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Russian warplanes fly first combat mission in Syria alongside US-led coalition aircraft
UK Daily Mail ^ | January 23, 2017 | Alex Matthews

Posted on 01/23/2017 10:06:41 AM PST by C19fan

Russian fighter jets have flown their first combat mission in Syria alongside US-led coalition forces. The mission comes just three days after Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States and could arguably be seen as signs of a new relationship with Vladimir Putin's administration.

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TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: russia; syria
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To: castlegreyskull

A little dust-up called World War 2 comes to mind...

Interesting that it takes either Nazis or some of the Nazis best buddies (muzzies wackadoodles) to get the US and Russia on the same side of the shooting range.


21 posted on 01/23/2017 10:48:41 AM PST by L,TOWM (There is no longer a system to work within.)
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To: C19fan
No mention if the Ruskies flew a mission with the USAF or some other country bombing ISIS.

It's a start.

22 posted on 01/23/2017 10:56:15 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: nikos1121

The symbolism of a Russia/USA co-ordinated mission would be earth shaking. The video of Bears and B-52 bombing would be the stuff of posters—maybe a close up of the Bears Gunner station with Red AF crew holding a sign “Go Trump” in English and Russian. If Russia and America work together—who can stand against us? Add to the mix England and France and there is a new World Order!


23 posted on 01/23/2017 11:25:40 AM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Russia is a third world country. THey have nothing to offer us really, but I think their people, mostly Christian, have a common enemy in radical islam


24 posted on 01/23/2017 11:31:56 AM PST by nikos1121 (We are about to see The Golden Age of Pericles in the new Trump Administration.)
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To: Grampa Dave

Barack Hussein Obama was to ISIS what L. Ron Hubbard was to Scientology.

Public Domain comment, feel free. #;^)


25 posted on 01/23/2017 11:38:04 AM PST by Kickass Conservative ( Democracy, two Wolves and one Sheep deciding what's for Dinner.)
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To: Shark24

Did we fly combined air strikes during WWII? That is really the question. I thought the russians fought their battles and we fought ours and met in the middle.


26 posted on 01/23/2017 11:55:34 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: Shark24

Uh.....


27 posted on 01/23/2017 11:56:24 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: L,TOWM

I dont think we flew together in that war. They may have had their own strategic bombing raids, but I thought that job was left to us and the brits.


28 posted on 01/23/2017 11:57:40 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: nikos1121

“Russia is a third world country. THey have nothing to offer us really, but I think their people, mostly Christian, have a common enemy in radical islam.”

There is mostly truth in what you say, but I bet ISIS wishes things were working out differently.


29 posted on 01/23/2017 12:06:07 PM PST by dangerdoc ((this space for rent))
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To: Kickass Conservative

Barack Hussein Obama was to ISIS what L. Ron Hubbard was to Scientology.

Public Domain comment, feel free. #;^)

Best Bol of the day.


30 posted on 01/23/2017 12:15:30 PM PST by Grampa Dave (Obama's greatest legacy to America/Americans was the election of President Trump!)
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To: castlegreyskull

Operation Frantic was “joint” in the sense we used Soviet bases with their support but it had only limited success and did not last long. So yeah, not much joint history there.


31 posted on 01/23/2017 12:37:45 PM PST by Shark24
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To: Shark24

I always saw WWII as 3 separate wars. We never really fought “side by side” US vs Japan. US/France/UK versus the Germany/Italy and USSR and their war on the Eastern Front.

It seemed like we intentionally kept our battle zones apart. Remember one of the Doolittle bombers landed in the USSR, and he wasn’t returned until after the war.

I didn’t know about Operation Frantic.


32 posted on 01/23/2017 12:51:26 PM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: C19fan
"Love to see a cell of B-52s bomb Raqaa followed by a cell of Bear Bombers."

It'd be interesting, if the klunky Russia crap can keep up:


33 posted on 01/23/2017 1:02:16 PM PST by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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To: C19fan

Pentagon says no way. But its OK with me if we are.


34 posted on 01/23/2017 1:07:48 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: C19fan

Pentagon denies ... fake news?


35 posted on 01/23/2017 2:17:52 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: nikos1121

Russia isn’t a 3rd World country—its a 2rd world country. Any nation that can mass produce warships and warplanes isn’t 3rd world. A Nation that can just build its own cars is 3rd world—but those that can not are 4th world. And Failed states like Zimbabwe and Somalia (and maybe Haiti) are 5th world states. China is 2rd world, but Japan is 1st World. England is 1st world but slipping to 2nd world status. Germany is 1st world now—but for how long?


36 posted on 01/23/2017 2:22:11 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: castlegreyskull

We used their bases in 1944 and I believe there were coordinated strikes on Ploesti that same year.

Could be wrong though; of course the whole question may be moot, since the Pentagon has said there were no joint airstrikes this time around.


37 posted on 01/23/2017 5:32:28 PM PST by L,TOWM (There is no longer a system to work within.)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Russia is the third world economy nation.


38 posted on 01/23/2017 5:57:13 PM PST by nikos1121 (We are about to see The Golden Age of Pericles in the new Trump Administration.)
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To: L,TOWM

I think in WWII the Russians focused on the ground war, and we developed bombing.


39 posted on 01/23/2017 8:53:11 PM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: nikos1121

Nothing wrong with having SPETSNAZ on our side.


40 posted on 01/23/2017 8:58:52 PM PST by dfwgator
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