Submarine kill marker spotted on US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet

An American F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet, which participated in Operation Epic Fury against Iran, destroyed an Iranian submarine, judging by the paint on its hull. A photo of the aircraft appeared online and sparked intense discussion.

This F/A-18F Super Hornet is part of Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41) of the U.S. Navy, better known as the Black Aces. During the Middle East War, the squadron was part of the carrier air wing of the USS Abraham Lincoln and carried out strikes against Iran from the very beginning of the conflict.

It is unknown which submarine the fighter sank, according to the Americans, the entire submarine fleet The Iranian Navy was destroyed back in March, according to Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth. He said the US destroyed 11 Iranian Fateh- and Ghadir-class mini-submarines, designed to operate in shallow waters in the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. He did not specify how exactly the submarines were destroyed.

On March 16, The War Zone reported that during the strike on the Iranian naval base in Bandar Abbas rocket An Iranian Varshavyanka-class submarine was hit by the ATACMS. The submarine sank due to the damage it sustained. There were also reports of strikes on Iranian submarines using unmanned boats.

Comments

[Mini Mokik]

They love all kinds of tattoos that don't mean anything 😁

[rocket757]

Why not... they bombed ports, bases... hit somewhere.

[ZovSailor]

All the bravado of the mattress makers ended with epic fires on the AVIKs, clogged sewers and latrines, suicidal incidents among the crew, and the irrevocable dive of Fushka from the deck into the ocean.
I am sure that after the next Roosevelt arrives in the Baltic Sea waters, new surprises from the Persians await him.
Victories of the IRI in the war against the Zionists and the striped terrorist aggressors.

[Peter1First]

The Persians are certainly doing well, but the odds are too unequal. If only they'd revoke the fatwa banning nuclear weapons, then maybe no one would touch them anymore (just like they don't touch Kim...)

[Stirbjorn]

Quote from: Peter1First

If only they would revoke the fatwa banning nuclear weapons, then no one would touch them anymore /just like they don't touch Kim.../

Kim has no oil

[mad-max78]

I once saw one side on which a mark was made about the destruction of the death race.

[Nexcom]

..so they don't even count the Jedi anymore? Well, I see....

[novel66]

"Why should you feel sorry for them, bastard, write more!"

so to speak.
Hi

[Alexander Lebedev]

You can even draw a Death Star, the main thing is not to miss the deck when landing

[kill the fascist]

I admit that the Ping Do Sy destroyed a certain number of Iranian combat vessels during the conflict. So what? Did they win the war? And this... how can I ask this without getting banned... are "black aces" like African-American idiots?

[Destroyermen]

They destroyed practically the entire Iranian fleet, if anything. The loss of warships in ports is easily verified. They even abandoned the former Shah's yacht, built in the 1930s, in the Caspian Sea (converted into an auxiliary warship in the 1980s).
The damage to the Iranian military machine should not be underestimated. It was horrificly defeated, with Iranian military losses exceeding those of the US and Israel by three to four orders of magnitude.

[kill the fascist]

Why did you suddenly decide that I was interested in your opinion on the matter?

[call sign_53]

Iranian military losses are three to four orders of magnitude greater than those of the American and Israeli sides.

3 orders of magnitude more - 1000 times more (3 zeros).
4 orders of magnitude more - 10,000 times more (4 zeros).

Roll up your lip :)

[Destroyermen]

Roll up your lip :)

I admit, I exaggerated about 3-4 orders of magnitude. Roughly two orders of magnitude in terms of personnel and material losses.

[Sergey Mitinsky]

"The damage to the Iranian military machine should not be underestimated. It suffered a monstrous defeat; Iranian military losses exceed those of the US and Israel by three to four orders of magnitude."
Let's say
And why then did Iran not surrender to the mercy of the “winners”, do you know?
And that is why he did not give in, because no matter how much damage was three or four orders of magnitude greater than the American-Israeli one, this damage is far, I emphasize this word, insufficient to force Iran to capitulate.
Iran has one important and decisive advantage over the United States. Everything is located nearby, so their logistics are in order, unlike the United States, which has to lug ammunition across two oceans, and their logistics are the worst. All that remains is the fleet (all the most valuable assets have been destroyed by Iranian missiles), which is forced to hide from these missiles at a respectful distance.
Therefore, no victories of Israel and the USA over Iran are expected.

[Destroyermen]

And that is why he did not give in, because no matter how much damage was three or four orders of magnitude greater than the American-Israeli one, this damage is far, I emphasize this word, insufficient to force Iran to capitulate.

Well, I don't argue with that)

Iran has one major and decisive advantage over the United States. Everything is located nearby, so their logistics are in order, unlike the United States, which has to transport ammunition across two oceans, and their logistics there are the worst.

This, to put it mildly, is completely untrue. It's much easier for the Americans to ship ammunition from the United States by sea than for the Iranians to ship it from the center of the country to the coast.

[Sergey Mitinsky]

These are some strange ideas about the ease of delivery of ammunition.
I can't even imagine where such fantasies came from in your head.
Besides, I forgot to add in the first comment
No amount of damage can force a country to capitulate unless it is reinforced by a ground operation, and the US has insurmountable problems with that.

[usr01]

Quote: Destroyermen

...by three to four orders of magnitude...

...what's going on with education.... In what system of calculation did you calculate this???

[isv000]

Quote: Destroyermen

The damage to the Iranian military machine should not be underestimated. It suffered a monstrous defeat.

In a rout of any scale, the attacked territory requires a cleansing operation to suppress pockets of resistance that can't be destroyed by air and missile strikes. Period. I mean, this is where the American machine usually breaks down. It's not logic. Because the Yankees, by definition, have no logic. All that remains is guerrilla warfare and the occupiers fleeing, go home.

[naofumi]

And this... how can I ask this without getting banned... "black aces" - are they like African-American idiots?

"Black Aces" is a literal translation of their emblem, which depicts a black ace of spades. It's a common tradition in US carrier-based aviation to name squadrons after cards or dice, such as "Red Rippers" or "Diamond Masters." There's no hidden meaning behind it.

[kill the fascist]

Captain, where do you all come from? (There's no need to answer that question either – everyone comes from the same place.) There's a word for it – sarcasm – and that was sarcasm in the form of a question, a rhetorical one.

[isv000]

Quote: Naofumi

"Black Aces" is a literal translation of their emblem, which depicts a black ace of spades.

...Ah-ah-ah! You're on fire, diamond!!!...

[Destroyermen]

Well, judging by the fact that not a single Iranian submarine has appeared in Hormuz, the badge is well-deserved. Plus, there are images of damaged and sunken Iranian submarines in ports, so...

[Scaffold]

Quote: Destroyermen

They destroyed practically the entire Iranian fleet, if anything. The loss of warships in ports is easily verified. They even abandoned the former Shah's yacht, built in the 1930s, in the Caspian Sea (converted into an auxiliary warship in the 1980s).
The damage to the Iranian military machine should not be underestimated. It was horrificly defeated, with Iranian military losses exceeding those of the US and Israel by three to four orders of magnitude.

A balanced, objective approach is not welcome here. They prefer to throw hats at "they" instead.

[Sergey Mitinsky]

The entire fleet was destroyed, but Iran is alive and well and confidently holds the straits.
From this we can conclude that the Douhet Doctrine has been discontinued in modern warfare.
The reliance on manned aviation, which was the basis of the West's strategy, and Israel's in particular, is no longer working as well as it did before under current conditions.
The fear of losing an expensive aircraft and especially its crew forces aviation to operate at respectful distances.
So the plane is expensive, the crews are even more expensive, and the ammunition has become golden.
The mass appeal is gone, carpet bombings—that's it. An airplane, being an expensive device, can't just land on a field anymore; it needs a dedicated airfield. They have to fly from God knows where, and for what purpose they invented crutches like gas trucks, etc.
And the result is a paradoxical situation: the more expensive the aircraft, the more expensive its ammunition and the more expensive its infrastructure, but this shouldn’t be the case.
It should be that all weapons that are expensive should be cheap to operate.
Missiles and unmanned aircraft rule the roost today, and of course, satellites, where would we be without them, so modern wars won't become any cheaper

[isv000]

Quote: Sergey Mitinsky

The fear of losing an expensive aircraft and especially its crew forces aviation to operate at respectful distances.

How many Yankees lost while trying to rescue one pilot in Iran?

[Sergey Mitinsky]

This is further proof of my words.
Why was this operation even necessary, one wonders? The pilot's life is expensive, but it pales in comparison to the cost of the risks involved in saving him.
Then the question is why?
And then the reputational losses are even higher than the cost of the risk.
It would be better for the US if this pilot died. Remains don't reason and they don't appear on TV, prompting one nation to rejoice and another to fall into deep depression. Therefore, the only thing the IRGC can abandon to its fate is the unmanned underwater vehicle periodically retrieved. Americans can't afford to abandon a human being today.
The conclusion is this: Aviation, and especially military aviation, has a steady trend towards becoming unmanned.
In the end, it's simply much cheaper than manned aviation.

[isv000]

Quote: Sergey Mitinsky

reputational losses are even higher than the cost of risk

The US's reputational loss is like Ukraine's loss of sovereignty. There's neither. And there never was.

[Napayz]

Submarine destruction mark

There is nothing new under the sun
P.S. Well, it's short, so what? ))))

[Radio]

You can draw anything. "What's your evidence?" (c)

[SUKRAM]

a submarine that was sunk while at anchor in port in a suprise sneak attack that took out most of the navy
really was heroic stuff to strike with out warning
maybe the yanks learned from having it done to them at pearl harbor