Friday, May 29, 2020

Were These The F-15E Strike Eagle Warplanes That Bombed ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi's Compound During The Raid That Killed Him?

The drawings and markings on the F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet of the 389th Fighter Squadron seen in Suffolk, United Kingdom, on Wednesday suggest they were one of the aircraft which took part in last October's raid that killed ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria

Daily Mail: Stealth missile markings on US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle jets suggest they bombed ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's compound during raid which killed terror chief

* Jets are flying to Mountain Home base in Idaho after flying Middle East missions
* Elite warplanes stopped off in RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk earlier this week
* Markings on planes makes it likely they took part in raid on ISIS founder
* Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed during a raid by US special forces last October in northwestern Syria
* F-15E Strike Eagle warplanes used stealth JASSM missiles during raid

Missile markings on the nose of US Air Force jets returning home from the Middle East suggest they took part in the raid that killed ISIS founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi last fall.

US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle warplanes stopped off at RAF Lakenheath in the United Kingdom on Wednesday on their way back to the US after flying missions over Syria and Iraq.

Close-up images of the planes published by The Drive show markings on their noses of the aircraft which indicate that they used stealth AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles (JASSM).

According to The Drive, there have only been two known instances in which JASSMs have been used in combat, with the most recent being the one that leveled al-Baghdadi's compund after he was killed by US special forces.

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Update: Stealth Missile Marks On F-15Es All But Prove They Dealt Final Blow To Al Baghdadi's Compound (Warzone/The Drive)

WNU Editor: No one is confirming this story. But I am sure that even if these planes were not involved in the bombing of al-Baghdadi's compound, according to their markings they have been involved in a lot of missions.

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