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This Iranian Commander Kept Secret That Israeli F-35 Stealth Fighters Had Violated Iran Airspace
The National Interest ^
| July 1st, 2019
| by Dario Leone
Posted on 07/01/2019 1:20:53 PM PDT by Mariner
Israel has praised the Lockheed Martin F-35 as a game-changer.
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) commander Brigadier General Farzad Ismaili, who had been in office since 2010, has been fired by Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after he kept secret that Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-35 stealth fighters had violated Irans airspace, the Kuwaiti daily Al Jarida reported on Saturday.
The newspaper emphasized that it was the original media source that exposed the Israeli raids, which had taken place in March 2018. Al Jarida cited senior Iranian military who said that only following its March report did the intelligence services of the Revolutionary Guards and the Iranian intelligence ministry begin to investigate the case, under Khameneis direct orders.
According to the newspapers investigation, the IAF F-35 Adir planes penetrated Irans airspace, circled high above Tehran, Karajrak, Isfahan, Shiraz and Bandar Abbas and photographed Irans air defense system.
One of the sources reported that Irans air defense system, including its Russian radar, did not detect the entry and exit of the fighter planes, and that Ismaili hid this information from the supreme leader to cover his service failure. However Iranian intelligence discovered that the Israeli fighter jets had carried out this sortie as a test of the possibility of an undetected attack on Iranian outposts and bases, during which they photographed those sensitive bases, evading the Russian S-300 missile systems radar.
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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Russia; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2018; 201803; aerospace; alikhamenei; bandarabbas; djibouti; egypt; erdogan; eritrea; f35; farzadismaili; gaza; hamas; hassannasrallah; hezbollah; iran; iriaf; isfahan; isis; israel; jerusalem; jordan; karajrak; kurdistan; lebanon; letshavejerusalem; lockheed; lockheedmartin; lockheedmartinf35; martinmarietta; receptayyiperdogan; russia; shiraz; sinai; sudan; syria; tehran; turkey; waronterror; yemen
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For those that like to hate on the F-35.
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posted on
07/01/2019 1:20:53 PM PDT
by
Mariner
To: Mariner
The article is short on details explaining how Iran knows Israel did this secret thing.
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posted on
07/01/2019 1:25:14 PM PDT
by
BJ1
To: Mariner
Where's AA Cunningham when you need him most...
Now one can see why it is so important that if Turkey buys the Russian S400 anti-aircraft missile system, they cannot have the F-35A.
It would give Russia the opportunity to experiment endlessly with methods of detecting the F-35.
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posted on
07/01/2019 1:26:32 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: BJ1
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posted on
07/01/2019 1:37:20 PM PDT
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
To: BJ1
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posted on
07/01/2019 1:41:03 PM PDT
by
dynoman
(Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marilyn vos Savant)
To: Mariner
Well, it must be God’s will
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posted on
07/01/2019 1:41:07 PM PDT
by
bert
( (KE. NP. N.C. +12)There were Democrat espionage operations on Republican candidates)
To: Mariner
Jerusalem keeps a very very close watch on Iran...not just one flight mission
(because she has to)
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posted on
07/01/2019 1:45:03 PM PDT
by
faithhopecharity
( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
To: Mariner
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posted on
07/01/2019 1:50:43 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
To: Mariner
Once the Iranian weather Balloons finally descended with their GOPRO cameras they saw the planes.
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posted on
07/01/2019 2:04:28 PM PDT
by
ImJustAnotherOkie
(All I know is The I read in the papers.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Fired, but not by firing squad, lucky b*st*rd.
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07/01/2019 2:06:13 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: KC_Lion; Sarah Barracuda; SkyDancer
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posted on
07/01/2019 2:10:50 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
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posted on
07/01/2019 2:14:21 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
07/01/2019 2:14:53 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: BJ1
I think Israel releasing some pictures of the sites to prove Iranian actions was a clue.
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posted on
07/01/2019 2:17:40 PM PDT
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: Jewbacca
Israel should release enough F-35s over Teheran photos to send Ismaili to the firing squad.
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posted on
07/01/2019 3:22:53 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: Mariner
I was going to say that the Boeing cheerleading squad here isn’t going to be happy with this story.
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posted on
07/01/2019 4:27:05 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Mariner
The fact is that the Israeli military by itself can defeat Iran’s military easily. There is no need for the USA to be involved
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posted on
07/02/2019 4:01:36 AM PDT
by
Cronos
(Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
To: rlmorel
"bfl" What does that mean?
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posted on
07/02/2019 9:11:59 AM PDT
by
jackibutterfly
(A vote for ANY Democrat, whether it be in a local, st or fed election, is a vote against America.)
To: jackibutterfly
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posted on
07/02/2019 9:15:54 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: jackibutterfly
What does that mean?
Butterfly love?
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posted on
07/02/2019 9:20:18 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(I'm in the cleaning business.......I launder money)
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