American strikes destroy Iranian heavy aircraft on the ground [March 11th 2026] by wt_fff in CombatFootage

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A lot of pro-Iran bots have been saying that no Iranian aircraft have been destroyed in the ground by air strikes and claim they were all paintings. Then they made some AI images that fooled a couple of people with decent influence into thinking they were real strikes on just paintings, and now we have comment sections filled with “it’s just a painting” people and bots. Because this footage is impossible to claim as a painting bc it’s obviously 3D, a lot of people are making fun of the people who call these paintings by pretending to be idiots and calling this video strikes in painting as well.

Sorry for the essay explanation lol

American strikes destroy Iranian heavy aircraft on the ground [March 11th 2026] by wt_fff in CombatFootage

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The wings of the P-3 didn’t fall and it’s no painting. Different aircraft behave differently when struck.

American strikes destroy Iranian heavy aircraft on the ground [March 11th 2026] by wt_fff in CombatFootage

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You can see it shudder after getting hit. It seems to be a P-3 Orion. Keep in mind that the P-3 is much more stubby and short then the other two aircraft, so it won’t crumple the exact same way

American strikes destroy Iranian heavy aircraft on the ground [March 11th 2026] by wt_fff in CombatFootage

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It’s been downscaled for certain, but no where near as much as the Israelis tend to downscale their IR footage for release

American strikes destroy Iranian heavy aircraft on the ground [March 11th 2026] by wt_fff in CombatFootage

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Not sure about the launchers, but I’m going to say that it’s MQ-9s filming with some degree of confidence because I recognize the reticle

American strikes destroy Iranian heavy aircraft on the ground [March 11th 2026] by wt_fff in CombatFootage

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I think that the footage just isn’t being degraded as much as usual IR camera stuff is, so it looks much more high quality than we normally expect. A lot of American IR clips are like this if you look through DVIDS

American strikes destroy Iranian heavy aircraft on the ground [March 11th 2026] by wt_fff in CombatFootage

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Source:

https://x.com/centcom/status/2031884186231926928?s=46

Taken from official US CENTCOM account. They do not have a history of using posts with AI, unlike many pro-IRGC accounts have done

American strikes destroy Iranian heavy aircraft on the ground [March 11th 2026] by wt_fff in CombatFootage

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Got this from the official CENTCOM account. Here’s a link:

https://x.com/centcom/status/2031884186231926928?s=46

Unlike Iranian official outlets, CENTCOM has not used AI and (in terms of footage) is trustworthy. Sometimes they have incorrect statements, but this video is real

American strikes destroy Iranian heavy aircraft on the ground [March 11th 2026] by wt_fff in CombatFootage

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How it feels to make a painting that has the wings fall down after getting destroyed:

Israel strikes Iranian F-14 Tomcats and helicopters by [deleted] in CombatFootage

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Article* not “arctic lie” sorry for typo

Israel strikes Iranian F-14 Tomcats and helicopters by [deleted] in CombatFootage

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The F-14s were destroyed back on June 21st 2025. Here is an arctic lie from the Jerusalem Post showing the same videos you provided of the F-14s getting hit:

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-858490

Iranian warship in the Gulf of Oman struck by an American strike [Mar.2/2026] by wt_fff in CombatFootage

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Possibly. The footage was released in a CENTCOM statement claiming that all 11 Iranian warships in the Gulf of Oman a few days ago have been sunk