The Russian military, particularly the country's air force, is behaving increasingly aggressively toward U.S. troops and military assets.
Not just over the Black Sea, where a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft clipped an MQ-9 Reaper drone's propeller, causing it to plummet into the murky waters below — but in Syria, where hundreds of U.S. service members remained stationed.
Their deployment is part of Operation Inherent Resolve, a multinational operation to vanquish the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). At the same time, Russian forces have been in the Middle Eastern country since 2015 after President Bashar al-Assad requested Moscow's intervention to keep rebel forces and jihadists from threatening Damascus in the Syrian Civil War.
The presence of the two adversarial nations has led to increasingly dangerous encounters with reckless Russian soldiers, as the head of U.S. Central Command told senators on Thursday.
Task & Purpose further reports:
Asked by Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday about the status of the Russian military's presence in Syria in the year since it invaded Ukraine, Gen. Michael ‘Eric' Kurilla, CENTCOM's commander, responded that the U.S. had observed an increase in “unsafe and unprofessional behavior” on the part of the Russian forces deployed there.
Kurilla singled out the Russian air force, in particular.
“They fly over our bases with ground attack aircraft with weapons on them in an attempt to try to be provocative,” he said. “Really, it's not what we expect from a professional air force.”
Some 900 U.S. troops remain deployed to Syria as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the ongoing mission to defeat the Islamic State group, and Russian ground troops are known to frequently harass their American counterparts in something of an undeclared road war between the two forces there.
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Could it be that Russia and just about every other county on Earth knows that Biden and the Democrats are Weak, Corrupt, Morally and Ethically Bankrupt? Like the New Fairy Tale, Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Biden? Answer: Nobody! Biden and the Democrat Party are a Clear and Present Danger to Our Security and Prosperity! Wake Up NOT Woke up!
It would sure wake up the Russians if Biden acted. Is there anything else left for him to fowl (spelling intentional) up ? If so, he will find it.
Anybody remember the Clint Eastwood movie, “Magnum Force” ?
“it’s not what we expect from a PROFESSIONAL AIR FORCE.” geeezzzz louise. glad I am retired and no longer serving under such people that make such statements.
A good reason to put Trump back in office. Not only would the maniacal left soil themselves on a daily basis, but the despot rulers of other countries probably would, too.
Yes indeed, they would collectively sheet in their collective pants with collective fright. Brandon lacks the testicular fortitude and sufficient gray matter, I suspect. But we shall see.