{"id":60060,"date":"2015-05-28T10:30:57","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T14:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=60060"},"modified":"2015-05-28T13:13:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-28T17:13:48","slug":"pilots-complain-about-rules-of-engagement-against-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=60060","title":{"rendered":"Pilots complain about rules of engagement against ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox News<\/a> reports that some pilots are complaining to them that the rules of engagement (ROE) under which they operate in the skies over Iraq and Syria are way too restrictive, sometimes taking as much as an hour for clearance to pull the trigger. This is not my shocked face;<\/p>\n

A former U.S. Air Force general who led air campaigns over Iraq and Afghanistan also said today’s pilots are being “micromanaged,” and the process for ordering strikes is slow — squandering valuable minutes and making it possible for the enemy to escape.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou’re talking about hours in some cases, which by that time the particular tactical target left the area and or the aircraft has run out of fuel. These are excessive procedures that are handing our adversary an advantage,\u201d said retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula, a former director of the Combined Air Operations Center in Afghanistan in 2001.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, the Pentagon is quick to dispute the charge;<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the U.S. Air Force\u2019s Central Command pushed back: \u201cWe refute the idea that close air support strikes take ‘an hour on average’. Depending on the how complex the target environment is, a strike could take place in less than 10 minutes or it could take much longer.<\/p>\n

“As our leaders have said, this is a long-term fight, and we will not alienate civilians, the Iraqi government or our coalition partners by striking targets indiscriminately.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The enemy takes advantage of the ROE by hiding behind civilian targets and using them for cover from air power, which seems to be an effective counter-measure. However, ISIS doesn’t seem to be restrained by the same arbitrary rules, and they don’t seem to be concerned at all about public relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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