Air Force leadership makes misstep in Operation Destroy CAS
On Friday afternoon, Tucson radio show James T. Harris exposed a misstep by the Air Force leadership in their campaign against the A-10. As part of the PR blitz, General Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle, Commander of Air Combat Command, claimed that Jordanian F-16 pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh, was shot down and captured by ISIL.
However, according to Harris’s sources and popular USAF blogger, Tony Carr, the details of al-Kasasbeh’s “capture have not been confirmed, and indeed have been publicly disputed.”
Before the Air Force’s anti-A-10 campaign, now known as Operation Destroy CAS, kicked into high gear, McClatchy reported on February 5th, that a CENTCOM spokesman made it clear that Jordanian authorities were still investigating the cause of the F-16’s crash.
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