Let's Talk About This Rumor That Israeli F-15s Mimicked US Jets To Strike At Iran In Syria

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Days after an intense volley of strikes targeting Iran’s military activities in
Syria, new information about the Israeli operation continues to trickle out,
though many details remain uncertain. Now, a new rumor has emerged on social
media claiming that Israel’s F-15I Ra'am multi-role combat aircraft were able to
get close to their targets without raising the alarm by using the same
transponder codes as U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and taking a circuitous
route through Jordan and Iraq.

According to a report from NBC News on May 1, 2018, three U.S. officials, all
speaking anonymously, confirmed that Israeli F-15Is had taken part in the
mission on April 29, 2018. Based on earlier reports, those aircraft struck
various targets in northwestern Syria, but focused their attention mainly on
Iranian and Iranian-backed forces within the Syrian Arab Army’s 47th Brigade
base near Hama.

....How the jets were able to get to their targets and not prompt any significant
response from Syrian air defense forces remains unclear. Unlike what has been
the case after numerous previous strikes, the regime of Syrian dictator Bashar
Al Assad did not claim to have shot down any of the Israeli weapons and there
was no readily available footage of surface-to-air missiles speeding toward
possible targets in the night.

....One unconfirmed rumor explains that the Israeli jets masked their approach by
setting their Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders to emit the same
type of signal associated with U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles, as well as
using false callsigns to help keep up the ruse. These jets routinely conduct
operations in Eastern Syria in support of American forces and their local
partners. The presence of Strike Eagles would not necessarily have aroused
suspicions if they appeared on Syrian or Russian radars while over Eastern
Syria.


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