It's ya khoda (O' God), uttered in times of difficulty, similar to the English 'omg'.
Yehudi btw means Jew in all regional languages. But he said ya khoda, not yehudi.
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2026 Israel-US vs. Iran conflict [Military updates/News Only]
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Yehudi btw means Jew in all regional languages. But he said ya khoda, not yehudi.
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Ultimately, one can quite easily extrapolate that the reason why CSAR (and indeed, long distance special operations missions) is viable is the part of having "dozens of warplanes" providing localized overwhelming ISR and interdiction of adversary movement and troops, as well as suppressing any remaining local air defenses, to the extent that a temporary bubbles of safety/sanctuary can be created.
It's why this sort of thing generally can't be done against an adversary with a functioning air force and networked IADS -- air control (even if transient) offers localized advantages in ISR, fires, and even logistics.
They landed two C-130s inside Iran and had to blown them up while fly in new ones? Wow this is as dicey as it gets.... I suppose C-130 is capable of landing in rough condition though so it is possible.
I'd be very surprised if they didn't lose any man rescuing this one airman because it is politically important to do so.
I think it has more to do with Iran's inability to conduct air transport while US has the freedom to do so. If Iran had been able to concentrate their forces rapidly to the area then it wouldn't have been possible for the US to succeed.
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This happened in Khuzestan, 17km from Kuwait where the large US bases are. Its also relatively flat compared to rest of Iran.
they f*cked so bad
From the looks of things:
1. The ground war has already effectively started assuming the New York Time's of the recovery operation is accurate:
If by transport planes the New York Times meant C-130s of some variety, then that most likely means JSOC rolled in and seized an airfield.
This means the operation would have required at a minimum a company+ sized element consisting primarily of Rangers, plus TACPs for managing CAS, and of course PJs from the 24th STS — as well as Delta or ST6 operators — as the "tip of the spear."
Guessing most likely more than one Ranger company participated in the operation given the probable need for perimeter security.
2. From the looks of President Trump's , the now recovered WSO at the rank of colonel won't just get a medal, but will receive expedited promotion to GO if he's willing to publicly thank and praise Trump for rescuing him:
To be fair, this operation was an impressive feat, but it would not have been possible without an absolutely insane amount of CAS and ISR.
Would not be surprised if the Task Force CAS assets that provided top cover for this recovery mission smoked entire columns of Iranian vehicles — perhaps even civilian vehicles suspected of carrying military, paramilitary or law enforcement personnel — to block traffic and prevent Iranian reinforcements from arriving.
This win is going to embolden Trump to try something even more complex, difficult and risky. However:
i. The Iranians are absolutely going to learn from the blood they shed.
ii. There are only so many units with the training and resources within the entirety of the US military capable of executing such operations with minimal casualties. Such operational "success stories" are not very scalable.
iii. It's one thing to "go in and out" to recover a single airman; spending days digging through rubble and penetrating granite to recover HEU, or seizing and occupying an island or a beachhead for an extended period of time is a whole other matter.
I thought about that, it could just be some flat enough terrain, perhaps a stretch of highway