Posted on 09/23/2007 6:49:32 AM PDT by harwood
It ran out of fool.
Direct translation from Google: (2nd part)
17/14 quoted in the Middle East, issued today, “Sunday,” the source
Zionist military fighter aircraft that Syria “Falcon MiG-21” crashed near the Golan Heights, following monitoring
By yesterday morning radars Zionism “on Saturday.” -21 - MiG aircraft Archives, the newspaper said that the fighter
Syrian disappeared after monitoring by radar, Canada, Air Force research by the Zionist, discovered
Crashing inside Syrian territory. The source did not reveal the circumstances and causes of the crash.
Oh the hugh manatee!
“The source did not reveal the circumstances and causes of the crash.”
Mr. Falcon, meet Mr. Sidewinder. Mr. Sidewinder, meet Mr. Falcon.
Of course, its also possible that the Syrian pilot simply ran out of time and airspace simultaneously, independent of Mr. Sidewinder. Syrian pilots are not exactly the sharpest knives in the drawer.
Some of that fine, state-of-the-art rusky weaponry...
they must be sending in the clowns at this point.
Or a Patriot, Hawk, or other Israeli SAM. I'd imagine the Golan is well supplied with SAMs.
LOL! Good one!
While the F-16 is a fine air combat fighter, the Israelis, as the US, use it primarily in the ground attack role. Witness the paint scheme on the F-16 you posted. Desert camo on top, to improve visual "stealth" from high flying fighters/interceptors, while it is down in the weeds (or the sand) supporting the ground forces.
Remember the fool German boy that landed his single engine plane in the middle of Red Square?
The Soviet general that was in charge of Moscows air defenses cas removed.
I gotta believe that the Golan is better protected then Moscow was and is.
OTOH, the F-16 in your photo *is* equipped with Slammers, AIM-120s, which isn't just for "self defense".
The F-16’s you two are talkiing about (the picture), are actually F-15’s....even better than the 16.
Aren’t the syrians rated the lowest IQ in raghead world?
No, close second. Palis are number one.
BUMP!
The frightening part, at least to the Syrians and Iranians, is that the Syrian defenses stopped working when the IAF entered Syrian territory. I imagine that during the attack there was a large Israeli (or American) aircraft loitering near the Syrian border doing bad things to the Syrian electronics. Maybe even one flying near the Iraq/Syrian border too.
I never called it an F-16, I post the F-15 picture because they are far more likely to be used in the interceptor role, although with the short distances in that theater, the F-16 with Slammers works fine in that role as well.
The F-16 and F-15 are in some sense MY birds, although not in the interceptor role. I made a "significant contribution" to some of the mission equipment used in the interdiction and deep penetration roles.
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