ISIS Jihadis Being Trained to Fly Syrian Warplanes

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They better train fast. Obama will allegedly come up with a strategy any day now. So it’s a race between how fast terrorists can learn to fly and how fast Obama can come up with a strategy while golfing in between fundraisers.

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria said in a recent tweet it is forcing detained Syrian pilots to train militant fighters to fly stolen aircraft, CNN Arabic reported on Saturday.

In an account reportedly associated with the militant group, ISIS said in a tweet the pilots were abducted when the group gained control over the Tabqa military airbase in Raqqa Province.

ISIS seized the airbase earlier this month. The major airfield houses warplanes, helicopters, tanks and other artillery and ammunition, which were also confiscated by ISIS, according to several media reports…

At some point they’ll “confiscate” something truly dangerous like WMDs, oh they already did that. Well WMDs that everyone agrees are usable.

And then Obama can do his press conferences in a suit that’s a darker shade of tan.

  • Hard Little Machine

    Obama-CNN has already changed the narrative. It’s not going to be yet another Supreme Victory for Obama as He provides humanitarian aid to the beleaguered somebodies over there somewhere. Today His Holiness Obama ended a siege in someplace that no one heard of yesterday. We’re dropping food we’re saving babies.

    All Hail.

  • De Doc

    Military aircraft concentrated and housed in flimsy hangers at a known location in enemy hands. Gee, what to do, what to do?

    • Pete

      The have some reinforced concrete hangars at Takba. If i remember correctly both ends of the hangar are open. SO it is still a soft target.

      Bunkers never stopped using Iraq.

      The dither in chief will find some way to making up his mind what little that isn’t memorex.

    • Pete

      Long War Journal (LWJ) is a heck of a resource.

      The linked article has pictures of the airplane shelters. They are protected but still easily bombed. Your comment is still good!

      “Islamic State documents takeover of Syrian airbase”

      longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/08/islamic_state_photos.php

  • Jack Schitt

    They may be trained to fly, but was landing left out of the equation?

  • Pete

    Daniel,

    Take it for what it is worth.

    This guy might be a cut out or who he claims to be. Better stuff than what I might get at Time magazine

    http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/2014/08/what-us-military-intervention-in-syria.html