F-15 crashes in Kuwait, worth $87-100 million

[Demixs]

F-15E Strike Eagle, which is valued at roughly $87–100 crashed in Kuwait.
Fiscal conservatives must be outraged, unless they’re fake fiscal conservatives.
Pilot lucky to survive, thankfully. He ejected.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/f-15-spins-ground-while-065137914.html

[SamuelTheThird]

1. Kuwait army says multiple planes went down

The official spokesman for the Ministry of Defense stated that a number of American warplanes crashed this morning, confirming that their crews were all saved.

Link to tweet

[malaise]

2. More than one

I’m watching coverage on Al Jazeera

[newdeal2]

11. Things are starting to get real

And we may only be in the opening stretch.

[CincyDem]

3. I'm old enough to remember when the loss of a helicopter in the desert tanked a presidency.

I guess it’s inflation? What a couple F-15s?

[John1956PA]

4. Tom Wolfe's 1979 book "The Right Stuff" referred to a showoff crash as a "$15M hole in the ground."

The cost of such an accident has gone up over time.

I realize the accident reported in the news story was not the result of the pilot showing off.

[Skittles]

5. check out the headlines

and remember that Trump went to a fundraiser

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/middleeast/us-kuwait-aircraft-crash-iran-intl-hnk

[Irish_Dem]

6. Trump will waste as much taxpayer money as it takes for him to become a trillionaire.

[modrepub]

7. The Cost of Wasting Military Hardware

Is minor compared to how much the stock market is going to loose and how much more inflation is going to extract from the consumer as oil prices climb. This will amount to trillions in loses. And the longer Iran is able to put up resistance the worse things will get.

I wouldn’t want to be an Israeli or US pilot shot down over Iran friendly territory right now. Remember Iran has several militia scattered across the ME that are active right now.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Yes like getting shot down by the Viet Cong.

Worse I think.

Yes the US military costs are a just part of the bigger rip off.

Trump will destroy everything so he can become a trillionaire.

[Easterncedar]

9. Well, didn't two just fall off a carrier last year?

[Liberal In Texas]

10. Video:

Friendly fire - great.
Pilot appears to be fine.

Video of an 🇺🇸 F-15 falling out of the sky in Kuwait was just shared by BBC verify

The pilots appear to have ejected, and were seen the back of a car

— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2026-03-02T05:46:39.715Z

[Demixs]

12. Update. It was three F-15, not one

Initially only one had been specified as F-15 but now Reuter reports:
“ Kuwait's air defences mistakenly shot down three U.S. F-15 fighter jets during active combat on Monday, U.S. Central Command said on Monday, describing it as an apparent friendly-fire incident during the conflict with Iran.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/kuwait-intercepts-hostile-drones-third-day-iran-retaliatory-strikes-2026-03-02/