Noticed from pictures, unusally the Tonkas were carrying air to air missiles themselves, think thats a first since the det to Cyprus beganBlackcat1 wrote:Did they need support? They launched Storm Shadow trom 300miles away , probably in the Akrotiri overhead ;-)
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Syrian/Iraq air war and conflict
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It must be embarrassing for whoever the Russian Ministry of Defence sends out to do those briefings. They claim that the Syrians shot down 71 cruise missiles. They did the same with the 2017 cruise missile attack on Shayrat. They claimed that only 23 of 59 struck their target. You can see it from their perspective but they do go over the score!kevb wrote:Interesting Russian "version" of last night's events on the Russian MOD website?
According to the US the Syrians were completely taken by surprise last night and only launched SAMs after the missiles had hit their targets.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-04- ... airstrikesMcKenzie: "Syria fired 40 surface to air missiles into the air after strike on ballistic (unguided trajectory) to no effect....after the 105 US and allied missiles had already landed."
The US claimed that 57 out of 59 cruise missiles struck their intended targets on the Shayrat airbase during 2017. The Russian claimed that only 23 hit.
The reality was the satellite imagery and analysis at following link.
http://archive.is/zuxre
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There appears to be a lot of confusion with the reporting of this, not a lot adds up? How can so many assets operate near Syria without anyone having a clue a strike was in operation as reported by the US? I'd assume the F-15 top cover would of been painting the whole area, looking any interceptors from height so would have been visible on radars? Just a thought? There has even been a log made by a web site of assets taken from Flight radar?
https://theaviationist.com/2018/04/14/e ... -on-syria/
https://theaviationist.com/2018/04/14/e ... -on-syria/
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I noticed that from the Forces TV media report, the first aircraft taking off was a Typhoon?!Surrey Sam wrote:News channels are now reporting that x4 RAF Typhoons provided air support, for the x4 Tornados involved in the strike early this morning.
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https://airforcesmonthly.keypublishing. ... ck-at-war/panta615 wrote:I noticed that from the Forces TV media report, the first aircraft taking off was a Typhoon?!Surrey Sam wrote:News channels are now reporting that x4 RAF Typhoons provided air support, for the x4 Tornados involved in the strike early this morning.
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See also http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=137721 - particularly the big post by "hammarö" at the end.
Cheers, Bob
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Russian Navy Su-30 crashed off the coast of Latakia this morning, crew were killed.
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Another Russian loss today, Russian Air Force Ka-52 'Alligator' crashed, killing both crew members.
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Il-20 'Coot' shot down today/last night - Russia blaming Israeli jets causing their aircraft to fly closer to Syrian Air Defences. All crew lost RIP.
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Dutch F-16s returned to Holland this morning.
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Hawkwind26 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:04 pmF35s used in the mission. I appreciate it is against ISIS rather than the Thread Title.
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