The $260M Rescue: Why Delta Force Destroyed Their Own MC-130Js Link video: • The $260M Rescue: Why Delta Force Destroye… In early April 2026, an American F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down over Khuzestan, Iran, trapping a US Air Force Colonel behind enemy lines. To extract him, the military authorized an unprecedented special operations rescue mission. Delta Force operators, transported by two $114 million MC-130J Commando II aircraft, attempted to establish a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) deep in the Iranian desert. However, a critical engineering failure occurred: the immense weight of the fully loaded aircraft caused their landing gear to sink irreversibly into the loose sand. Surrounded by advancing Iranian mechanized forces, US commanders were forced to issue a devastating self-destruct order to prevent highly classified avionics—including the LAIRCM system—from falling

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