{"id":63827,"date":"2026-03-07T06:04:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T05:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=63827"},"modified":"2026-03-13T23:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:41:24","slug":"what-is-known-about-the-alleged-us-and-israeli-attack-on-fake-f-4-phantom-ii-fighters-in-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/07\/what-is-known-about-the-alleged-us-and-israeli-attack-on-fake-f-4-phantom-ii-fighters-in-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"What is known about the alleged US and Israeli attack on fake F-4 Phantom II fighters in Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The propaganda networks of Iran's Islamist dictatorship and its allies, especially Russia, are working overtime these days.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/03\/01\/the-weaponry-of-united-states-navy-fighters-in-operation-epic-fury-in-iran\/\">The weaponry of United States Navy fighters in Operation Epic Fury in Iran<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/02\/28\/the-us-navy-shows-the-aircraft-from-operation-epic-fury-against-the-iranian-dictatorship\/\">The US Navy shows the aircraft from Operation Epic Fury against the Iranian dictatorship<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>One of his latest fabrications consists of <strong>claiming that the United States and Israel have attacked silhouettes of F-4 Phantom II fighter jets<\/strong> at an air base in Iran, spreading an image that shows a bomb crater on one of those silhouettes. That image is being circulated on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/wall-52620949_7273353\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russian networks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=947386727821242&id=100076497700299&rdid=ALGJt4vJR8FTZSCu#\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arab networks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/oppLN\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">far-left networks<\/a>, claiming that it would be an Iranian tactic to make Americans and Israelis waste expensive weaponry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55133102746_aa07a92de4_o.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55133102746_2003ec1f6a_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/checker.news\/?p=5448\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Checker.news has indicated that the image is fake<\/a> and generated by artificial intelligence. In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/gemini.google.com\/share\/fe8823050338\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gemini, Google's AI, has indicated that the image includes a SynthID digital watermark<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deepmind.google\/models\/synthid\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a Google DeepMind technology<\/a> for identifying AI-generated images. Gemini's examination adds:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\"While <strong>the presence of this watermark is a strong indicator of its origin<\/strong>, you can also look for visual cues that are common in AI-generated imagery. For instance, in this specific image, <strong>the \"impact crater\" and the surrounding debris patterns exhibit a level of symmetry that is often uncharacteristic of actual physical events.<\/strong> Additionally, the shadows cast by the aircraft and the buildings appear somewhat inconsistent with a single light source, <strong>a common artifact in synthetic images.<\/strong>\"<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This is not the first hoax spread by Iranian propaganda networks and their supporters in other countries. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/almohamadawi31\/status\/2028114089055056104\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On March 1, an Iraqi Twitter account shared this video<\/a> claiming: <em>\"<strong>The Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which the United States and its allies used to boast about<\/strong>... Four ballistic missiles would have been enough for it!\"<\/em> The video shows an aircraft carrier engulfed in flames:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"ar\" dir=\"rtl\">\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0647\u062f\u0627\u0641 \u062d\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0637\u0627\u0626\u0631\u0627\u062a \u0627\u0628\u0631\u0627\u0647\u0627\u0645 \u0644\u064a\u0646\u0643\u0644\u0646 \u0627\u0644\u0630\u064a \u0643\u0627\u0646\u062a \u062a\u062a\u0628\u0627\u0647\u0649 \u0628\u0647\u0627 \u0627\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0643\u0627 \u0648\u0639\u0645\u0644\u0627\u0621\u0647\u0627..<\/p>\n<p>4\u0635\u0648\u0627\u0631\u064a\u062e \u0628\u0627\u0644\u064a\u0633\u062a\u064a\u0629 \u0643\u0627\u0646\u062a \u062a\u0643\u0641\u064a\u0647\u0627! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WP9lfVs11r\">pic.twitter.com\/WP9lfVs11r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0635\u0627\u062f\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f\u0627\u0648\u064a (@almohamadawi31) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/almohamadawi31\/status\/2028114089055056104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2028124242273767557\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The US Central Command (CENTCOM) denied this hoax that same day<\/a>, responding to information from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claiming that they had hit that aircraft carrier in a missile attack. <a href=\"https:\/\/leadstories.com\/hoax-alert\/2026\/03\/fact-check-video-does-not-show-us-aircraft-carrier-lincoln-burning.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leadstories.com noted that the fake video had already been posted on a Facebook page on June 23, 2025.<\/a> Despite this, the fake video garnered 4.7 million views, and many people believed it without question.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are. real videos of air and naval attacks in this war<\/strong>, and perhaps what pro-Iranian propagandists are trying to do is cover them up by resorting to fake material. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2028289199678341599\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On March 2, CENTCOM released this video of an attack on an air base<\/a> in which we see <strong>the destruction of two old Iranian Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. forces are taking bold action to eliminate imminent threats posed by the Iranian regime. Strikes continue. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z1x07D7APl\">pic.twitter.com\/z1x07D7APl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2028289199678341599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2029543711407837528\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On March 5, CENTCOM released this other video<\/a> of the attacks on Iranian air bases in which we see <strong>the destruction of a Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft<\/strong> (which was inside a hangar) <strong>and an old Northrop F-5E Tiger II fighter jet<\/strong> (one of the remnants of the Iranian Air Force from the Shah's time) located next to three Fokker F27 Friendship transport aircraft:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Iranian regime&#39;s ability to impact U.S. forces and regional partners is rapidly declining, while American combat power continues to build. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/21TXHbWwFi\">pic.twitter.com\/21TXHbWwFi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2029543711407837528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Finally, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2029725370371424476\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">yesterday CENTCOM released this video showing two heavy impacts on the Iranian Navy's IRIS Shahid Bagheri<\/a>, a 240-meter-long aircraft carrier that was commissioned a year ago. It was built on the site of a former container ship, the Perarin. <strong>The impacts hit the ship's island and flight deck.<\/strong> CENTCOM has not confirmed the sinking of this vessel.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"665\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. forces aren&#39;t holding back on the mission to sink the entire Iranian Navy. Today, an Iranian drone carrier, roughly the size of a WWII aircraft carrier, was struck and is now on fire. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WyA4fniZck\">pic.twitter.com\/WyA4fniZck<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CENTCOM\/status\/2029725370371424476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to data compiled in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_current_ships_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Navy\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this entry<\/a> of the English Wikipedia, <strong>the US has so far managed to destroy eight ships of the Iranian Navy<\/strong>, including the most modern of its four submarines, the IRIS Fateh. Interestingly, the IRIS Shahid Bagheri does not appear on that list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The propaganda networks of Iran&#8217;s Islamist dictatorship and its allies, especially Russia, are working overtime these days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,11546],"tags":[17198,822,17261,26403,95,3542,8233,11562,9655,10431],"class_list":["post-63827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-military-aviation","tag-hoaxes","tag-iran","tag-iranian-air-force","tag-iranian-navy","tag-israel","tag-mcdonnell-douglas-f-4-phantom-ii","tag-northrop-f-5e-tiger-ii","tag-sukhoi-su-22","tag-sukhoi-su-24","tag-united-states"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-15 04:48:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}