Posted on 11/19/2015 9:58:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
ARABIAN GULF (NNS) -- Naval Aviation rejoined the fight against ISIL Nov. 19 when AV-8B Harriers from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM)162(Reinforced)launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) to conduct their first missions over Iraq in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR)....
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Now that Putin is leading the way Obama thinks it is safe for him to follow. What in the hell have we been doing the last couple of years? Obama’s rules of engagement stink.
Go USMC.
And when will the dumb ass notice that he in the only government that calls them ISIL?
Be safe, be brave, and kill the 7th century bastards.
shouldn’t be hard.
THEY DONT HAVE AN AIR FORCE!!!!
Russia will mop then up in under a year.
There’s no Russia or China to back up the bad guys this time. They both hate ISIS too.
This shouldn’t be that hard folks.
but then, i am no military expert.
But ask me an question about The Godfather :)
And operation inherent resolve? Who the hell dreams up these retarded propaganda operation names,,, just cause, Iraq freedom, inherent resolve, etc.
How about some Torch, Olympic, Coronet, Overlord, Husky, Detachment, Hastings, Sam Houston, Alamo, Linebacker, etc etc.
C’mon.
Give the pres a break.
In fishing, there’s catch and release.
There’s GITMO,then there’s the field.
And then there are his brethren.
Are they being employed as attack aircraft?
If so, it's the only resources the Pentagon has on station and a sign we have insufficient weapons, men...and possibly will.
This should not be mistaken for a major escalation.
Wouldn’t those Harriers be obsolete 30+ year old overworked mule horses by now ?
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Thy are still effective air support for men on the ground, but not classic "attack" aircraft like the A-4, A-6, FA-18.
Insufficient load and range for that role.
It's more like an AH-64 Apache that carries a couple of bombs.
And Marines love 'em.
Well alright !
6 Harriers, but 22 Ospreys - high speed, long range tilt rotor helicopters.
They can rescue downed pilots, transport special forces, or haul in some of their 1,800 Marines if there is need.
The primary mission of any VMM is lift. That’s what Ospreys do. A reinforced VMM has Harriers temporarily attached for CAS in and around the objective area. That’s what the Harriers are for.
TC
Every time I hear ISIL I want to throw up. But since it is navy.mil, the usage is understandable from the PC standpoint. It’s ISIS and the jerk in the white hut knows it.
I didn’t know that the USN flew Harriers.
Um...perhaps patently obvious in present company, but not one comment addresses the fact that this is the best we can do because we dont have a full-fledged carrier available for Med theater of operations...
Yes, now these aircraft, too, can show their ordinance to the enemy before they drop it into the ocean for a safe landing back on the carrier.
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