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| US deploys F-22 fighter jets to UAE: officials |
| 2012-05-01 |
| The United States has deployed sophisticated F-22 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates amid deepening tensions between Iran and its pro-US neighbors, officials said Monday. The US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, would not say how many F-22s would be sent to the Al-Dhafra air base in the United Arab Emirates. Military officers tend to avoid publicly discussing details of operations at the US air base. An Air Force spokeswoman confirmed that a number of F-22 Raptors, the most advanced fighter in the US fleet, would be deployed to the region without mentioning the base or Iran. "The United States Air Force has deployed F-22s to Southwest Asia. Such deployments strengthen military-to-military relationships, promote sovereign and regional security, improve combined tactical air operations, and enhance interoperability of forces, equipment and procedures," said Major Mary Danner-Jones. Pentagon spokesman Captain John Kirby told reporters the move "was a very normal deployment" in keeping with an adjustment of US forces in the region following the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Iran Foreign Ministry] SPOKEMAN WARNS UAE TO AVOID ANGERING THE IRANIAN NATION. Personally, iff I were Prez. Moud or El Supremo the Ayatollah Khameini, I would be more worried about iff Iran BFF Pakistan chose to keep Pak supply land routes into Afghanistan not only closed off to the US-NATO, but now also to cut off Pak AirSpace to US-NATO Air Cargo deliveries into Afghanistan. ITS A US POTUS [Re-]ELECTION YEAR, THE US ECONOMY IS IN BAD SHAPE + IFFY, THE NDN IS TOO $$$ COSTLY, + THE PRO-DIPLOMACY BAMMER IS STILL POINTS AHEAD OF WAR-MONGER ROMNEY BUT THAT CAN EASILY CHANGE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-05-01 23:34 |
| #1 I've always said that any Radical Islamist-led destabilization or destruction of Sunni Saudi Arabia + Royals could be more dangerous for the US-NATO/EU, World than fighting the Hard Boyz in AFPAK, as both Nuclear-armed Muslim States, Wannabes, + MilTerrs vie for control of the Islamic Holy Places. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-05-01 20:17 |