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| Tango01 | 09 Sep 2014 10:51 p.m. PST |
"On Aug. 8, U.S. Navy F/A-18F jet fighters from the carrier USS George H.W. Bush launched the first American strikes against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq. Exactly one month later, U.S. warplanes have struck Islamic State more than 100 times. The Pentagon is cloaking the aerial campaign in increasing layers of secrecy. On Aug. 19, the Air Force stopped identifying its own planes that are involved in the bombing raids—ostensibly in order to provide plausible deniability to the Muslim countries where the Air Force planes are based. But now thanks to an amateur video, we strongly suspect that Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles—most likely flying from Al Udeid in Qatar—are bombing Islamic State. The two-seat, twin-engine F-15Es probably belong to the 48th Fighter Wing, whose permanent base is Lakenheath in the United Kingdom…"
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