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This declassified U.S. Air Force mission report (MISREP) from the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron covers a two-ship F-15E defensive counter air flight flown from Muwaffaq Salti Air Base under Operation Inherent Resolve on 21 February 2023. Near Shaddadi, Syria, the aircrew reported radar jamming at FL270, which the report attributes to a Turkish X-band jammer. They also observed three possible UAP at FL240 with no radar returns and later one possible balloon at FL210. USCENTCOM declassified the report for AARO in October 2025.
From the source: Release of 2026-05-08 Incident: 2/21/23, Syria. Released with redactions. This document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized reporting form the U.S. Military uses to record the circumstances surrounding its operations. U.S. military services often use MISREPs to report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to AARO. The GENTEXT, or “general text” section of these reports often contains important qualitative, contextual information, distinguishing it from the more quantitative, or numerical, data found elsewhere in the report. A U.S. military operator reported observing one “possible balloon” at approximately 2,100 feet. All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.
• ECM Software Load or Mission Data: • CMD Name or Designator: ALE-45 • Chaff Designator: RR-180 • Num Chaff or Cartridges: 120 • Flare Designator: MJU-51/53 • Num Flares: 24 • Towed Decoy Name or Designator: • Towed Decoy Software Load or Mission Data: • Num Towed Decoys: • Type of Radar-Guided AAM: 2X AIM-120D • Num Radar-Guided AAM: 2 • Type of IR-Guided AAM: AIM-9X • Num IR-Guided AAM: 2 • Gun Name or Designator: M61Al • Num Gun Rounds: 510 • Air-to-Ground Wpn to Include Num of Each:l.________1._4a_______. • TGT Pod Name or Designator: SNIPER-SE • Additional Avionics: • DataLink: • Gentext: Timeline Takeoff • C allsign I 1.4a • Number of Aircraft: 2 • Asset Type (Aircraft):~-.4-a-,1-.4-d • Aircraft Tail Number(s): 169, 188 • Takeoff Location (ICAO Code): OJMS • Takeoff Time DTG: 202330:00ZFEB23 • Mode 3 (IFF Codes): • Gentext/Additional Details: ***MSN AMENDS! 1.4a tDCA / ESSA I 0000-0334z v 0000-0300z / +0+34 extension d2l 1.4a !CANX / EE Ops, KN, KT, AL, EN APPV'D*** EiJl.l&i• +Q Qi th, i'Hi'.¥) 2320Z~ 1.4a IFLT, A 2-SHIP OF F-15E, TOOK OFF FROM MUWAFFAQ SALTI AIR BASE (OJMS) ISO OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE TO CONDUCT DCA IVO ESSA. MISSION WAS NOT FLOWN AS FRAGGED D2 MSN AMENDS. • Mission Canceled: Landing 3.5c, FOIA Exemption (b)(6) . ill'1Ilili<'ttTWOR:rtt Declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison USCENTCOM Chief of Staff Declassified on: 8 October 2025 MDR 25-0094 thru MDR 25-0099 / JS-250710-TM8S 10/17/25 005 Approved for Release AARO
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