Posted on Sep 3, 2019
Iran’s air force chief fired for Israeli jets’ undetected violation of airspace
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The commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Air Force, Brigadier General Farzad Ismaili, was fired in May by the country’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, after he concealed violations of Iranian airspace by Israeli Air Force F-35 stealth fighter jets. Ismaili had been in his post since 2010.
The incident came to light on Saturday when it was reported by Kuwait’s Al Jarida, which cited senior Iranian military officials. Intelligence services and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps apparently only started to investigate the case under the direct orders of Khamenei after a report in March.
One of the sources cited said that Iran’s air defence system, as well as its Russian S-300 anti-missile system, failed to detect the Israeli fighter jets entering and leaving Iranian airspace, and that Ismaili kept the information secret in order to conceal his own operational failure.
The incident came to light on Saturday when it was reported by Kuwait’s Al Jarida, which cited senior Iranian military officials. Intelligence services and the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps apparently only started to investigate the case under the direct orders of Khamenei after a report in March.
One of the sources cited said that Iran’s air defence system, as well as its Russian S-300 anti-missile system, failed to detect the Israeli fighter jets entering and leaving Iranian airspace, and that Ismaili kept the information secret in order to conceal his own operational failure.
Iran’s air force chief fired for Israeli jets’ undetected violation of airspace
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Good...why, oh why, am I reminded of this...this guy, in my view, deserved the Nobel Peace Prize, in all seriousness, not a charge of "hooliganism" by the Russians...all I can say is, one of the heads of the Soviet Air Force was thrown out because of this...equally good that the idiot in the other place shown in your piece also equally got thrown out...to my way of thinking, fantastic....
Good...why, oh why, am I reminded of this...this guy, in my view, deserved the Nobel Peace Prize, in all seriousness, not a charge of "hooliganism" by the Russians...all I can say is, one of the heads of the Soviet Air Force was thrown out because of this...equally good that the idiot in the other place shown in your piece also equally got thrown out...to my way of thinking, fantastic....
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We are in a world where differences in technology really makes things much more unequal than they may appear on paper looking at equipment counts. The first Gulf War showed us how much of a difference this can make.
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