Navy jets crash midair as crews punch out successfully at Idaho military base air show

Two U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler jets collided midair during the second day of the Gunfighter Skies Air Show at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho on Sunday. All four crew members successfully ejected. The U.S. Navy confirmed it to Fox News Digital.

Cmdr. Amelia Umayam, a spokesperson for Naval Air Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet, said the two aircraft were assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 129 out of Whidbey Island, Washington.

The midair crash happened at about 12:10 p.m. MDT while the aircraft were performing an aerial demonstration during the air show, Umayam said.

Umayam said all four air crew members successfully ejected and were being evaluated by medical personnel while first responders remained at the scene. It's a miracle.

Two U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers collide midair during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show near Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho on Sunday. All four crew members safely ejected, according to the Navy. (CREDIT: Steven S Ogden via Storyful)

Dramatic video posted to social media appears to show two jets colliding midair before four parachutes deploy. The aircraft then fall to the ground before exploding, sending thick black smoke billowing into the air.

In a statement posted to Facebook earlier in the day, Mountain Home Gunfighters said "an aircraft incident has occurred at Mountain Home Air Force Base during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show two miles northwest of the base."

"Emergency responders are on the scene, an investigation is underway and more details will be released as they become available," the statement added.

A plume of smoke rises near Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho after two Navy EA-18G Growlers reportedly crashed during the Gunfighter Skies Air Show on Sunday. (Benjamin Katz)David Katz, who attended the air show with his family, told Fox News Digital he witnessed what appeared to be the two aircraft colliding before one started to catch fire.

"We saw the smoke and fireball," Katz said. "Apparently they collided there. One of the planes was impacted and started burning in the air."

Katz said he was in a vehicle with his two sons when they saw four parachutes deploy from the aircraft. Two from each plane.

Two jets crashed midair during the airshow in Idaho. (Benjamin Katz)He added that bystanders were trying to determine whether the pilots made it out safely as emergency crews rushed toward the crash site.

"Fire crews are flying by us right now," Katz told Fox News Digital.

KTVB reported that witnesses described seeing two jets crash during the show and shared videos showing a large plume of black smoke rising near the base. The station also reported that law enforcement and emergency crews responded to the scene while officials worked to gather more information.

The EA-18G Growler is an electronic warfare aircraft in the F/A-18 Super Hornet family designed to conduct airborne electronic attack missions for the Navy.

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Hamassholes end in clusterfrack without leader elected

Those lovable scamps at Hamas couldn’t even pull off a basic leadership election, the terror group announced on Saturday night, while promising another round of this clown show would be coming soon. Maybe they're not ready to meet their goats.

The current farce will likely come down to either Hamas bigwig abroad Khaled Mashal or senior Hamas politician Khalil al-Hayya as the next genius in charge of the outfit.

This spectacular failure comes as the bloodthirsty death cult tries to slap some semblance of order back together after Israel turned much of its senior leadership into fine pink mist during the latest war. Since Yahya Sinwar got himself dramatically un-alived in October 2024, the organization’s political wing has been running around like a headless chicken with no permanent boss.

He died with a stick in his hand

Hamas media advisor Taher al-Nunu told Al Jazeera that Israeli assassinations had forced the group to restructure, and relevant vacancies would be filled according to the "consultative mechanism and silent elections.”

"The nature of elections within Hamas is not based on individual candidacy, but rather all members of the council concerned are considered candidates, while the final decision rests with the will of the voters," he said, adding that multiple leadership positions have already been decided and will soon be announced by the relevant persons.

Hayya, who’s been safely camped out in Qatar, was the guy responsible for “negotiating” the ceasefire and hostage releases after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, murder spree that kicked off the two-year war. He also reportedly had a close relationship with Sinwar. Having lost multiple sons in the recent unpleasantness, Arab supporters are apparently swooning over him as their favorite.

Nothing says “legitimate resistance movement” like a bunch of Qatar-funded terrorists playing musical chairs while the body count piles up. Classic Hamas.

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Celebrates As Trump Declares Victory Over The Climate Apocalypse That Was Totally Going To Kill Us All, Probably

Lee Zelding and President Trump

WASHINGTON—In a stunning development that has coastal elites reaching for their reusable straws and therapy dogs, President Donald Trump took a victory lap Saturday after scientists quietly admitted that one of their favorite doomsday global warming scenarios was about as accurate as a Hillary Clinton email server.

"Good riddance! After 15 years of Dumocrats promising that 'Climate Change' is going to destroy the Planet, the United Nations TOP Climate Committee just admitted that its own projections (RCP8.5) were WRONG! WRONG! WRONG!" Trump wrote on Truth Social. 

The president accused Democrats of using climate fears the way a used car salesman uses "low mileage" to scare people into buying something expensive and unreliable.

"For far too long Climate Activism has been used by Dumocrats to scare Americans, push horrible Energy Polices, and fund BILLIONS into their bogus research programs," he continued. "Unlike the Dumocrats, who use Climate Alarmism nonsense to push their GREEN NEW SCAM, my Administration will always be based on TRUTH, SCIENCE, and FACT!"

Trump’s comments came after climate scientists finally started phasing out the IPCC’s most extreme emissions fairy tale, the one that predicted cities underwater, crops failing like a vegan barbecue, and basically a real-life dinosaur extinction event but with more Priuses. The scenario, known as RCP8.5 (or SSP5-8.5 for those who like their acronyms extra spicy), assumed humanity would keep burning coal like it was going out of style while ignoring every trend toward cheaper renewables and actual emissions data.

Researchers, writing in a journal that sounds like it was named by a thesaurus, basically said: "Yeah, this high-end nightmare fuel is now implausible."

"For the 21st century, this range will be smaller than assessed before: on the high-end of the range, the high emission levels (quantified by SSP5-8.5) have become implausible, based on trends in the costs of renewables, the emergence of climate policy and recent emission trends."This comes after Trump called climate change "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world" at the U.N. last September.

"It's the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world, in my opinion," Trump said at the time. "All of these predictions made by the United Nations and many others, often for bad reasons, were wrong."

"They were made by stupid people that have cost their country's fortunes and given those same countries no chance for success," he continued.

Naturally, this triggered the usual suspects. 

Former Secretary of State and failed presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, emerged from whatever wine cellar she was haunting to denounce the remarks as "total disinformation."

"You know yesterday at the U.N., President Trump said, ‘Climate change is a hoax,’ because it’s just total disinformation," Killery said during the Clinton Global Initiative in New York. "It’s a statement that is just not true, and yet being propagated."

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, however, backed the president. 

"The president is absolutely right and we've seen it in the name of climate change, these left wing policies willing to cause extreme economic pain for people who can at least afford it," Zeldin said.

Sources close to the climate cult confirmed they are now working on a brand new, even scarier model that will definitely be right this time, guys. Just trust the science. 

And remember to recycle your guilt.

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IAF Strike Gets Hamasshole Honcho responsible for Oct 7th Massacre, his 72 Goats

Jihad sympathizers mourn over the body of Izz al-Din al-Haddad
(AP photo: Jehad Ashrafi)

An Israeli airstrike in Gaza blew away Hamasshole military wing leader Izz al-Din al-Haddad,  described by Israel as one of the last surviving terrorist bastards of the October 7, 2023 massacre that killed over 1,200 Israelis who were guilty of being Israelis, and thus, likely Jewish. They also kidnapped over 250 people, many of whom they killed in captivity, all of whom they tortured, most of whom they sexually assaulted.

The Israeli military said the scumcrumpet was killed Friday in a strike in Gaza. Hamas later confirmed his death and the 72 goats confirmed the death as they all readied for his entry into what Hamas mistakenly believes to be heaven.

Israeli officials said al-Haddad had recently taken over leadership of Hamas’ military wing following the death of Mohammed Sinwar, who died like a dog in a chair with a stick.

The military also accused al-Haddad of surrounding himself with Israeli hostages, many of whom were innocent children and women during the war to deter attacks against him, because Jews have morals.

Al-Haddad’s family confirmed to The Associated Press that he was killed alongside six other people, including his wife and daughter. It is not known if she was his only wife or one of several. 

Israel Defense Forces chief Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir called the killing a “significant operational achievement” and said Israel would continue pursuing those responsible for the Oct. 7 massacre.

FAFO Hamassholes.

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Normal New Yorks demand NY Times retract their "dog rape" propaganda garbage and fire Nicholas Kristof

An Egyptian national has been handed a life sentence for firebombing a pro-Israel demonstration in Boulder, Colorado. In that attack last June, a Holocaust survivor was tragically killed. Karol Markowicz, a Fox News columnist, has drawn attention to the surge of anti-Semitism now visible across the United States, especially in the blue states, where violent attacks have multiplied. Her observations come in the wake of fresh clashes between an anti-Israel mob and the NYPD outside a New York City synagogue.

In New York, protesters gathered on Thursday outside the headquarters of former newspaper and current rag, The New York Times. 

Their outrage was directed at a ludicrous opinion piece by the anti-Semitic lunatic columnist Nicholas Kristof. 

The piece contained lurid allegations of serial sexual abuse by Israelis against Palestinian detainees. The article presented the testimony of men and women who alleged "brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators." Among the bogus bizarre claims were that Palestinians "had their genitals yanked or were beaten on the testicles," that "some men had to have their testicles amputated by doctors," and that metal batons were used to rape men. No victims came forth, no evidence exists.

Kristof further reported that a Gaza journalist claimed he was "mounted" by a dog, before adding that "Other Palestinian prisoners and human rights monitors have also cited reports of police dogs being coached to rape prisoners." Again, no evidence was provided and the idea that Israelis would put themselves in such a tenuous public position is not merely disgusting and crazy, it's illogical.

The article met with immediate and fierce backlash from readers and from the Israeli government, which has threatened legal action against The Times. Commentators have rightly questioned the piece, noting that several of those interviewed by Kristof maintained ties to Hamas or to anti-Israel activism.

The controversy soon spilled onto the streets. Only two days after publication, protesters assembled outside The New York Times building, demanding a retraction and, in some cases, the dismissal of Kristof himself. Many in the gathering were understandably livid.

Protesters stood inside NYPD barricades holding signs that read "Shame on The New York Times for publishing anti-Zionist libels" and "The New York Times: All the blood libel that's fit to print." They chanted for a retraction. Many carried Israeli and American flags, some of them combined in a single banner.

"All the sh*t that fits, they print."

The protest had come together with remarkable speed. Ramon Maislen told Fox News Digital that the effort was organized over WhatsApp in less than forty-eight hours. "The group came together and in 48 hours we are making this happen," he said. "I think it's really important because we've got to get the word out that when you create libel against people, it ends up having violence against them, and we're trying to avoid that."

The demonstrators were angered not only by the content but by the timing. They saw the piece as a deliberate attempt to overshadow reports on the sexual violence suffered by victims of the October 7 massacre. 

One organizer, Jayne Zirkle, Director of Communications and Outreach for The Lawfare Project, made the point plainly. "They published a slanderous article against Israel, and they did this just a day before the October 7th rape report came out," she said. "They want to take away from the horrible sexual abuse that the October 7th victims endured, and we are demanding retraction. We're demanding better journalism."

Adam Louis-Klein, founder of the Movement Against Anti-Zionism, went further. He argued that the article portrayed Israelis as uniquely barbaric and placed Jews everywhere in danger. "It's a racist, defamatory libel. It's meant to make all Israelis look evil and bestial," he said.

Zach Sage Fox, a pro-Israel influencer who addressed the crowd, accused Kristof of relying on "Hamas sources and propaganda to the point of insanity." "They actually have to make up blood libels from the medieval times to paint a picture of the Jews," Fox told Fox News Digital. He warned that even a retraction would come too late, given how widely the claims had already spread. Fox also recalled The Times' own shameful record during the Holocaust. In 2001, on the paper's 150th anniversary, its former Executive Editor Max Frankel described its coverage of the genocide as "the century's bitterest journalistic failure." "History repeats itself, and now, it's reposting itself," Fox observed. He called for Kristof to be fired at once, along with anyone else involved in approving the piece.

The Times declined to comment to Fox News Digital. It has instead issued statements defending the article. Spokesperson Charlie Stadtlander insisted that Kristof's work was "backed by independent studies" and rejected any suggestion of retraction. A later statement claimed that the columnist had relied on "on-the-record accounts" and cited "several analyses documenting the practice of sexual violence and abuse conducted by various parts of Israel's security forces and settlers."

Kristof himself has acknowledged in the piece that there "is no evidence that Israeli leaders order rapes." He has continued to defend his reporting online, including the section concerning dogs. Yet a canine behaviour expert, Michael S. Gould, told National Review that the notion of training dogs to rape prisoners was "absurd." "I’ve trained dogs to do a lot of things in my life. But no, that’s absurd," he said. "It’s absurd for many reasons: the sexual instincts of dogs, their anatomy, the actual physical concept of it."

This episode is a symptom of something deeper: the return of the blood libel in respectable Western guise, dressed up as opinion and granted the platform of a once-great newspaper. The protesters outside The Times understood what was at stake. When institutions of influence traffic in such falsehoods, they do not merely damage Israel. They license violence against Jews everywhere.

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Second in Command ISIS Scumcrumpet Got His Goats

President Donald Trump announces the top ISIS terrorist member responsible for killing 13 American troops during the Afghanistan withdrawal is in U.S. custody? Wait, no. Scratch that. The latest update is even better: the savage is dead and has gone to meet his farm animals.

The President announced late Friday that U.S. and Nigerian forces carried out an operation that killed a global ISIS leader and first class scumcrumpet. He identified the terrorist as Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, whom he described as ISIS’s second-in-command globally.

"Tonight, at my direction, brave American forces and the Armed Forces of Nigeria flawlessly executed a meticulously planned and very complex mission to eliminate the most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

"Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, second in command of ISIS globally, thought he could hide in Africa, but little did he know we had sources who kept us informed on what he was doing," Trump continued. "He will no longer terrorize the people of Africa, or help plan operations to target Americans."

Trump also thanked the Nigerian government for its cooperation in the mission."With his removal, ISIS’s global operation is greatly diminished," he added.

In a Saturday morning X post, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth confirmed U.S. forces, in coordination with the Armed Forces of Nigeria, killed al-Minuki and other ISIS leaders and provided more details about al-Minuki's role within ISIS.

"Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was the senior ISIS General Directorate of Provinces Emir — the number two for ISIS globally — responsible for overseeing the planning of attacks, directing hostage-taking and managing financial operations," Hegseth wrote. "The removal of him and other ISIS personnel makes Americans safer by further degrading ISIS’s ability to plan and carry out attacks that threaten the U.S. homeland, American citizens, and innocent civilians."

"Operations like last night’s demonstrate the exceptional lethality, patience and skill of U.S. forces, amplified alongside willing and capable partners, to address shared threats," Hegseth wrote. "This should serve as a reminder that we will hunt down those who wish to harm Americans or innocent Christians, wherever they are."

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth leaves a state banquet hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on May 14, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Hegseth said U.S. Africa Command carried out the "precise operation to remove this terrorist" at Trump's direction and in conjunction with Nigeria's president.

The secretary reiterated how Trump in November "declared to the world that we will help protect Christians in Nigeria and instructed the Department of War to prepare for action.""So, for months, we hunted this top ISIS leader in Nigeria who was killing Christians, and we killed him — and his entire posse," Hegseth wrote.

The announcement comes after U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said it carried out multiple strikes against more than 30 ISIS targets in Syria in February as part of a joint military effort to "sustain relentless military pressure on remnants from the terrorist network."

CENTCOM said U.S. forces struck ISIS infrastructure and weapons-storage targets using fixed-wing, rotary-wing and unmanned aircraft.

The U.S. military carried out ten strikes against more than 30 ISIS targets in Syria following a December ambush that killed U.S. troops. (CENTCOM)

Trump told reporters on Jan. 27 that he had a "great conversation" with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.

"All of the things having to do with Syria in that area are working out very, very well," he said at the time. "So, we are very happy about it."

CENTCOM announced in February that more than 50 ISIS terrorists had been killed or captured and more than 100 ISIS infrastructure targets struck during two months of targeted operations in Syria.

The U.S. launched Operation Hawkeye Strike in response to an ISIS ambush that killed two U.S. service members and an American interpreter Dec. 13, 2025, in Palmyra, Syria.

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Iraqi accused of coordinating 20 terror attacks in Europe, faces trial in New York

Mohammad al-Saadi allegedly coordinated jihadi attacks against Jewish targets for pro-Iranian group Ashab al-Yamin since March.

An Iraqi terrorist dirtbag accused of orchestrating nearly 20 attacks across Europe and plotting more on Jewish institutions here in the United States has finally been hauled into New York to face federal terrorism charges. This came after what the FBI called a major international operation to drag his sorry carcass in.

Since early March, Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi and his merry band of jihadist associates allegedly planned and coordinated 18 attacks in the name of Ashab al-Yamin. That is a pro-Iranian Islamist outfit that loves taking credit for hitting Jewish schools, synagogues, and charities across Europe, along with American, Israeli, and Iranian opposition targets.

"The FBI’s successful FTOC (foreign transfer of custody) of Mohammad Al-Saadi, another high-value target responsible for mass global terrorism, is just the latest success in this administration’s historic work to bring terrorists to justice," FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement. "This was a righteous mission executed brilliantly by our agents, investigators, CIRG tactical units, and interagency partners who delivered yet again."

"We are greatly appreciative of the work of our allies around the world — especially Ambassador Tom Barrack, who led this joint sequenced operation and has been instrumental in bringing this successful mission home to the United States," he added.

On March 9, Al-Saadi allegedly posted a message on his Telegram account with the logo of Ashab al-Yamin, calling on warriors of Islam to engage in jihad, the FBI said.

Al-Saadi has posted Ashab al-Yamin-branded propaganda videos claiming responsibility for the attacks, including video recordings from attacks against Jewish places or persons in Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, according to federal prosecutors.

The feds moved once they learned this clown was planning to bring Ashab al-Yamin’s brand of fun to the United States. He allegedly directed others to coordinate terrorist attacks here against synagogues and other Jewish institutions across the country.

Al-Saadi has also allegedly publicly threatened President Donald Trump and his family, authorities said.

He was expected to appear in a New York federal courtroom on Friday on six terrorism charges, including conspiring to provide material support to terrorist groups.

FBI Director Kash Patel called the arrest a "righteous mission" and said the operation marked another major victory in the administration’s effort to bring global terrorists to justice.

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi was arrested and will face terrorism charges in the United States. Al-Saadi allegedly planned attacks across Europe aimed at U.S. and Israeli interests.

Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi was taken to New York where he will face terrorism charges.

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James Talarico just got "Trumped" bigly

President Trump just delivered a masterclass in political savagery, torching Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico and his parade of bizarre beliefs on gender, Christianity, and, of all things, meat.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Friday, Trump was asked if he planned to endorse in the upcoming Texas Republican Senate primary runoff on May 26. While he held off on picking sides for now, the president made one thing crystal clear: whoever emerges from the GOP side is going to steamroll this guy.

“I do believe either one of them will easily win this race,” Trump said.

Then came the hammer.

“I think the Democrats have a weird, a weird candidate,” Trump continued. “Six genders, a real hit on Jesus. I mean, this guy is bad news with his mask from relatively recently, and he's a vegan. He's a vegan. All of a sudden he's not a vegan. He was a vegan. Now all of a sudden he's not. Texas doesn't like vegans.”

Trump wasn’t done. He called Talarico “a pathetic candidate, especially for Texas.”And you have to admit, it’s hard to argue with that assessment.

Talarico has been catching absolute hell ever since he clinched the Democratic nomination. Between his greatest hits on gender ideology and his weirdly hostile posture toward Christianity, voters are left wondering if this guy belongs on the campaign trail or in a padded room.

Back in a 2021 Texas House hearing on transgender athletes in sports, Talarico dropped this gem: “modern science obviously recognizes that there are many more than two biological sexes” and that “in fact, there are six.” He even trotted out differing X and Y chromosome patterns as proof of his so-called “six really common biological sexes.”

Classic. In the world of the modern left, basic biology is apparently up for debate, but don’t you dare question their feelings. Texas voters aren’t buying it, and Trump just made sure the entire country knows exactly how ridiculous this candidate is.

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