EXTENDED RANGE FUEL SYSTEM (ERFS)
No mention of a tanker but the SpecOPS birds may have had refueling booms.
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| Visual guide to the al-Bhagdadi raid |
| 2019-10-30 |
| Pretty impressive visual link from the Guardian. The US began to receive intelligence on the whereabouts of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi about a month ago, according to Donald Trump. Intelligence officials were able to scope out his exact location ‐ near the village of Barisha in north-west Syria ‐ two weeks ago, and Trump was made aware of the planned raid at the end of last week. Nicely done, and good catch, B |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Seemingly, they embraced the action. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-10-30 15:26 |
| #5 So weird to read a fact-based article in Al-Guardian about the US military, of all things, that does not take cheap shots at America. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop...and it never did. Major WTF. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-10-30 13:18 |
| #4 They had to get gas or did they continue on to Incerlik air base. EXTENDED RANGE FUEL SYSTEM (ERFS) No mention of a tanker but the SpecOPS birds may have had refueling booms. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2019-10-30 10:28 |
| #3 If the scale is right I measure 350 miles from Erbil to Barisha. An arc path over Turkey would make it closer to 400 miles (that would be a two hour flight and close to the range of the Chinook). They had to get gas or did they continue on to Incerlik air base. I hope they got the nucs out of there by the way. What was the quip pro quo with Erdogan? |
| Posted by: boomerc 2019-10-30 04:57 |
#2 "【Ｖｒｏｏｔ】... COME BACK HERE AND 【ｂｅｅｐ】 GET YOUR MEDICINE【Ｖｒｏｏｔ】... 【ｂｅｅｐ】!" |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-10-30 02:44 |
| #1 As a military robot crept towards him and a dog was dispatched to subdue him, Baghdadi was confronted by a dead end. Prosecuting our enemies with robots and dogs - now that's the 21st century I was expecting! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-10-30 00:54 |