Originally Posted by
FODPlod
In fairness, how much air-to-air combat did those operations involve?
In Libya that would be zero. Just like Saddam Hussein in 2003
Gaddafi didn't challenge Coalition aircraft with fighters. Pretty pointless situation for the Libyan Air Force with the amount of assets enforcing the No-Fly Zone. It would have been a Turkey shoot. In Syria although their fighter force was active they never sought to directly challenge Coalition aircraft. It would have been a pointless task for the Syrians as they would only have depleted their inventory of types that they needed for bombing missions.