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U.S. Brings Dogfighters to Counter Russians Over Syria

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The Pentagon is sending F-15Cs—supposedly to fight the ISIS war. But the jets only have air-to-air weapons, and ISIS has no planes. Which means the real adversary is Russia.

David Axe
David Axe
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