Iran sacks AF general over F-35

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Apparently Israeli F-35s have been circling over Iran's capital and AF bases sucking up Intel....

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei fired Iranian air force commander Brigadier General Farzad Ismaili, who had been in office since 2010, because the latter had hid from him the fact that Israeli F-35 planes had penetrated Iran’s sky, 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 last March. 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 direct orders from Khamenei.

According to the newspaper’s investigation, the IAF F-35 “Adir” planes penetrated Iran’s airspace, circled high above Tehran, Karajrak, Isfahan, Shiraz and Bandar Abbas – and photographed Iran’s air defense system.

One of the sources reported that Iran’s 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 corps’ failure. However, three weeks ago, Iranian intelligence discovered that the Israeli fighter jets had carried out this sortie as a test of the possibility of an undetected military attack on Iranian outposts and bases, during which they photographed those sensitive bases, evading the Russian S-300 missile system’s radar.

 

[Daryl Hunt]

Apparently Israeli F-35s have been circling over Iran's capital and AF bases sucking up Intel....

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei fired Iranian air force commander Brigadier General Farzad Ismaili, who had been in office since 2010, because the latter had hid from him the fact that Israeli F-35 planes had penetrated Iran’s sky, 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 last March. 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 direct orders from Khamenei.

According to the newspaper’s investigation, the IAF F-35 “Adir” planes penetrated Iran’s airspace, circled high above Tehran, Karajrak, Isfahan, Shiraz and Bandar Abbas – and photographed Iran’s air defense system.

One of the sources reported that Iran’s 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 corps’ failure. However, three weeks ago, Iranian intelligence discovered that the Israeli fighter jets had carried out this sortie as a test of the possibility of an undetected military attack on Iranian outposts and bases, during which they photographed those sensitive bases, evading the Russian S-300 missile system’s radar.

So much for not having the range and the Russian Radar being able to detect them I guess at 40,000 feet, it's a bear to pick them up and Israel does have tankers.

 

[Zorro!]

Apparently Israeli F-35s have been circling over Iran's capital and AF bases sucking up Intel....

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei fired Iranian air force commander Brigadier General Farzad Ismaili, who had been in office since 2010, because the latter had hid from him the fact that Israeli F-35 planes had penetrated Iran’s sky, 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 last March. 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 direct orders from Khamenei.

According to the newspaper’s investigation, the IAF F-35 “Adir” planes penetrated Iran’s airspace, circled high above Tehran, Karajrak, Isfahan, Shiraz and Bandar Abbas – and photographed Iran’s air defense system.

One of the sources reported that Iran’s 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 corps’ failure. However, three weeks ago, Iranian intelligence discovered that the Israeli fighter jets had carried out this sortie as a test of the possibility of an undetected military attack on Iranian outposts and bases, during which they photographed those sensitive bases, evading the Russian S-300 missile system’s radar.

THIS IS A SOLID EXPLAINER FROM LOREN THOMPSON on the F-35’s under-appreciated electronic warfare capabilities.

Nice to know the Iranians are naked.

It is the synergy of an integrated stealth design with the world’s most advanced EW architecture that makes F-35 the most survivable combat aircraft ever built.

 

[DrainBamage]

Yeah people don't even consider the advantages the EW and sensor suite give. It can geolocate radiation sources, has constant 360 degree coverage of everything on IR spectrum, can use SAR to find targets on the ground that aren't emitting just by their shape being compared to digital database, and can self-support with jamming instead of needing escorts like Growlers.

There was an interview with an F-22 pilot who said of all the advantages it has (stealth, speed, performance, etc.) the better situational awareness it provides is easily the most desirable, and F-35 takes it much farther than F-22.

 

[SandSquid]

Iran's So-Called 'Stealth' Fighter Is a Paper Tiger

Saw this yesterday and got a laugh. Made a wood mockup and called it a stealth fighter even though it was missing key parts and the design was considered unflyable (and cockpit not large enough for a regular sized human).

Then tried showing pictures and video of it flying (was photoshop and video of a model airplane).

Then tried showing it could carry bombs in the nonexistent interior bays, and 6 air to air missiles on the nonexistent hardpoints.

Then showed one taxiing but the tire inflation listed on the tires were far too low for a real fighter...

 

[DrainBamage]

Oh it gets, better. Bleipriester bought into that shit....

Red Flag, Jan, 2017 is building

Damascus residents enjoy fireworks, thank Trump

 

[harmonica]

Oh it gets, better. Bleipriester bought into that shit....

Red Flag, Jan, 2017 is building

Damascus residents enjoy fireworks, thank Trump

he seems to buy a lot of crap