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Los talibanes destruyen 8 harriers y dan el pasaporte a 3 marines en Afganistán
En la base del príncipe harry. 6 harriers destruidos y otros 2 gravemente dañados, confirmado por el USMC y la ISAF. Están tan abochornados que ni lo nombran en los grandes medios (otro ejemplo más de manipulación), sólo en Fox news lo mencionan de pasada, pero reduciendo la cifra a tan sólo 2 harriers destruidos. Se de algunos que van a disfrutar con esta noticia, como yo
Hurried, Harried, Harriers
Hurried, Harried, Harriers…and Harry
By MARK THOMPSON | @MarkThompson_DC | September 17, 2012
Friday’s Afghanistan attack wiped out 8% of US Harrier fighting fleet | Radio Vice Online
Friday’s Afghanistan attack wiped out 8% of US Harrier fighting fleet
Marine Attack Squadron loses eight Harrier jets in worst U.S. air loss in one day since the Vietnam War « The Aviationist[
Marine Attack Squadron loses eight Harrier jets in worst U.S. air loss in one day since the Vietnam War
September 16, 2012
On Friday Sept. 14, at around 10.15 p.m. local time, a force of Taliban gunmen attacked Camp Bastion, in Helmand Province, the main strategic base in southwestern Afghanistan.
About 15 insurgents (19 according to some reports), wearing U.S. Army uniforms, organized into three teams, breached the perimeter fence and launched an assault on the airfield, that includes the U.S. Camp Leatherneck and the UK’s Camp Bastion, where British royal Prince Harry, an AH-64 Apache pilot (initially believed to be the main target of the attack) is stationed.
The attackers fired machine guns, rocket propelled grenades and possibly mortars against aircraft parked next to the airport’s runway. Two U.S. Marines were killed in the subsequent fighting whereas eight of 10 AV-8B+ Harrier jets of the Yuma-based Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 211 were destroyed (6) or heavily damaged (2): the worst U.S. air loss in one day since the Vietnam War.
The VMA-211 “Avengers” is part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing headquartered in San Diego at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. It deployed to Afghanistan in April and relocated from Kandahar Airfield to Camp Bastion on Jul. 1.
According to Wikipedia, the VMA-211 last suffered this level of losses on Dec. 8, 1941.
Considered that the U.S. Marine Corps are believed to be equipped with slightly more than 120 AV-8B+, the attack on Camp Bastion has wiped out 1/15th of the entire U.S. Jump Jet fleet and a large slice of the Yuma-based squadron. A serious problem for the USMC, that was compelled to buy second hand RAF Harrier GR9s to keep the AV-8B+ in service beyond 2030, when it will be replaced by the F-35B.
Furthermore, the VMA-211 was the only Marine Harrier unit in Afghanistan: until the destroyed airframes will be replaced (most probably, by another Squadron), the coalition ground forces can’t count on the CAS (Close Air Support) provided by the Harrier.
Tom Meyer has contributed to this post.
Attack on base in Afghanistan kills 2 Marines, destroys 2 jets | Fox News
Attack on base in Afghanistan kills 2 Marines, destroys 2 jets
Published September 15, 2012
FoxNews.com
The Associated Press: 2 British soldiers killed in Afghan insider attack
2 British soldiers killed in Afghan insider attack
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press – 1 day ago
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A gunman in an Afghan police uniform killed two British soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after insurgents dressed in U.S. Army uniforms attacked a military base, killing two American Marines, wounding nine other people and destroying six Harrier fighter jets, military officials said.
En la base del príncipe harry. 6 harriers destruidos y otros 2 gravemente dañados, confirmado por el USMC y la ISAF. Están tan abochornados que ni lo nombran en los grandes medios (otro ejemplo más de manipulación), sólo en Fox news lo mencionan de pasada, pero reduciendo la cifra a tan sólo 2 harriers destruidos. Se de algunos que van a disfrutar con esta noticia, como yo
Hurried, Harried, Harriers
Hurried, Harried, Harriers…and Harry
By MARK THOMPSON | @MarkThompson_DC | September 17, 2012
Friday’s Afghanistan attack wiped out 8% of US Harrier fighting fleet | Radio Vice Online
Friday’s Afghanistan attack wiped out 8% of US Harrier fighting fleet
Marine Attack Squadron loses eight Harrier jets in worst U.S. air loss in one day since the Vietnam War « The Aviationist[
Marine Attack Squadron loses eight Harrier jets in worst U.S. air loss in one day since the Vietnam War
September 16, 2012
On Friday Sept. 14, at around 10.15 p.m. local time, a force of Taliban gunmen attacked Camp Bastion, in Helmand Province, the main strategic base in southwestern Afghanistan.
About 15 insurgents (19 according to some reports), wearing U.S. Army uniforms, organized into three teams, breached the perimeter fence and launched an assault on the airfield, that includes the U.S. Camp Leatherneck and the UK’s Camp Bastion, where British royal Prince Harry, an AH-64 Apache pilot (initially believed to be the main target of the attack) is stationed.
The attackers fired machine guns, rocket propelled grenades and possibly mortars against aircraft parked next to the airport’s runway. Two U.S. Marines were killed in the subsequent fighting whereas eight of 10 AV-8B+ Harrier jets of the Yuma-based Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 211 were destroyed (6) or heavily damaged (2): the worst U.S. air loss in one day since the Vietnam War.
The VMA-211 “Avengers” is part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing headquartered in San Diego at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. It deployed to Afghanistan in April and relocated from Kandahar Airfield to Camp Bastion on Jul. 1.
According to Wikipedia, the VMA-211 last suffered this level of losses on Dec. 8, 1941.
Considered that the U.S. Marine Corps are believed to be equipped with slightly more than 120 AV-8B+, the attack on Camp Bastion has wiped out 1/15th of the entire U.S. Jump Jet fleet and a large slice of the Yuma-based squadron. A serious problem for the USMC, that was compelled to buy second hand RAF Harrier GR9s to keep the AV-8B+ in service beyond 2030, when it will be replaced by the F-35B.
Furthermore, the VMA-211 was the only Marine Harrier unit in Afghanistan: until the destroyed airframes will be replaced (most probably, by another Squadron), the coalition ground forces can’t count on the CAS (Close Air Support) provided by the Harrier.
Tom Meyer has contributed to this post.
Attack on base in Afghanistan kills 2 Marines, destroys 2 jets | Fox News
Attack on base in Afghanistan kills 2 Marines, destroys 2 jets
Published September 15, 2012
FoxNews.com
The Associated Press: 2 British soldiers killed in Afghan insider attack
2 British soldiers killed in Afghan insider attack
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press – 1 day ago
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A gunman in an Afghan police uniform killed two British soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a day after insurgents dressed in U.S. Army uniforms attacked a military base, killing two American Marines, wounding nine other people and destroying six Harrier fighter jets, military officials said.
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