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2015-03-10 Iraq

Peshmerga call for more Iraqi air support

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Posted by Fred 2015-03-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Islamic State

#1 We should have been training Kurds to pilot and maintain attack helicopters for some time, and when they were qualified, arranging for them to have the appropriate equipment and arms. I'd probably lean to Russian designs for now, though I think we should be designing something as simple and reliable as possible for such applications.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-03-10 07:58|| 2015-03-10 07:58|| Front Page Top

#2 a lot of Hueys sitting in the desert

Posted by bman 2015-03-10 11:14|| 2015-03-10 11:14|| Front Page Top

#3 We have been training their pilots and gunners. They just don't have anything to fly. Iraqi (shia) armed forces either trashed what they had via lack of maintenance, or else flew off with what was working when they ran away from ISIS back to protect the Shia areas in Baghdad and south.

You see, the Iraqi Shia, Iranians, and Turks don't want the Kurds heavily armed, they are scared shitless of them.

Posted by OldSpook 2015-03-10 16:03|| 2015-03-10 16:03|| Front Page Top

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