EA on DW News and Firstpost: Iran Downs US F-15E Fighter Jet

Posted by Scott Lucas | Apr 4, 2026 | 2

Wreckage of a US F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet, downed in southwest Iran, April 3, 2026

EA on International Outlets: US-Israel War on Iran — Trump’s Deception and Incoherence

I joined DW News on Friday night to analyse Iran’s downing of a US F-15E fighter jet and the consequences for the US-Israel War.

I discuss the military effects, “raising the pressure on the Trump folks after having failed to get regime surrender”.

Politically, it’s imperative. This will be a huge publicity victory for the Iranians.

The interview was conducted before news of the crash of a second American warplane, an A-10 Warthog over the Strait of Hormuz.

Watch from 5:18:

Watch India’s Firstpost

Soon after the Iranians claimed the downing of the US fighter jet, falsely identifying it as an F-35, EA’s David Dunn joined India’s Firstpost.

Watch from 3:15:

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Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView. He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.

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varharan on April 4, 2026 at 02:13

Downed jets puncture Trump’s and Hegseth’s claims of air invulnerability: https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/03/politics/hegseth-trump-us-fighter-jet-iran

“President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have suggested the United States and Israel had something amounting to free rein to fly over Iran. They cast Tehran as having no ability to counteract that.”
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varharan on April 4, 2026 at 00:27

Two U.S. warplanes shot down; search ongoing in Iran: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/03/f-15-crash-iran-missing/

An A-10 was also shot down and both of the rescue helicopters were also fired upon and damaged with injuries reported: https://nypost.com/2026/04/03/world-news/2-us-helicopters-hit-in-search-and-rescue-efforts-in-iran-report/

The second F-15 pilot could be dead but, if he is captured by the Iranians, of course he will be paraded on TV since the entire U.S military has been proscribed as a terrorist organisation. Meanwhile, unofficial reports indicate an F-16 has also gone down: http://tasnimnews.ir/fa/news/1405/01/15/3556239
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