# So, ISIS now has MIGs

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-isis-now-has-migs/696426>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 25, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-isis-now-has-migs/696426 "2014-08-25T03:33:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-isis-now-has-migs/696426/61 "2015-02-22T15:53:43Z")

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ISIS has special forces units.

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-isis-now-has-migs/696426/62 "2015-02-23T03:40:23Z")

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> [@usedtobe](#):
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> F-4 Phantom (first production supersonic fighter),

???

The Phantom II was preceded as supersonic fighter in production by the F11F and F8U, (later F-8), at least, in the Navy and by the whole “century” series in the USAF: F-100, F-101/RF-101, F-102 (barely), F-104, F-105, and F-106.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-isis-now-has-migs/696426/63 "2015-02-23T05:49:22Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> ISIS has special forces units.

They think they’re training to be Jedi Knights.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-isis-now-has-migs/696426/64 "2015-02-23T14:21:37Z")

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> [@tomndebb](#):
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> ???
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> The Phantom II was preceded as supersonic fighter in production by the F11F and F8U, (later F-8), at least, in the Navy and by the whole “century” series in the USAF: F-100, F-101/RF-101, F-102 (barely), F-104, F-105, and F-106.

Not to mention lots of foreign aircraft, like the MiG-19, and -21 and the Lightning.

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-isis-now-has-migs/696426/65 "2015-02-23T21:16:46Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> They think they’re training to be Jedi Knights.

No, my father wasn’t a Jihadi Knight, he was a navigator on an oil freighter.

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**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-isis-now-has-migs/696426/66 "2015-02-23T21:55:27Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> ISIS has special forces units.

Very Special Forces.

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