So 20 aircraft is 20 % ..of what.??

[pbmus]

Due to the high security level on everything military related, the past and present of the Syrian Arab Air Force is still largely unknown. This makes it hard to judge the real strength of the air force today.[61] Additionally, considerable losses to the opposition forces in the country's ongoing civil war are not accounted for here. The following information is compiled from multiple, pre 2012 Syrian civil war sources.

According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in 2011 the aircraft inventory from Syrian Arab Air Force estimations, was:[62][63]

575 fixed-wing aircraft:
Combat/reconnaissance/OCU aircraft: 461
Training aircraft: 76
Transport aircraft: 26
191 rotary-wing aircraft:
Attack helicopters: 71
Armed transport/utility helicopters: 120

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Arab_Air_Force

Why does this administration continue to be non trustworthy.

[Leghorn21]

1. pbmus, I have no idea what all this aircraft info is, but Malcolm Nance tweeted this at noon today:

(Oh, and I don't understand what he's saying, either!)

Anyway,


@WillemHartman1
8h
Replying to @MalcolmNance

I've read that the strike destroyed 20% of aircraft. Syria has probably 450 migs so that would be 90 planes... not sure if it's true.



@MalcolmNance
Replying to @WillemHartman1

BDA: Six Su-22 Fitters/Mig-27s and maybe 3 derelict Mig-21s. They will replace w/new Su-25 Frogfoots & Mig-29s. We upgraded their inventory.

11:59 AM - 11 Apr 2017

[Flaleftist]

2. That and why would they have 20% of their aircraft at one base

when they have a dozen bases? Not to mention a warning the attack was coming.

[milestogo]

3. They're stupid.

And they think we're too stupid to notice.

[FBaggins]

4. Of the estimated 262 strike-capable aircraft

That number according to Jane's

[pbmus]

10. The 262 number is under reported...

[FBaggins]

11. According to?

Jane's is fairly widely accepted as the best unclassified source.

[pbmus]

12. H h s janes 360 does not know the number of aircraft in

Syrian Air Force...

[oasis]

5. Betty DeVos is doing number crunching for the Defense Dept.

[PJMcK]

13. That's funny!

Small note: her name is Betsy.

(wink)

[herding cats]

6. I looked this up earlier when I heard him say that, too.

That's a tad more than 100 aircraft, no?

Mattis misspoke and couldn't admit it, or he lied initially and refused to admit being caught. Either way it was untrustworthy and bodes ill for his credibility.

[pbmus]

7. It just continues to add up to the question ...

WHY make up shit...??

[herding cats]

8. Right?

I'm this stuff has reached insane levels in record time!

[Flaleftist]

9. To make the bombing appear worse than it was.

His statement provides confirmation bias to Trump supporters.

[Lee-Lee]

14. I'm seeing some places quote total inventory and some report

operational aircraft numbers. Given the age of the fleet I'm sure that a high percentage are not operational.

If you want to make your mission look like the biggest success you quote against the smaller number. And of course operational numbers are only estimated so they can choose what estimates they use.