Syria war: Israel 'strikes Damascus military complex'

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Israeli jv team not getting job done in Syria..

No choice but to bring in the varsity...
 
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Darkman said:

Syria war: Israeli fighter jet crashes under Syria fire, military says BBC News 3m ago


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IAF pilot error determined as cause of fighter jet crash

Israeli Air Force investigation reveals F-16 pilot and navigator failed to follow a precise action sequence due to stress.

By Anna Ahronheim

February 25, 2018 19:32



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IAF jets . (photo credit: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE SPOKESPERSON'S OFFICE)


The downing of the F-16i jet on February 10 by a Syrian antiaircraft missile was due to an operational mistake on the part of the pilots, the IDF announced Sunday.

“Between the tension of completing the mission while facing enemy missiles, there was an operational mistake on the part of the team whose actions did not match the order of priorities required by the threat it was facing,” a senior Israel Air Force officer said, explaining that the pilots did not take the proper evasive measures.

“The moment that there is a missile threat, they had to leave their targets in the mission and react properly to the threat.”

The jet was part of two four-plane formations that were taking part in retaliatory air strikes following the infiltration of an advanced Iranian drone into Israeli airspace earlier that morning.

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IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot stands with anonymous IDF soldiers. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)


Thirteen Syrian antiaircraft missiles were fired at the jets during that operation and a total of 27 missiles were fired at Israeli planes on the retaliatory missions following the Iranian drone infiltration.

While the one jet was hit during the operation, another one had a missile locked onto it but was able to evade it.

IDF chief of the General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eisenkot visited the Ramon air force base Sunday morning, where he was a presented with the full investigation of the event which dealt with the entire sequence of the events of the day.

“More than once, the road to successfully carry out significant operational missions requires us to take risks,” he said. “My expectation of every fighter is that during a mission he will take the fate of the task onto his shoulders.”

According to a senior IAF officer, the infiltration of the drone was not meant to draw the Israeli planes into an ambush and that the warning systems in the downed aircraft functioned as required and provided timely warnings to the pilot.

The air force was not surprised that Syrian anti-aircraft missiles were fired at the planes as “it has occurred before,” the senior officer said, but the number of missiles fired towards Israeli jets that night was “a significant increase” from previous missions.

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Injured navigator returns to service flying with IAF Chief Major General Amikam Norkin / IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT


ISRAEL RARELY comments on foreign reports of military activity in Syria but IAF Air Division Brig.-Gen. Amnon Ein-Dar admitted that the IAF has carried out thousands of missions over the wartorn country in the past year alone. Israel has admitted to carrying out at least 100 air strikes on Hezbollah targets in Syria.

The intelligence that was in the possession of the mission planners and pilots was sufficient and provided the required response to the mission they were flying, the senior officer continued, adding that the decision to abandon the plane when it was struck by the Syrian SA-5 missile was the correct decision.

It was the first time that Israel lost an aircraft in a combat situation since 2006 and the first time in 30 years that an Israeli fighter jet was lost in a combat situation.

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Injured navigator returns to service / IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT


Read more: http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/IAF-Pilot-error-determined-as-cause-of-fighter-jet-crash-543589
 
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Israel told them not to install them to inhibit their airstrikes on iranian forces. They didnt listen. Lost millions of dollars and some soldiers...also makes the s300 look like crap when it is a SAM system built to shoot down jetz...and our stealth jets flown by IDF pilots just wrecked them with zero casualties.
 
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Daughter, 8, of devout Tennessee Christian turned acid-dropping feminist who joined ISIS is rescued in Syria: Relatives say they had no idea girl's mom was dead and demand to know what happened to her younger son

An 8-year-old girl who was born in America and grew up under ISIS rule has reportedly been rescued from a Syrian camp and is now waiting to hear whether she can return to the United States.

Aminah Mohamad was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee on December 8, 2011 to an American woman and an Iraqi father.

She has been living under ISIS rule since her parents joined the terrorist organization in 2014. After her parents' death, Aminah sent to a Kurdish-controlled detention camp for people with ties to the Islamic State.

Aminah was rescued from the facility on July 17, Buzzfeed reports. She is now being held at a secure location in northeast Syria and is waiting confirmation that she can return to the states.

The girl's American relatives said they hadn't been in contact with the family and was unaware of her mother's death, noting that they were also concerned about the status of her younger brother.

Aminah was born to Chattanooga-native Ariel Bradley, who grew up as an evangelical Christian.

Bradley, who grew up in poverty, was homeschooled by her mother with a curriculum based on the beliefs of the Pentecostal Church of God, according to the Herald-Sun. She had several gaps in her knowledge, such as not learning to read until she was a pre-teen and never obtaining a high school diploma or GED.

As she aged, Bradley grew embarrassed of her mother's evangelism, became an atheist and denounced religion as a 'delusion.' She ran away from the family home around age 16 and spent the next decade bouncing between relationships, homes, and religion.

Bradley later committed her time to social activism, pushing for racial equality, teachers' rights and fair housing, while also volunteering with the homeless.

Her friends claim she got tattoos, drank and smoked weed, before developing a crush on a young Muslim man she met while working at a local restaurant.

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Aminah's mom, Ariel Bradley, grew up in a devout Christian household in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and converted to Islam in 2011

Tennessee girl, 8, whose mother took her to Syria when she joined ISIS has been rescued | Daily Mail Online
 
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I want to witness from the usual cast of characters the 2 Minutes of Hate directed towards the Israelis for this act of naked and unjustified aggression...

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