US Air Force Running Direct Overt Interference to Protect ISIS
An F-22 warplane of the US Air Force tried to prevent two Russian Su-25 warplanes from bombing a base of ISIS on the western bank of the Euphrates River on November 23. …
Decembers 9, Major General Igor Konashenkov Maj. Gen. Konashenkov,
“The F-22 launched decoy flares and used airbrakes while constantly maneuvering [near the Russian Su-25 warplanes], imitating an air fight … most close-midair encounters between Russian and US jets in the area around the Euphrates River have been linked to the attempts of US aircraft to get in the way [of the Russian warplanes] striking against Islamic State terrorists,” …
Lieutenant Colonel Damien Pickart, a spokesman for the US Air Force Central Command … claimed that the aerospace over the eastern bank of the Euphrates River belongs to the US-led coalition,“We saw anywhere from six to eight incidents daily in late November, where Russian or Syrian aircraft crossed into our airspace on the east side of the Euphrates River,” Lt. Col. Pickart told CNN during an interview on Decembers 9. …
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