# United States and Israel are bombing Iran {for current/ongoing events, past/future have specific threads}

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Tags:** trump, iran-strikes-2026\
**Created:** [February 28, 2026, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071 "2026-02-28T07:56:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/united-states-and-israel-are-bombing-iran-for-current-ongoing-events-past-future-have-specific-threads/1028071/1903 "2026-10-08T19:10:22Z")

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> **[US has lost or sustained damage to 81 military aircraft worth up to $3.3...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/middleeast/us-iran-war-aircraft-losses-intl-hnk-ml)**
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> That’s almost double the 42 aircraft the non-partisan agency counted in a report released six months ago.

Sorry about the paywall

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