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Additional F-15s Heading To Turkey In Escalation Of Anti-ISIL Air Campaign

Tuesday, November 10th, 2015

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Additional F-15s Heading To Turkey In Escalation Of Anti-ISIL Air Campaign

Boeing's F-15 Strike Eagle. Photo: Boeing

The U.S. is preparing to deploy additional F-15E strike aircraft to Turkey, increasing the number of aircraft involved in the air campaign aimed at degrading and destroying the Islamic State (ISIL) militant group in Iraq and Syria.How many F-15Es will deploy and the timing of their arrival are still being determined, Pentagon Spokesman Peter Cook said in a press conference Tuesday.“We expect they will be arriving soon,” he said.The Defense Department last week announced the deployment of 12 F-15s to…

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