Monday, October 15, 2012






 THE TAKING OF AN AIRBASE.. ONE ...TWO...THREE...




Months ago, I reviewed the topic of countering the Syrian air superiority without concept of a no fly zone or even air support.

It appears the Rebels are perfecting the skill craft of attacking airbases with each passing week.

It's clear the Rebels have realized its one thing to attack and temporally neutralize an airfield, but trying to keep it is still a bridge too far.

Fuel farms, runway surfaces and weapons storage areas are soft targets for an airbase and the impact of consistently rebuilding or resupplying after short violent attacks is taxing in more ways than one.

The logistical drain on keeping a base that comes under attack, constantly, functional is an operational victory by itself.

For every unit assigned to defend critical airbases, that is one less unit moving into combat operations.

So, not only are the Rebels impacting Assad's ability to flying offensive operations over
Their heads, they are creating a drain on an ever depleting logistical process.

Yes, Airfield attacks are just another example of, " A death by a thousand cuts"!

My concern, being a guy who spent a large part of his life fighting this type of an event, is realizing the al-Qaida operatives are learned a very valuable lesson in Syria.

It's nearly impossible to defeat a superior Air Force in the Air, but it's not impossible to strike them where they live.

Yep.. It worries me!!


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