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Jeff Head

Jeff Head

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asif iqbal said:
Its been confirmed Isreal is buying 6 x V-22 tilt rotor aircraft
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Yes this was announced a few days ago.

Israel will be the first nation to take delivery of the Osprey...so I guess this really should be under an Isreal Military News thread. Oh well.

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NBC News said:
Israel will be the first U.S. ally to get the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, a star of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday night.

Hagel said in an address to the Anti-Defamation League in New York that delivery would be "expedited," meaning "Israel will get six V-22s out of the next order to go on the assembly line, and they will be compatible with other [Israeli defense] capabilities."

A senior Pentagon official told NBC News that Israel, facing threats from Iran and Syria and instability in the Sinai peninsula, requested the Ospreys this week.

The Pentagon agreed to reallocate the next group of aircraft to come off the production line, which had been previously assigned to the Marines, to meet the order, the official said.

The announcement comes less than a year after the ADL, one of the nation's leading pro-Israeli activist groups, expressed deep reservations about Hagel's nomination for defense secretary, who as a Republican senator representing Nebraska in 2008 criticized the "Jewish lobby" for "intimidating" U.S. officials.

In January, as Hagel's nomination was under consideration, ADL National Director Abraham Foxman called his record on Israel "at best disturbing and at worst, very troubling."
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It will be interesting to see how the IDF configures and utilizes them.
 
Jeff Head

Jeff Head

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asif iqbal said:
They will no doubt go to the Israeli special forces to form a rapid reaction unit
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Yes, I agree 100%.

But even in the SPECOPS role, it will interesting to see their configurtion.

Armament, fueling, layout, sensors, etc.

Will they be more basic troop carriers with some night and low level additional capability? Will they have the full-on "combat talon," type capabilites? Etc.

Anyhow, that type of thing is what I was talking about.
 
kwaigonegin

kwaigonegin

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bd popeye said:
Consolidated brigs operated by the United States Navy

Naval Consolidated Brig, Charleston, Joint Base Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
Naval Consolidated Brig, Chesapeake, Naval Support Activity Northwest Annex, Chesapeake, Virginia
Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar, Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, California

I believe females are held at Federal prisons.
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bd don't forget there is also a brig at RTC Great Lakes for less than respectful recruits! lol
 
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