USAF RPA Airstrike Statistics Vanish – Update

| March 11, 2013

An update:  CENTCOM has now acknowledged that it was responsible for the recent decision to remove USAF RPA Airstrike data from AFCENT websites.   CENTCOM released a statement on Sunday, 10 March 2013, acknowledging that it had removed the data.  The stated reason was because the data “was ‘disproportionately focused’ on the use of weapons by the remotely piloted aircraft”.  Per CENTCOM, most missions are used for reconnaissance; RPA airstrikes are “only 3 percent of sorties”.

Well, that explanation makes perfect sense.  Those quiet reconnaissance sorties cause just as many problems and raise just as many potentially troubling issues as do RPA airstrike sorties.

I guess that clears things up.  Nothing to see here; move along.

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Ex-PH2

That noise was me falling off my chair, laughing.

Startled the cat out of a perfectly good nap.

2/17 Air Cav

Nixon: “18 minutes? What 18 minutes? Oh THAT 18 minutes. Really, it was nothing. I think we were ordering pizza. It was a long hold. Right Rosemary?”

ohio

Trust me, I am your friend!

FatCircles0311

Just think 5 years ago this would have been hailed as a crime against humanity, verification of insidious war crimes, and the press would have had a damning response. Since Dear Leader has taken over however…….

Veritas Omnia Vincit

@4 Indeed you are correct sir, under Bush foreign nationals acting as terrorists captured on the field of battle being placed in a dunk tank and asked a couple of questions was torture.

Under Obama the violation of due process in the robot aircraft execution of American citizens is acceptable due to the extreme circumstances in the GWOT…..

Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot, over?

PintoNag

Just remember: they’re from the government,and they’re here to help you.

Sort of.

Ex-PH2

PN…..! Not when I have hot tea in a mug.

Now I have to wipe off the whole desk.

PintoNag

Sorry…. 🙂

Ex-PH2

😉

If the budget is cut, I wonder if the training flyovers from Great Lakes in Hueys are going to stop. I thought I might run outside with my camera to get some pictures of them this summer.

The Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels are grounded for this year. No airshow appearances. 🙁

ohio

Here is some drone bait – –

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/03/11/muslim-holy-warrior-known-as-american-seen-in-syria/#ixzz2NFeIbkEB

And claims to have been on AD 2000-2003.

Fundit

Probably a BSM in the works for the highly motivated individual that thought this one up.

Scubasteve

So, those scary black rifles have an agenda and want to kill everyone by themselves, but those friendly white drones are just flying peacefully though the skies, observing. Yet the data disagrees. So, the right answer is to stop posting data that may conflict with the party line. Class dismissed.