PPRuNe Forums

PPRuNe Forums (https://www.pprune.org/)
-   Military Aviation (https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation-57/)
-   -   U.S. Air Strikes Underway in Syria (https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/548058-u-s-air-strikes-underway-syria.html)

Robert Cooper 23rd Sep 2014 01:57

U.S. Air Strikes Underway in Syria
 
No doubt there's a lot of our guys on the ground calling in those airstrikes. Let's pray for their safety as well as that of all of the pilots.

Bob C

Robert Cooper 23rd Sep 2014 02:03

ABC news here reporting a mix of F-16s, F-18s, B-1s and Tomahawk missiles involved in the attack.

Bob C

rh200 23rd Sep 2014 02:51

If I was Assad I would Invite Russia in to help protect their sovereignty.

Load Toad 23rd Sep 2014 02:55

I think he might be too bothered about Chechnya to get involved.

tartare 23rd Sep 2014 03:04

Good luck and good hunting to those in the air - watch your six.
And to those designating targets on the ground as well.
CNN also reporting F-22's taking part - first time in a shooting war.

Boudreaux Bob 23rd Sep 2014 03:22

Where are the B-52's and their 80,000 pound Bomb Loads....now that is when we can claim to be serious about all this!

RAFEngO74to09 23rd Sep 2014 03:24

Coalition support provided by Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Bahrain, UAE and Qatar. Tomahawks fired from USS Arleigh Burke in Red Sea. F/A-18s from USS George H W Bush in the Persian Gulf. Decision to launch strikes taken by Commander US Central Command under authorization granted him by the Commander in Chief [according to Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby].

dat581 23rd Sep 2014 05:32

Bob

The B-1B has a payload of 125 000lbs so I'd say they are serious!

Typhoon93 23rd Sep 2014 08:49

Don't forget the Apache's of the US Army. US Special Forces were guiding them in to the targets in Iraq last week. Hellfire missiles, Hydra rockets and 30mm explosive cannon fire!

AtomKraft 23rd Sep 2014 09:18

Just hope the people who get killed are actually the enemy.....

I'd expect shed loads of innocents to get the chop, thus driving the population into the hands of the enemy.

That's what usually happens.:rolleyes:

Davef68 23rd Sep 2014 10:08

So this is them bombing the other side in Syria to the one they wanted to bomb a couple of years ago?

Typhoon93 23rd Sep 2014 10:23

It's about time the RAF Tornado's stationed in Cyprus got rid of the reconnaissance pods and had Paveway's and Brimstone's fitted instead.

bcgallacher 23rd Sep 2014 11:00

Reports say that 50 insurgents were killed - that seems a poor return for the effort involved. Destroying hard targets is fine but there are supposedly 30,000 of these savages so I would have thought that priority should be given to the extermination them in large quantities.

ORAC 23rd Sep 2014 11:04

Itchy fingers around the area.....

Israel releases statement saying it has shot down Syrian jet

Israel has announced that it shot down a Syrian aircraft that flew into Israeli-controlled airspace.

“Moments ago a Syrian aircraft infiltrated Israeli airspace. The IDF (Israel Defence Forces) intercepted the aircraft in mid-flight, using the Patriot air defence system. The circumstances of the incident are being reviewed,” a military statement said.

Military sources told Reuters the plane had apparently crossed by accident into Israeli-controlled airspace over the Golan Heights – where fighting from Syria’s civil war has spilled over occasionally – and was not on a mission to attack Israeli targets.

Israel last month said it had shot down a Syrian drone over the Golan Heights. It last downed a manned Syrian jet in 1985 when Israel fighters over Lebanon destroyed two Syrian MiG-23s.

Bannock 23rd Sep 2014 11:13

The runners and riders.

Airstrikes on ISIS in Syria: Who's in, who's not - CNN.com

The UK gets a special mention for being a no show.

Typhoon93 23rd Sep 2014 11:21

There is allegedly more than 30,000. I read somewhere that there was closer to 80,000-100,000 ISIL members. Basically an army.

Armies need armies to kill them. When Barack Obama wakes up I think David Cameron will follow suit. You can't expect DC to send British troops in without support.

bobward 23rd Sep 2014 11:34

Now there's a thing....
 
According to the Daily Telegraph, the RAF's Rivet Joint is in the area and can be armed to assist........(*)

Has a journo from the Mail switched to the DT I ask??

Good luck and safe skies to all involved in this affair.


(* Maybe they're dropping empty beer bottles, as the Bomber Command crews did in WW2?:eek:)

AnglianAV8R 23rd Sep 2014 11:46

One report on Fox news this morning said that TLAMs were launched from a Royal Navy submarine. Just goes to show that you can't rely on the media.

Wyler 23rd Sep 2014 12:33

When Millibands in charge things will be different............:eek:

Wander00 23rd Sep 2014 12:43

Milliband - brewery - alcoholic party - forget it.................


His brother, on the other hand............glad they did not elect him, might have been able to find his arse with his eyes shut


All times are GMT. The time now is 16:05.


Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.