{"id":748169,"date":"2021-09-13T14:50:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T18:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=748169"},"modified":"2021-09-13T14:50:19","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T18:50:19","slug":"fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-pakistani-jet-shot-down-by-panjshir-resistance-fighters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-a-pakistani-jet-shot-down-by-panjshir-resistance-fighters\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show A Pakistani Jet Shot Down By Panjshir Resistance Fighters?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-image-show-a-pakistani-jet-shot-down-by-panjshir-resistance-fighters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=748169&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-08-23T095728Z_310316611_RC2XAP96GS0Z_RTRMADP_3_AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT-RESISTANCE-e1629767946423.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/narasimhan.kaushik.3\/posts\/10216248236878231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> allegedly shows a Pakistani jet shot down by anti-Taliban resistance fighters.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The picture shows a U.S. fighter jet that crashed in Arizona in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Taliban on Sept. 6 claimed it had taken control of Afghanistan\u2019s Panjshir Valley, a historic bastion of resistance against the militant group, and posted images allegedly showing its fighters occupying the provincial capital, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/06\/world\/asia\/afghanistan-panjshir-taliban-resistance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Times<\/a> reported. The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, a group of anti-Taliban resistance fighters, disputed the Taliban\u2019s claim, saying that it still occupied strategic positions in the province, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>As the news of the Taliban claiming it had captured Panjshir Valley spread online, Facebook and Twitter users started sharing an image of a jet, purportedly belonging to Pakistan, that the National Resistance Front allegedly shot down. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/narasimhan.kaushik.3\/posts\/10216248236878231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One such Facebook post<\/a> features a screen grab of a Sept. 6 tweet saying, \u201cThe Pakistani Jet Plane that was shot down by lion clubs. #Resistance_Panjshir.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, a reverse image search by Check Your Fact traced the picture of the jet back to April 2018, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2018\/04\/24\/air-force-f-16-fighter-crashes-arizona-pilot-ejects-safely.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Military.com<\/a> included it in an article about an F-16 fighter jet from Luke Air Force Base crashing in Arizona. Military.com <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2018\/04\/24\/air-force-f-16-fighter-crashes-arizona-pilot-ejects-safely.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cited<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AirForceForum\/posts\/939478499559124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now-unavailable Facebook group<\/a> \u201cAir Force amn\/nco\/snco\u201d as its source of the picture of the downed plane. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/08\/fact-check-resistance-fighters-shooting-pakistani-plane-afghanistan-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Video Show Resistance Fighters Shooting Down A Pakistani Jet In Afghanistan?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The F-16 fighter jet experienced \u201cengine concerns\u201d during a training flight that prompted the pilot to attempt to land at a nearby airport, where the plane ultimately crashed, according to a report from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/04\/25\/engine-trouble-led-to-f-16-crash-near-luke-air-force-base\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Air Force Times<\/a> that included a similar picture of the jet. The pilot ejected from the plane without suffering any major injuries, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/347a2d826816477da0c12f552dc3b6ce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Associated Press<\/a> reported at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In a broadcast report, ABC 15 Arizona <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mLo3qSmsbOA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">published pictures<\/a> of the crash site that were provided by the Lake Havasu Fire Department. The fencing and scenery surrounding the jet in the Lake Havasu Fire Department pictures appear to match those in the photo included in the Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Latest on Luke Air Force Base fighter jet crash\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mLo3qSmsbOA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/09\/08\/fact-check-resistance-fighters-shooting-pakistani-plane-afghanistan-taliban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously debunked<\/a> a video allegedly depicting resistance fighters in Panjshir Valley shooting down a Pakistani jet. That video actually showed gameplay from <a href=\"https:\/\/arma3.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ARMA 3<\/a>, a video game published by Bohemia Interactive and released in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook allegedly shows a Pakistani jet shot down by anti-Taliban resistance fighters.Verdict: False The picture shows a U.S. fighter jet that crashed in Arizona in 2018. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-748169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}