Secret US air force team to perfect plan for Iran strike

[babylonsister]

Secret US air force team to perfect plan for Iran strike
Sarah Baxter, Washington

THE United States Air Force has set up a highly confidential strategic planning group tasked with “fighting the next war” as tensions rise with Iran.

Project Checkmate, a successor to the group that planned the 1991 Gulf War’s air campaign, was quietly reestablished at the Pentagon in June.

It reports directly to General Michael Moseley, the US Air Force chief, and consists of 20-30 top air force officers and defence and cyberspace experts with ready access to the White House, the CIA and other intelligence agencies.

Detailed contingency planning for a possible attack on Iran has been carried out for more than two years by Centcom (US central command), according to defence sources.

Checkmate’s job is to add a dash of brilliance to Air Force thinking by countering the military’s tendency to “fight the last war” and by providing innovative strategies for warfighting and assessing future needs for air, space and cyberwarfare.

It is led by Brigadier-General Lawrence “Stutz” Stutzriem, who is considered one of the brightest air force generals. He is assisted by Dr Lani Kass, a former Israeli military officer and expert on cyberwarfare.

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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article2512097.ece

[sam sarrha]

1. great, an F'n coalition with Israel to preemptively attack another Muslim country..

our only hope that wet brain madman has some really bad scandal exposed and resigns or someone gives him another bag of pretzels and gets it right this time.. or we are F*cked.

[TomInTib]

5. Why the hell would they let than info get out?

Sometimes, I just shake my head in wonder.

[angrycarpenter]

2. they have one guy

way in the back, nobody listens to, in charge of what to do after the attack.

[sam sarrha]

7. i want to hear you spinn that shit into gold to a pissed off Muslim who lost his family to US bombs

ya know.. one of the fathers of children that are part of Million dead in Iraq...

western reason doesnt really play a big role in Islam.. especially you kind.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

3. LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE CLASSES

EDUCATION
1978 Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe
1984 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1986 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1995 Air War College, by correspondence
1995 Master of Science degree in aviation management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
1996 Master of Science degree in national security strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.

WHAT IS Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ?????????????

[kurth]

4. It's where you can buy a degree in Homeland Security

[Snarkoleptic]

10. My brother went to ERAU in Prescott, AZ.

They also have a campus in Daytona.
From wikipedia...
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) is a not-for-profit, non-sectarian, coeducational private university with a history dating back to the early days of aviation.

Embry-Riddle began in 1925 as the Embry-Riddle Company, founded by Talton Higbee Embry and John Paul Riddle in Cincinnati, Ohio. Embry-Riddle was eventually incorporated into what is now American Airlines, before reforming during the buildup to World War II in Miami, Florida as the Embry-Riddle School of Aviation, and later, the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Institute. Embry-Riddle moved to Daytona Beach, Florida in 1965 and was renamed Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 1970.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is the only accredited, aviation-oriented university in the world. Utilizing a fleet of over 90 aircraft, the university serves culturally diverse students primarily motivated toward careers in aviation and aerospace. Residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida and Prescott, Arizona provide education in a traditional setting, while Embry-Riddle Worldwide, with over 130 centers throughout the United States and abroad, serves civilian and military working adults.

He used to carry a .45 handgun in his book bag because a student returning from a night class got majorly messed up by a Havalina.

[ThomWV]

6. I expect our military to constantly make and update plans for all contingencies

So if someone tells me there is a secrete plan to attack Iran, or China, or North Korea, or south-shitball-Lempur, I am neither suprised or concerned. That is a big part of their job.

[sam sarrha]

8. and i certainly expect them to do as good a job on Iran as they did in Iraq

when will this Dooms Day Machiavellian BULLSHIT STOP..!!!!

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

9. I reckon this is being released,...for a reason.

:shrug:

[babylonsister]

11. Getting us all conditioned, so when it happens, we won't be surprised? nt