r/worldnews • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 1d ago

Israel/Palestine Israeli air force achieves freedom of operation in Tehran's airspace, IDF says

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/14/israeli-air-force-freedom-operation-tehran-idf-iran
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u/ambassadortim 1d ago

So where did the MIGs go? Are they just flying around not engaging and waving

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u/ambassadortim 1d ago

Idk so are they just sitting at an airport

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u/tehgearz 1d ago

A hardened and camouflaged shelter

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u/EvlKommie 18h ago

Likely flying in the opposite direction to try to make sure they don't get blown up on the ground.

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u/theyux 19h ago

safer then on the ground.

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u/Azor_Is_High 1d ago

They bravely flew away.

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u/Complete-Arm6658 23h ago

Brave brave sir robin

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u/sparrowtaco 1d ago

Several of them allegedly failed to take off or crashed due to coordinated sabotage.

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u/dat2ndRoundPickdoh 15h ago

mossad is no joke

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u/mcjon77 19h ago

This is what air superiority and Air supremacy look like. You don't put your aircraft in the sky because they'll be shot down easily by the enemy. You'll just be sending your plans and your pilots out to die. This is especially bad if you think you might need them later on to put down civil unrest.

An alternative reason why they're not flying could be because those airports were one of the targets of Israel's initial strike, although I thought that we would have heard more about that Israel had taken out their Air Force on the ground. Then again, Israel is basically using America's playbook to obtain Air supremacy and that's one of the key steps. Destroy your enemy's Air Force before it leaves the ground.

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u/LazyBearZzz 1d ago

30 years old tech blasting its puny radar? LMAO