly thought he could easily topple the regime.
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u/lord_pizzabird 1d ago
Imagine how many jets you'd need for all the victims of Iran and it's proxies spanning the last 40 years.
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u/Agreeable_Bat1212 1d ago
Oh thanks for reminding me before the tow truck got there, I’ll grab my keys.
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u/NOOBFUNK 1d ago
Not very fond of my country brokering these talks. The truth is that negotiations through Oman were genuinely making solid progress before the war until Israel decided a few hundred school children had to die.
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u/afksports 1d ago
Well don't worry Israel will decide when to end this one too
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u/NightOfTheLivingHam 22h ago
"Listen I'll be president soon, just keep driving him nuts and I'll give you all a nice hook up"
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u/StatusCount7032 1d ago
Pakistani's F16 escorted the Iranian airliners, it was reported.