Reply #13: This whole thing is rather suspicious. [View All]

First, the 'Falcon' is obviously NOT an F16; no room for passengers. It's probably also NOT the Dassault Falcon; the US Air Force doesn't operate any, nor does the Army Air Transport Service; the Coast Guard has some, but I don't know why five generals would be flying in a Coast Guard plane in the Iran/Iraq area. Nor is it clear why five general officers would be on the same aircraft in the first place; that's generally contrary to procedure (which tends to err on the side of minimising risk; too much potential disruption of theatre command and control in the event of an accident or worse to want to put so much top brass on one plane in potentially hostile territory.