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Donald Trump: “The F15 we lost last week was the first manned aircraft…”

Featuring: Donald Trump, Republican | President of the United States | National

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Trump warns Iran on precipice of widespread destruction in national address

Published | Video Starts at 15:28

Over the past 37 days, America's armed forces have carried out more than 10,000 combat flights over Iran, unheard of, striking more than 13,000 targets. The F15 we lost last week was the first manned aircraft downed by the enemy in this entire operation. with thousands and thousands of flights. He got lucky. It was a lucky hit. You know, eventually you get lucky, but we got lucky, too, because we got both of them back. (15:28–15:37)

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Asserts that an F15 was the first manned aircraft downed by the enemy in the operation.

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