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Old 8th Dec 2011, 22:10
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After watching that a couple times, some observations.

Looks like it's been painted in primer. The color and gloss of the paint just doesn't look like something of US origin.

Looks like the wings have fallen off and been stuck back on - looking at the lumps/lines just outboard of the overwing pod structures.

Appears to be a dent/hole in the leading edge of the left wing.

Interesting that the underside is shrouded in banners.

My guess - it crashed and broke up. The Iranians stuck it all back together and had to prop it up on something to make it appear to be in one piece as the undercarriage was damaged beyond use. The banners conceal this structure. They then repainted it to conceal scorch marks/scratches/scrapes etc.

Last edited by TheWestCoast; 8th Dec 2011 at 22:21. Reason: Changing right wing to left wing.
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