Special to WorldTribune.com The United States has introduced an aircraft for the fight against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) that can disrupt communications and jam detonators for roadside bombs. A squadron of Marine EA-6B Prowlers has arrived at Incirlik Air Base in Turkey for a deployment that is expected to last through September, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com An aircraft designed during the Cold War as a Soviet “tank killer” is now part of the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The Pentagon confirmed on Oct. 20 that the U.S. deployed at least six A-10 Thunderbolt ground-attack warplanes to Turkey’s Incirlik air base. “There are A-10s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com A complex agreement reached by the Obama administration with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan allows U.S. coalition and Turkish aircraft to launch hostilities from the Incirlik air base. U.S.-led coalition aircraft are arriving in Turkey in preparation for a “comprehensive battle” against Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL), Turkey’s foreign minister […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs By whatever name, the unilaterally-imposed no-fly zone over an area of Syria, proposed by the U.S. and Turkey on July 27, is not an element of a supposed entry by Turkey into the war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (asad-Dawlah […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Turkish jets bombed Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) positions inside Syria for the first time on July 23. F-16 fighter jets launched the attacks from the southern city of Diyarbakir and dropped four guided bombs on ISIL targets, killing nine and wounding 12, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Dr. Harry Dinella, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Increasing Turkish divergence from U.S., European Union, and Western strategic objectives has given urgency to Western military planning as to how to compensate for the probable lack of access in the near future to Turkish bases, air space, and surface transit options. Planning by NATO […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has been quietly helping in the U.S. war against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant but unlike other NATO partners is trying maintain its neutrality. Officials said President Recep Erdogan has approved a U.S. request to allow fighter-jets to use Turkish air space for operations in northern Iraq. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — Turkey has been preparing for an air war with Syria. The Turkish military said four U.S.-origin F-16 multi-role fighters were sent to the Syrian border on Oct. 5. The military said the F-16s were deployed to stop the approach of Syrian Air Force warplanes. “Two F-16 fighter jets scrambled from […]