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Syria shoots down Israeli warplane as conflict escalates
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Posted on 02/10/2018 10:15:56 AM PST by BenLurkin

An Israeli F-16 fighter jet has crashed after being hit by Syrian air defences during an offensive in Syria, the Israeli military says.

The two pilots parachuted to safety before the crash in northern Israel. It is believed to be the first time Israel has lost a jet in the Syrian conflict.

The plane was hit during air strikes in response to an Iranian drone launch into Israeli territory, Israel says. The drone was shot down. Israel later launched further strikes in Syria. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say they hit aerial defence batteries and Iranian military sites in the latest strikes.

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To: BenLurkin

Later development: Israel has called up its reserves and increased its presence on the Golan Heights, and the Russian Foreign Ministry has denounced the Israeli strike on the antiaircraft site and sided with Syria.


21 posted on 02/10/2018 11:14:05 AM PST by firebrand
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To: papertyger; SkyPilot; Roman_War_Criminal; Lera; 444Flyer; metmom; SVTCobra03; Texas Fossil; ...

[this is all Iranian]

IMHO - This is why the prince of this world, the (temporary) god of this world, Satan, gave Obama such a rise to power. And power to deceive.

So he could finance Iran with money from America, in these Last Days.

Obama came from nowhere, with no real accomplishments, rose to the most powerful office on Earth, STILL has millions of idiots who support him, AND he gave $150+ billion dollars to the terrorist state of Iran AND had public disdain for Zionists like Netanyahu.

*I* would not have believed this possible 20 years ago. And I just got done watching it happen.


22 posted on 02/10/2018 11:19:52 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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23 posted on 02/10/2018 11:21:15 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: BenLurkin

Pilots prolly were texting.


24 posted on 02/10/2018 11:38:36 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SaveFerris

Amir just identified it as an F-16D. Pilot and weapons operator.


25 posted on 02/10/2018 12:01:54 PM PST by firebrand
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To: bubman
I thought F-16’a were single seaters!

I'm hearing a second IDF jet may have been hit.

26 posted on 02/10/2018 12:05:38 PM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: firebrand

Thanks


27 posted on 02/10/2018 12:17:39 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Just remember that God is just .
His day is coming . He will pay for what he has done .
The idiots that support him will one day be crying when they get what he brought on them .

The nation is being sifted .


28 posted on 02/10/2018 12:22:50 PM PST by Lera (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: firebrand

I saw video of the shoot down, and Syrians taking pics of themselves with the downed jet.


29 posted on 02/10/2018 12:35:40 PM PST by sockmonkey
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t think Israel will fall for the “Drone Bait” again


30 posted on 02/10/2018 12:47:07 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: bubman

F-16’s have both single seat and dual seat variants. Before my old unit converted to A-10’s, we had F-16 C’s and D’s. The D Model was a two-seater. They gave a lot of incentive rides to unit members!


31 posted on 02/10/2018 12:50:51 PM PST by ODC-GIRL (We live in interesting times)
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To: Lera

Oh yes, Obama thinks he’s all cunning and crafty betraying Israel to do Mad Mo’s work.

He may have gained all the world but will forfeit his soul fighting against the God of Israel.

I have warned liberals that he is a tool of Satan; they scoff and laugh it off.

Well, yuk it up, liberals. Keep following and worshiping Obama.


32 posted on 02/10/2018 1:00:58 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: ODC-GIRL

Thxs, I know IDF loves the F15 however when I read the article and they had a pic of an F16 single seater, I wondered if the media made an error or simply identified the wrong plane.


33 posted on 02/10/2018 2:01:41 PM PST by bubman
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To: SaveFerris

2018 might just be the year!


34 posted on 02/10/2018 3:07:44 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (This country & world is living on borrowed time (Luke 17:26-27))
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To: bubman

"http://www.f-16.net/f-16_users_article7.html"

35 posted on 02/10/2018 4:19:30 PM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: butlerweave

Israel destroyed much of the facilities that were sending the drone and manufacturing armaments. I would say Israel won this one. It’s the Iranians who made the mistake.

The other side celebrates whether they win one or lose one. Most people don’t know the difference on their own, so they get away with that.


36 posted on 02/10/2018 5:29:56 PM PST by firebrand
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By the way, the drone was one of those that were reverse-engineered and copied from the U.S. drone that Iran shot down a few years ago. In fact the Israelis hesitated to destroy it at first, in case it was us!

Now Israel has the drone and will see how well the Iranians have done at copying someone else’s technology.


37 posted on 02/10/2018 5:33:13 PM PST by firebrand
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To: bubman

Sorry to “pile on!” I should have looked for other replies first. No more incentive rides with our A-10’s though, that’s for sure!


38 posted on 02/10/2018 6:39:59 PM PST by ODC-GIRL (We live in interesting times)
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To: firebrand

Just saw a video of it being demolished, so I guess it’s not going to reveal much.


39 posted on 02/10/2018 6:43:02 PM PST by firebrand
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