An article/presentation by SOC:

http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-Syria-SAM-Deployment.html

Perhaps a bit more reliable, depending on any recent changes.

They shot down an F4 an antiquated plane. If the west gets involved they will destroy Syrian air defenses using Tomahawks first then the Rafale/Stike Eagles will do the rest. I give max two weeks before Syrian defenses are wiped out. Then its Libya all over again.

I think NATO begs to differ.

A little dated, but still relevant:

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/02/29/nato_chief_intervention_just_won_t_work_in_syria

You’re not surprised, are you?

If this is a civil war, I’m not sure how it differs from Libya and Egypt…those were basically civil wars as well.

I believe NATO and several governments have pointed out again and again that the situation in Syria is more complex than things were in Libya in the spring of 2011. An intervention entails a risk of making things worse, and that includes the surrounding region. From what I’ve heard so far, at least.

My first intro was being told we will pull some see how you feel, if ok we will do some more, we went off straight and level gentle turn out to sea then pulled 6 plus into the vertical, he then said ok? That was my intro lol 6g… He figured pull a load and if i am ok then he need not worry..

Pretty hefty for an intro ride, if you ask me. 🙂

Does anyone have any details regarding the use of Syrian air power in this crisis? All I know is that the media reports about “bombing,” “bombardment” etc. quite often without saying much about any air or ground forces involved. I can’t remember having seen anything about the Syrian air force in all this until this story came along.

How is leaving a country (specifically a government) who is murdering its own people spineless? Did the two Libyan pilots who flew to Malta last year also fit your definition of spineless?

x2

As Kev35 says there seems to be less of a sense of community and tolerance on here than there was when I first joined, and more people seem to take offence more quickly, or seem unable to accept that other members may have views and opinions that differ from theirs, and that others are fully entiled to hold those different views, ….but that seems to reflect modern society (unfortunately).

The gentle self-mocking humour generally seems to be less obvious, and many “younger” users seem more earnest, less “chilled”, and less able to see the difference between good natured “banter” and a truly barbed comment – again this seems (IMHO) to reflect modern society?

I remember how I could be a little sensitive and a little short in the wit department some years back. I guess things such as life experience, development of self-insight and social competence play a big part. Some of the younger members might have a way to go.

At times I find the inability of newer members to use the forum “search” function, or to have used web-based search engines, a little frustrating, particularly when a simple search would probably have saved them incurring the wrath of older members who may well have seen the same question asked more than once before.

A familiar issue in multiple forums, I think.