Friday, October 17, 2014

Syria monitor: Islamic State training pilots in 3 captured jets

Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets, a group monitoring the war said on Friday, citing witnesses.

The group has been flying the planes over a captured Syrian military airport in the northern Aleppo province, said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.


"They have trainers, Iraqi officers who were pilots before for (former Iraqi president) Saddam Hussein," he said. "People saw the flights, they went up many times from the airport." 

 [jpost.com]
17/10/14
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  1. L'EI dispose de trois avions, vraisemblablement de type MIG 21 et MIG 23, capables de voler.....

    Ces appareils ont été pris sur les aéroports militaires syriens désormais sous le contrôle de l'EI dans les provinces d'Alep et de Raqa (nord)", selon l'ONG qui se fonde sur un large réseau d'informateurs à travers la Syrie.

    "Des officiers de l'ex-armée irakienne [dissoute après la chute de Saddam Hussein, NDLR] supervisent des sessions d'entraînement dans l'aéroport militaire d'Al-Jarrah", sous le contrôle de l'EI et situé à l'est de la ville d'Alep, ajoute l'OSDH...........http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/guerre-en-syrie/20141017.OBS2432/syrie-l-etat-islamique-fait-voler-3-avions-militaires-derobes-a-l-armee.html?xtor=RSS-17
    17/10/14

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