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2015-10-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

USAF 'Guardian Angels' search-and-rescue crew deploys to Turkey

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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2015-10-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 300 airmen. Diyarbakir Air Base. Hmmm. And just how many US or coalition pilots would they have rescued had they been located there a year ago? Sorry, but this appears to be a very narrow and thus bull.... assignment. As for the US activity from Incirlik, can anyone point to daily, or weekly reporting?

Posted by Beldar Sloque3832 2015-10-02 09:50|| 2015-10-02 09:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Sorry, but this appears to be a very narrow and thus bull.... assignment

Probably. It's also an indicator that there's a high probability that Islamic State has or will have AAW capability, and that there's an increased chance of coalition aircraft being engaged by Syrian or Russian air defense systems.

The adverse results of coalition, and especially US, aircrews being downed and captured either by IS or Syrians/Russians would reflect badly upon the White House. Not that they really give a rat's ass about the crews; it's the political optics that matter.

Posted by Pappy 2015-10-02 11:08|| 2015-10-02 11:08|| Front Page Top

#3 So long as they will not be used to rescue Turk pilots shot down while bombing Kurds.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-10-02 12:26|| 2015-10-02 12:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Pappy, you summed it up nicely.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-10-02 15:18|| 2015-10-02 15:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Seems to me like they have been deployed on the off chance that the US and Russian fighters have an impromptu game of missile tag.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-10-02 16:25|| 2015-10-02 16:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Way off-chance.

Posted by Pappy 2015-10-02 21:00|| 2015-10-02 21:00|| Front Page Top

#7 This US deployment was in the works long before the Russians moved into Demascus. Perhaps it is the case that the Pentagon worries about IS possession of sophisticated ground-to-air missiles. However, I would think the deployment to the base north of Irbil would make more sense than Diyarbakir. Tangentially, reports from Kurdistan indicate the CIA is far more interested than the Pentagon in playing the Kurd card.

Posted by Beldar Sloque3832 2015-10-02 22:08|| 2015-10-02 22:08|| Front Page Top

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