> Yet we've wiped out quite a bit of their military infrastructure and have complete control over the skies.

How can you believe that the US has "complete control over the skies" given today's events?

Oh yeah, its going great, so much achieved for only 30B and untold human lives, the winning!

We must be using different definitions for ‘complete’. I think Iran is using loitering anti-air missiles with IR seeking which seems to be effective. Maybe this sudden spike is reflective of receiving new equipment from China.

> have complete control over the skies.

If we had complete control over the skies, we wouldn't be losing aircraft, would we?

Not sure why you're getting downvoted. It is completely expected to lose aircraft in an operation of this scale, against an opponent with this level of sophistication. People put way too much stock in all of these modern stealth systems and whatnot. Stealth, for example, is a buzzword. It will give a slight edge, but it's not going to make your aircraft completely invisible and unshootable.