Posted on 09/05/2014 7:02:06 PM PDT by naturalman1975
AUSTRALIA will join a US-led Coalition to help bomb jihadists in Iraq amid warnings the rise of Islamic State and returning foreign fighters represents a direct domestic security threat at home.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Defence Minister David Johnston have confirmed overnight that military assistance for air strikes is likely to be offered when a formal request is made in coming weeks.
But the deployment is likely to occur only after a United Nations security council hosted by the US President Barack Obama in the week of September 22 in New York.
RAAF F-18 superhornets based in Queensland are likely to be called on to assist with air strikes against IS jihadists and transport planes are being prepared for possible deployment.
(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com.au ...
“....deployment is likely to occur only after a United Nations security council hosted by the US President Barack Obama in the week of September 22 in New York.”
too bad they couldn’t have done a deployment early enough to guarantee some September 11 strikes
I would think it would only take two or three major powers to combine forces and make life miserable for ISIS. Maybe even destroy any aircraft they might have while they are still on the ground.
I do wonder what in the world Turkey is doing in the middle of this.
YEAAAAAH Australia! America’s greatest ally. Yes, even better than the British, historically.
Bump and there women are great too.
Perhaps supporting behind the scenes, figuring it's one way to keep the Kurds down, and maybe they can step in and rebuild the Ottoman Empire after Iraq & Syria are reunited.
Active Duty ping.
Whatever it is they have gone from being a reliable and powerful ally to being part of the problem.
Erdogan is playing it both ways.
One thing is certain the clintons have no idea what the is is. Is the time/same with all saying 'religion of peace'
you forgot the sarc tag surely with your post.
ObOzO led is a recipe for disaster. In the end zerO will not hold up his end.
Although naturalman is quite familiar...if not enormously familiar...with various events that occur in the US it would be understandable if he,an Australian,didn't understand your reference.If,by chance,he doesn't he can feel free to ask either of us to explain
10-4, Affirmative, Confirmation.
They certainly do - the RAAF roundel is a variant on the traditional one of the (British) Royal Air Force.
Obviously on fighter aircraft, a low visibility version is normally used nowadays:
I had a hunch that they did but I wasn't certain.I know Canadian military aircraft sport the maple leaf,which is basically their national symbol.A few years back I was surprised to see several Canadian fighter jets at a US Air Force air show near me.I asked the pilot why they were there and he laughed and said "oh,we routinely appear at your air shows and your aircraft routinely appears at ours".
Yes - Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, all have roundels based on that of the Royal Air Force, differenced in the middle by a specific national symbol.
Canada came up with the idea first, but a good idea is a good idea - tradition should matter to a good military. Never been quite sure about New Zealand's choice of a flightless bird though - I'd have gone with something based on the silver fern (and they did trial that).
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