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Iran Navy plane 'was filming US carrier'
Press TV ^ | 5/4/2010 | Press TV

Posted on 05/04/2010 1:11:31 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld

Iran's navy commander has confirmed the flight of an Iranian aircraft near a US warship in the waters of the Persian Gulf.

On Tuesday, CNN quoted a senior US military officer as saying that an F27 aircraft of the Iranian Navy flew as low as 300 feet near the USS Eisenhower on April 21.

"US warships tread the free waters of the Gulf of Oman and it is Iranian navy's duty to conduct routine surveillance flights in the region," Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, the Iranian Navy commander, said in a Tuesday news conference.

"The F27 plane of the navy flew above this aircraft carrier and took a thorough film," he added.

According to US military officials, the Eisenhower was on duty in the Gulf of Oman in the northern Arabian Sea when the Iranian maritime patrol aircraft flew within 1,000 yards (915 meters) of the vessel.

The Iranian aircraft was an unarmed Fokker F27 and remained in the vicinity of the Eisenhower for about 20 minutes before leaving the area, US army officials said.

(Excerpt) Read more at presstv.ir ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0bamasfault; aircraftcarrier; cvn69; fokkerf27; gulfofoman; iran; iraniannavy; navair; obamasfault; persiangulf; uscarrier; usnavy; usseisenhower
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To: nhoward14

Incorrect. Half of you guys on Freepers would have caused WW3 on their own if they were in charge! It doesn’t work like that in the real world. See how close this Soviet Tu-16 Badger gets to the carrier during the Cold War.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3bijF2—os

Iranian recce aircraft have been checking out US and Coalition vessels on a regular basis. Remember this is international waters. Iranian naval vessels when they venture out into international waters also get checked out. It has been going on for decades.


41 posted on 05/04/2010 3:27:05 PM PDT by Tommyjo
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To: Tommyjo
"Incorrect. Half of you guys on Freepers would have caused WW3 on their own if they were in charge! It doesn’t work like that in the real world. See how close this Soviet Tu-16 Badger gets to the carrier during the Cold War."

Yep now if that Badger had Painted the carrier group with his radar he would have been vaporized inside of 10 seconds. Its a big game of chicken that has been played on the high seas since the end of WWII.

42 posted on 05/04/2010 3:30:14 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the next one...)
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To: nhoward14

“Hmmmm... I remember a time when a fly-by like that would have resulted in a bang or two followed by a splash.”

The Russians used to overfly us all the time and we didn’t shoot them down. No need to get all trigger happy and cause an incident.


43 posted on 05/04/2010 3:30:48 PM PDT by dljordan (Psalm 109:8 "Let his days be few; and let another take his office. ")
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To: Tommyjo
Half of you guys on Freepers would have caused WW3 on their own if they were in charge!

Is Freepers some sort of drug?

44 posted on 05/04/2010 3:32:11 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: sonofstrangelove

Eh, lieutenant, what were you doing there?

Communicating. Keeping up foreign relations.

45 posted on 05/04/2010 3:34:58 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: nhoward14
There were several instances during the period of 1942-1945.

That was wartime with declared enemies. AFAIK, we are not at war with Iran.

46 posted on 05/04/2010 3:45:34 PM PDT by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: Tommyjo
Half of you guys on Freepers would have caused WW3 on their own if they were in charge!

Big difference between real life and internet life ...

47 posted on 05/04/2010 3:48:02 PM PDT by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: ColdWater

Alright, if you’re gonna adopt that attitude, I’m gonna shut off the computer and get ready for my date with Christina Aguilera.


48 posted on 05/04/2010 3:58:27 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Mr. Lucky
Alright, if you’re gonna adopt that attitude, I’m gonna shut off the computer and get ready for my date with Christina Aguilera.

Shut your computer off and Christina goes 'poof'!

49 posted on 05/04/2010 3:59:58 PM PDT by ColdWater ("The theory of evolution really has no bearing on what I'm trying to accomplish with FR anyway. ")
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To: ColdWater
I have magazines, too.

(we experts on security matter always build redundancy into our systems)

50 posted on 05/04/2010 4:04:58 PM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: DJ Elliott

All good points, IS1.


51 posted on 05/04/2010 4:36:18 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: sonofstrangelove
What?
Doing a fly-by for image intel?
They don't have the internet?
52 posted on 05/04/2010 4:46:34 PM PDT by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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To: VA_Gentleman

53 posted on 05/04/2010 5:39:38 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: VA_Gentleman

54 posted on 05/04/2010 5:41:59 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: Tommyjo

Easy some Jerk Reporters probably think they are getting exclusives and will get them on MSNBC as a Star.
Jackasses


55 posted on 05/05/2010 3:09:39 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: DJ Elliott

So old That I have Super 8 film Of the Russian Bears over flying the USS Constellation followed by two F4 Phantoms,if you still have an 8 millimeter Projector you can look at it.


56 posted on 05/05/2010 3:12:09 AM PDT by ballplayer
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To: Jim Noble

I like the one where a Marine F-18 was in Iranian air space and their ATC said they were going to send up their aircraft to intercept and he replied go ahead I’ll wait.


57 posted on 05/05/2010 6:47:12 AM PDT by Rappini ("Pro deo et Patria.)
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To: sonofstrangelove

...when we shot it down. (A guy can dream!)


58 posted on 05/05/2010 6:51:30 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: ballplayer

F4s on Connie. 60s or 70s?
I am just a youngster. First deployment was with VF213 [F14s]on the Enterprise in ‘82.

In NORPAC we had almost 200 flybys in a 2 week period.
The evil empire got a bit nervious when there were multi-carrier battle group operations within 300nm of Petr. Midway was out there with use.

On the way back from Gonzo, we did it again. Only this time it was with Midway and the Coral Sea. Had the first reported Backfire runs on us on that cruise...


59 posted on 05/05/2010 10:15:06 AM PDT by DJ Elliott (USN (Ret))
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To: sonofstrangelove

Shouldn’t we have launched planes to keep them away? I guess I don’t understand why we would let them do that type of flyover- what if they had intentions other than filming? Not that I approve of them being able to film but hey what if they had seriously bad intentions?


60 posted on 05/05/2010 10:19:30 AM PDT by Tammy8 (~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
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