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Video: Iranian Revolutionary Guard fighters taken out by Apache helicopter fire
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:27 am
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:27 am
every time they tried to approach the downed American pilot.
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Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:29 am to L.A.
I’ll go with A.
Final answer.
Final answer.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:30 am to L.A.
Man... war is terrifying. Glad we got our guy.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:31 am to L.A.
A For Apache. fricking love that gunship
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:31 am to L.A.
That looks fun
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:32 am to L.A.
Absolutely surreal video... Our guy climbed up a mountain and was seriously injured. He is in a hospital in Kuwait... Please pray for him.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:32 am to L.A.
I think that is old footage LA
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:33 am to L.A.
Make the fricking movie already
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:34 am to Bobby OG Johnson
quote:
I think that is old footage LA
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:34 am to L.A.
Kill them all but tweet nicely
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:38 am to L.A.
I didn't just watch that 8 times consecutively.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:38 am to L.A.
quote:
You're right—this specific FLIR footage shared in the @WHLeavitt
post is indeed old/recycled, not from the recent April 2026 F-15E rescue operation over Iran.
quote:
Why it's considered old:The video shows classic Apache (or similar gunship) thermal targeting pod footage with multiple ground strikes/explosions and radio chatter like "continue to engage." This style of gun-cam video has appeared in numerous past US operations in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and other theaters over the last 15+ years. It's generic combat footage often reused in viral posts.
No official US military release ties this exact clip to the current Iran conflict. The actual rescue of the F-15E crew (one quickly, the second after intense efforts on April 4-5) involved Apaches and other assets providing overwatch and engaging threats, but verified videos from the event are different—mostly lower-quality clips of helicopters taking small-arms fire from Iranian police/forces, or IRGC-released footage of US search aircraft.
foxnews.com
Multiple OSINT analysts and users on X and elsewhere have flagged similar clips circulating with the F-15E story as recycled or misattributed. Some posts explicitly note "visuals used are from old footage for illustration purposes only." Misinformation and stock combat videos spread rapidly in active conflicts like this one.
The narrative in the tweet (striking IRGC fighters approaching the pilot) aligns with reported events—US gunships did provide protective fire during the op—but this particular video isn't the real-time footage from it. It's a common issue right now: lots of old clips being repurposed to illustrate the story because official gun-cam releases from sensitive ops are rare or delayed.If you have links to the other posts calling it old, I can take a closer look at those for comparison. In fog-of-war situations like the ongoing US-Iran air campaign, verifying exact video provenance is tough without official sourcing.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:45 am to L.A.
By my calculations, there’s an 87% chance any Twitter video is fake
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:48 am to L.A.
Liberal scum in shambles that an American serviceman is alive
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:53 am to L.A.
Get some, Hadji.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 11:58 am to L.A.
Ho Lee Fuk!!
Bang, Ding, Ow!
That's gonna leave a major wedgi.
Bang, Ding, Ow!
That's gonna leave a major wedgi.
Posted on 4/5/26 at 12:00 pm to L.A.
Fantastic
Posted on 4/5/26 at 12:02 pm to L.A.
*Rat-a-tat-tat*
"Get some!"
*Rat-a-tat-tat*
"Get some! I got you, mother!"
"Get some!"
*Rat-a-tat-tat*
"Get some! I got you, mother!"
Posted on 4/5/26 at 12:03 pm to L.A.
Grok says the video is old.
Clickbait
Clickbait
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