by Gordon Duff, Senior Editor
There is little reason to question why government after government, following the barrage of mass media, are blaming ISIS and a bomb for downing the Russian air liner over Sinai. Let’s remember, it was brought down 22 miles from the Israeli border, filmed by a crew who knew where to wait in advance.
What was never reported is that the skies only miles away were filled with planes from Israel, Poland, Greece, France, Germany and the United States, involved in one of the largest air exercises in history, a “Blue Flag” exercise to simulate a defense of Israel from a Russian air attack.
One plane was lost, shot down, now clearly by an “external explosion,” meaning “a missile,” and that was a Russian air liner with 224 aboard, flying in specially protected international air space under the direct supervision of AWAC radar attack coordination planes from the US and Israel.
Let’s remember the London 7/7 attack, an exercise there or the Boston Marathon bombing, another counter-terrorism exercise. Even on 9/11, the US Air Force was in a massive exercise that took it to Canada and over the Atlantic, looking for imaginary hijacked air craft that were to be crashed into imaginary buildings. Oh, you didn’t know that?
Is it any wonder why millions of Americans went bonkers over the Jade Helm exercise?
Are we saying that those involved in the planning and operation of this exercise were responsible for shooting down the Russian air liner? To that we can only say, yes, very likely or even “extremely likely.”
Based on the news reporting and the altered photos which all clearly shown holes from a missile attack, we can go a bit further. Sure they did it.
From the Times of Israel
Israel hosts its largest-ever international air force exercise
Israeli, American, Greek, and Polish air personnel square off against a fictional enemy state in two-week drill
Times of Israel – October 30, 2015 (One Day Before Russian Jet Downed)
Air forces from around the world have gathered deep in the Arava desert in the south of Israel for the past week and a half to take part in the largest aerial exercise in the history of the Israeli Air Force.
The “Blue Flag” exercise, which is continuing through November 3, pits the Israeli Air Force, the United States Air Force, Greece’s Hellenic Air Force and the Polish Air Force against a fictional enemy state, the captain in charge of all IAF exercises told The Times of Israel Thursday night.
A number of other countries, including Germany, also sent pilots and officers to observe the exercise, but did not take part. This joint drill is the second “Blue Flag” exercise; the first took place in 2013 and was the largest multi-lateral exercise the IAF had ever hosted.
The various air forces collaborated closely through every step of the current exercise, the IAF captain said, from planning to execution and finally to debriefing.
Though the exercise began on October 18, planning for it started nearly eight months ago, the Israeli official said, with an IAF representative contacting each participating country and initially asking, “What do you want to train for?”
Those requests came together to form the plan for “Blue Flag,” which sent Israeli and American F-15 squadrons, along with Israeli, Hellenic and Polish F-16 squadrons, flying through nearly all of Israel’s air space, firing simulated weapons against fictional enemy missile launchers, convoys and aircraft, he said.
Though the drill was intensive and demanding, it was designed more to test the mettle of the men and women behind the controls than to test the technical capabilities of the fighter jets themselves.
“We wanted it to be challenging for the airmen, rather than for the machines,” said the IAF captain, who cannot be named for security reasons.
In order to “put the airmen through their paces,” he explained, the people running the exercise tried to surprise them, putting them in situations where “the pilot doesn’t know where their target is coming from.” “Blue Flag” ends next Thursday.
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Gordon Duff posted articles on VT from 2008 to 2022. He is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. A disabled veteran, he worked on veterans and POW issues for decades.
Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues.
Duff has traveled extensively, is published around the world, and is a regular guest on TV and radio in more than “several” countries. He is also a trained chef, wine enthusiast, avid motorcyclist, and gunsmith specializing in historical weapons and restoration. Business experience and interests are in energy and defense technology.
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