On Feb 6, 10:46 am, Typhoon502 wrote:
On Feb 6, 10:34 am, Jack Linthicum
wrote:



The greetings committee for any overflight of Tehran. Overflight would
be a misnomer, ground inspection of the remains would be more
accurate. Remember the Iran-Contra Hawks?

AIRFORCE
SYSTEM Inventory
2005 2010

FIGHTER / ATTACK 302 302
F-4D/E / RF-4E PHANTOM 65 65
F-5E/F TIGER II 60 60
F-14 TOMCAT 25 25

F-7 (China J-7) 25 25
MiG-29A/UB 25 25

Su-25K 7 7
Su-24MK 30 30
Mirage F-1 25 25
MiG-23 FLOGGER 15 15

IIRC the Afghans knocked a similar sized box car the Hind out of the
air

Would anyone else be shocked if Iran had 25 Tomcats flying in 2010?

Anyway, my point was that other than the occasional CSAR pickup, there
should never be circumstances where Ospreys are making any kind of
landing under fire. For that matter, if you've got any kind of
presence in a battlespace, NO aircraft should be landing under fire.
Hot LZ? Hold the troop carriers outside of the zone and soften it with
air power or artillery, and/or use one of the alternates that you
should have identified in planning.

Again ask the Afghanis if they every did in a Hind while it was
landing. RPGs, mortars and 122mms would work if they always landed in
the same direction and at the same speed. Think of it as medium range
IED. Omar, the guy who sweeps the HQ, tags his cellphone and Omar's
brother and cousins drop mortar fire or RPGs on the spot. Asymmetrical
warfare.