f-4 is one of the best bomber attack planes ever made.it's not used by
u.s. military because it's got replaced by other bomber planes.right now
there is a big fight in congress because the airforce wants to kill the
a-10 attack plane which was the replacement for the f-4 as a tactical
weapon.the ariforce guys hate flying support mission for the army and
ground troops because it is not sexy enough for them since they don't get
to choose the targets and are pretty much told what to do by the army
generals.they want this f-35 plane which is not even flyable and mission ready
yet.but the pentagon and the sec def want to kill a-10 over the objection of
the troops that have been saved by them.i am telling you all these because even
though f-4 is a 50 year old plane,it is still combat worthy as is a-10 which is an
almost 40 year old plane but the airforce wants to kill it.for the types of mission iran
is flying over iraq f-4 is more than adequate.
[h=1]Iran Hits ISIS With Airstrikes in Iraq, Flexing Its Muscles Once Again[/h]
BAGHDAD — When Iranian fighter jets struck extremist targets this week in
Iraq, enforcing a self-declared buffer zone along the border, it was only the latest display of Tehran’s new willingness to conduct military operations openly on foreign battlefields rather than covertly and through proxies.
The shift stems in part from
Iran’s deepening military role in Iraq in the war against the Sunni extremists of the Islamic State. But it also reflects a profound shift in Iran’s strategy, a new effort to exert Shiite influence around the region and counter Sunni powers such as Saudi Arabia.
Analysts also say it follows a calculation that what Iran’s rulers see as a less-engaged United States will tolerate or even encourage their overt military activities.
While there is no direct coordination with the United States military in the region, there is what might be characterized as a de facto nonaggression pact, where the two sides stay out of each other’s way, as the Syrian government and the Americans do in managing airstrikes in Syria.
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