LUCAS (SpektreWorks FLM-136) made its combat debut on 28 February 2026, flown by Task Force Scorpion Strike as part of Operation Epic Fury, a joint US-Israel campaign against Iran. Roll forward a few months and unverified reports out of Iran in July 2026 claimed a LUCAS airframe had been pulled from the Strait of Hormuz. Neither Washington nor Tehran have confirmed the event after the initial claims. True or not, the claim lands on a sore point.
From the India-Pakistan border to the Taiwan Strait, from the Donbas front to the Sahel, the same weapon class often
