1960's vintage Mig 21+23 drivers trained by pilots that haven't seen the inside of a cockpit in 10 years.
Posted on 10/17/2014 7:44:02 AM PDT by Bettyprob
Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets, a group monitoring the war said on Friday, saying it was the first time that the militant group had taken to the air.
The group, which has seized land in Syria and Iraq, has been flying the planes over the captured al-Jarrah military airport east of Aleppo, said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the
Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the report and US Central Command said it was not aware of Islamic State flying jets in Syria.
US-led forces are bombing Islamic State bases in Syria and Iraq. The group has regularly used weaponry captured from the Syrian and Iraqi armies and has overrun several military bases but this was the first time it had been able to pilot warplanes.
"They have trainers, Iraqi officers who were pilots before for (former Iraqi president) Saddam Hussein," Abdulrahman said.
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LOL
Trained by guys who haven’t sat in a cockpit for decades in the middle of a war zone.
Looks like our fighter jocks will get some practice if the islamderthals manage to get the jets off the ground.
Translation = Saudi Pilots Will Fly For ISIS
Well, that’s assuming that the CiC will allow our “fighter jocks” to engage them.
A jet fighter at an airfield should be about the easiest target to destroy with a serious US bombing campaign - should we ever start one.
1960's vintage Mig 21+23 drivers trained by pilots that haven't seen the inside of a cockpit in 10 years.
Targets of opportunity!
Bet our fighter jocks would LOVE to see them get airborne. Unless President Obola has protective rules of engagement.
What can Iraqi pilots possibly teach these budding recruits, other than how to auger-in?
How many dead Ebola bodies can you stuff in a fighter jet?
I assume this will be a “crash” course as the only thing they would have the slightest chance of doing is crashing into something as a suicide pilot.
LOL! Love those camel kneepads and goggles!
If true their air force will all be lost to accidents before next Ramadan.
The camel kneepads are real callosities which camels develop due to concentrated weight at that location when they kneel or lie down.
Those are three fighter jets I wouldn’t count on living long enough to need any routine maintenance. Or even enough fuel to make it home.
If they dare to come up they will be going down in a hurry. Turkey shoot!
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