A “show of presence” or SOP, to intimidate hostile actors in the vicinity of the base while boosting the morale of the local allied forces. The low pass over the garrison was probably carried out for deterrence purposes. F-15 was on a “routine air mission” and flew “Standard visual inspection of a Mahan Air passenger airliner to ensure the safety of coalition personnel at al-Tanf garrison”. Air Force F-15C Eagle performed a visual daytime intercept and inspection of an Iranian Mahan Air A310 passenger airliner flying as IRM1152 from Tehran, Iran, to Beirut, Lebanon, that flew in the vicinity of the U.S. You may remember what happened in July last year, when a U.S. For this reason, armed aircraft constantly patrol the airspace around the U.S. The base is surrounded by a 55 km deconfliction zone and has housed, depending on the period, some hundred coalition and partner forces acting as an anti-ISIS force in the war against Daesh.įorce protection against threats at the remote base has always been a primary concern for the U.S.
USAF F-15E low level at Tanf garrison /SFZtit2g6xĪl-Tanf is a small, strategic garrison housing American commandos. Something interesting can be seen at the 01:56 mark of the clip as one F-15E can be seen performing a low pass over a military base in Syria, identified as being al-Tanf garrison, located in a remote desert outpost in southern Syria near the Jordanian border.
There are a lot of noteworthy details: you get an overview of the weapons (GBU-38s, GBU-54s and the GBU-31s), you can see the Strike Eagle being refueled, releasing flares at sunset and using the 20 mm M61A1 Vulcan gun at night.