US donates a Cessna plane to Lebanon

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Cessna aircraft donated by US to LebanonThe Lebanese Air Force on Wednesday   received  the delivery of a Cessna 208B  plane donated by the United States to Lebanon.

US Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale said in a speech delivered at a ceremony marking the occasion that the single turboprop aircraft would help the Lebanese Armed Forces conduct effective border security patros and combat the risks of extremist groups.

Hale also voiced Washington’s support for the LAF and praised the institution as Lebanon’s only legitimate defensive force.

Meanwhile, a Lebanese Air Force spokesperson explained that his country uses the planes for aerial surveillance, training missions as well as VIP flights.

US Air Force personnel landed at the Lebanese Air Force’s Beirut Airbase to join the ceremony, which was attended by top LAF security officials.

The US donated a Cessna aircraft to Lebanon in 2009 as well as six Huey II military helicopters in 2012.

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52 responses to “US donates a Cessna plane to Lebanon”

  1. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    What did Iran give the Lebanese Army?

    1. man-o-war Avatar

      Haha! I’m guessing if Lebanon wanted and the “Western” nations allowed it to, they would provide Lebanon with a lot more than a cessna. Lebanon will never be able to have a modern military if Israel has a say about it. Even if the weapons were strictly defensive weapons.

      1. MekensehParty Avatar
        MekensehParty

        Would you give a gun to a child?

        1. man-o-war Avatar

          I don’t get your point. I guess it depends on the age, maturity, training, and if they were my kid or not. Also, would this child be carrying it around with him? If so, probably not. If it was meant for hunting, I suppose I would.

          1. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            The child is Lebanon
            The gun is advanced weaponry
            If you give these morons in the LAF advanced weaponry here’s what they’ll do with it:
            – attack Israel
            – attack the gift giver
            – attack Lebanese
            – sell it in the black market
            – give it to hezbollah
            ….
            as you can see none of the above is in the interest of the child, so better as you said, give him a bibi-gun and send him hunt squirrels

          2. Ignorance is bliss.

          3. ABOUelABED Avatar
            ABOUelABED

            you proved again my previous comments that some adults are less mature than many children; bahLOOOOOOOOL

          4. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            yi you’re back
            How was your trip to Sayeda Zeinab?

          5. man-o-war Avatar

            Lol! It’s funny because some of the things you mentioned could possibly happen. The most likely thing would be selling them on the black market. However, it seems that you don’t think to highly of the LAF and it led you to make some serious assumptions.

            “Attack Israel” Highly unlikely, it would be a death wish to attack Israel as a formal military. It would take lots and lots of seriously advanced weaponry to even stand a chance. If you’re going to start a war with them it has to be an unconventional war, otherwise you better have one hell of an air force.

            “Attack Lebanon” Why would they do that? and do they really need advanced weaponry for that?

            “Give it to HA”, Why would they need to do that? HA is already better armed than the LAF and have backers supplying them with weapons.

            Anyway, back to your original comment “What did Iran give the Lebanese Army?”, if you think the LAF are a bunch of moronic children, what do you want Iran to give them?

            I’m not sure, but I think Iran has offered to arm the LAF in the past and it was turned down.

          6. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            Dude, don’t think it over too much
            the LAF will not be given advanced weapons because it’s not a responsible entity, just like you should not give a child a deadly weapon…
            You give it non-lethal “weapons” (bibi-gun is fine, rockets no-no)
            Iran wants to give the LAF lethal weapons so that the firepower of the army becomes totally loyal to Iran. The advanced weaponry proposed to the LAF was not going to be sent to General Omar Menye from Tripoli but to General Hasan Ali from Bent Jbeil… making the LAF another Iranian arm… and that is like arming a child because it’s a recipe for disaster and the dissolution of the LAF and the whole country.
            It was refused by the government at the time, which by itself is an acknowledgment by these Lebanese politicians that the army is irresponsible.
            It’s no secret buddy…

          7. man-o-war Avatar

            Fair enough, they didn’t want to become Iran’s lap dog. I guess your original comment was just a joke, because the LAF doesn’t want weapons from Iran and you think they’re too childish to be given advanced weapons.

          8. 5thDrawer Avatar

            Had 15 years of listening to their old Russian armour clanking around in Syrian hands … thanks, but no thanks.

          9. After wasting time reading your comments im afraid everythingyou said is entirely and undoubtedly wrong :
            1-attack israel: impossible only if they want to rebuild lebanon from all over again

            2- attack the giftgiver: this is science fiction

            3- Attack lebanese : this what angered me the most : such argument is unacceptable: dont you know u morron that the lebanese army is the only institution that s preserving Lebanese unity right now. soldiers are dying everyday just to protect us from all those extremists blasting innocent people.
            How dare you denying lebanese army victory in nahr el
            Bared and in saida?

            4-sell it in the black market : i would rather not to comment on this one

            5-i have no objection against a cooperation between the lebanese army and hezbollah as long as it stays to fight israel and the extremists.

            I have 2 brothers in the commandos
            Regimen forces ( maghawir) and i
            Refuse that a moron like
            You despise all the effort they have deployed to keep us safe.

          10. ABOUelABED Avatar
            ABOUelABED

            manneke (little man in dutch), you seem to have a lot of understanding issues; i guess this blog should be limited to adults

          11. man-o-war Avatar

            It should be limited to sane adults. I think that excludes you fetor.

          12. 5thDrawer Avatar

            I debated on not telling YOU, since it could rattle Your head … but keep it quiet, ok? Shhh … the wing-tanks were filled with an 18-yr single-malt from Speyside.
            🙂
            Oh, yes, for the VIP’s only … of course. You’re safe.

          13. Patience2 Avatar

            Only 18??

          14. 5thDrawer Avatar

            Patience …. even I wouldn’t advise the 35-yr for this …. it’s so good they might begin to expect more and better all the time. 😉

        2. ABOUelABED Avatar
          ABOUelABED

          some children prove to be much more mature than many adults; i couldnt resist saying less reading your comment

        3. Igor Chingoski Avatar
          Igor Chingoski

          Well they gave it to Israel, And they use them recklessly.
          But seriously if You think that Lebanese are children, What the FUCK YOU ARE DOING HERE EBN CHARMOUTA!!!! YAHARADINEK!

  2. MekensehParty Avatar
    MekensehParty

    What did Iran give the Lebanese Army?

    1. man-o-war Avatar

      Haha! I’m guessing if Lebanon wanted and the “Western” nations allowed it to, they would provide Lebanon with a lot more than a cessna. Lebanon will never be able to have a modern military if Israel has a say about it. Even if the weapons were strictly defensive weapons.

      1. MekensehParty Avatar
        MekensehParty

        Would you give a gun to a child?

        1. man-o-war Avatar

          I don’t get your point. I guess it depends on the age, maturity, training, and if they were my kid or not. Also, would this child be carrying it around with him? If so, probably not. If it was meant for hunting, I suppose I would.

          1. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            The child is Lebanon
            The gun is advanced weaponry
            If you give these morons in the LAF advanced weaponry here’s what they’ll do with it:
            – attack Israel
            – attack the gift giver
            – attack Lebanese
            – sell it in the black market
            – give it to hezbollah
            ….
            as you can see none of the above is in the interest of the child, so better as you said, give him a bibi-gun and send him hunt squirrels

          2. Ignorance is bliss.

          3. ABOUelABED Avatar
            ABOUelABED

            you proved again my previous comments that some adults are less mature than many children; bahLOOOOOOOOL

          4. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            yi you’re back
            How was your trip to Sayeda Zeinab?

          5. man-o-war Avatar

            Lol! It’s funny because some of the things you mentioned could possibly happen. The most likely thing would be selling them on the black market. However, it seems that you don’t think to highly of the LAF and it led you to make some serious assumptions.

            “Attack Israel” Highly unlikely, it would be a death wish to attack Israel as a formal military. It would take lots and lots of seriously advanced weaponry to even stand a chance. If you’re going to start a war with them it has to be an unconventional war, otherwise you better have one hell of an air force.

            “Attack Lebanon” Why would they do that? and do they really need advanced weaponry for that?

            “Give it to HA”, Why would they need to do that? HA is already better armed than the LAF and have backers supplying them with weapons.

            Anyway, back to your original comment “What did Iran give the Lebanese Army?”, if you think the LAF are a bunch of moronic children, what do you want Iran to give them?

            I’m not sure, but I think Iran has offered to arm the LAF in the past and it was turned down.

          6. MekensehParty Avatar
            MekensehParty

            Dude, don’t think it over too much
            the LAF will not be given advanced weapons because it’s not a responsible entity, just like you should not give a child a deadly weapon…
            You give it non-lethal “weapons” (bibi-gun is fine, rockets no-no)
            Iran wants to give the LAF lethal weapons so that the firepower of the army becomes totally loyal to Iran. The advanced weaponry proposed to the LAF was not going to be sent to General Omar Menye from Tripoli but to General Hasan Ali from Bent Jbeil… making the LAF another Iranian arm… and that is like arming a child because it’s a recipe for disaster and the dissolution of the LAF and the whole country.
            It was refused by the government at the time, which by itself is an acknowledgment by these Lebanese politicians that the army is irresponsible.
            It’s no secret buddy…

          7. man-o-war Avatar

            Fair enough, they didn’t want to become Iran’s lap dog. I guess your original comment was just a joke, because the LAF doesn’t want weapons from Iran and you think they’re too childish to be given advanced weapons.

          8. 5thDrawer Avatar

            Had 15 years of listening to their old Russian armour clanking around in Syrian hands … thanks, but no thanks.

          9. After wasting time reading your comments im afraid everythingyou said is entirely and undoubtedly wrong :
            1-attack israel: impossible only if they want to rebuild lebanon from all over again

            2- attack the giftgiver: this is science fiction

            3- Attack lebanese : this what angered me the most : such argument is unacceptable: dont you know u morron that the lebanese army is the only institution that s preserving Lebanese unity right now. soldiers are dying everyday just to protect us from all those extremists blasting innocent people.
            How dare you denying lebanese army victory in nahr el
            Bared and in saida?

            4-sell it in the black market : i would rather not to comment on this one

            5-i have no objection against a cooperation between the lebanese army and hezbollah as long as it stays to fight israel and the extremists.

            I have 2 brothers in the commandos
            Regimen forces ( maghawir) and i
            Refuse that a moron like
            You despise all the effort they have deployed to keep us safe.

          10. ABOUelABED Avatar
            ABOUelABED

            manneke (little man in dutch), you seem to have a lot of understanding issues; i guess this blog should be limited to adults

          11. man-o-war Avatar

            It should be limited to sane adults. I think that excludes you fetor.

          12. 5thDrawer Avatar

            I debated on not telling YOU, since it could rattle your head … but keep it quiet, ok? Shhh … the wing-tanks were filled with an 18-yr single-malt from Speyside. 🙂

          13. Patience2 Avatar

            Only 18??

          14. 5thDrawer Avatar

            Patience …. even I wouldn’t advise the 35-yr for this …. it’s so good they might begin to expect more and better all the time. 😉

        2. ABOUelABED Avatar
          ABOUelABED

          some children prove to be much more mature than many adults; i couldnt resist saying less reading your comment

        3. Igor Chingoski Avatar
          Igor Chingoski

          Well they gave it to Israel, And they use them recklessly.
          But seriously if You think that Lebanese are children, What the FUCK YOU ARE DOING HERE EBN CHARMOUTA!!!! YAHARADINEK!

  3. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    Thank you and God bless the United State of America – Land of the FREE ! Next step I want to see from John Kerry a real push for a peace deal between Lebanon and Israel. Inchallah it happens soon, as things are evolving rapidly in the region these days. Just imagine 1) the South of Lebanon how it is going to have an economic boom with peace with Israel, 2) Syria loses its control over Lebanon as they will not be able to exercise their blackmail any more by shutting the borders, 3) Then the United States and Europe are going to help the Lebanese army with real weapons to defend ourselves, 4) the economic aid from the US and Europe is going to increase exponentially, etc…. At the end, the benefits to Lebanon with a peace deal are wwwwway too much to ignore. By not wanting peace we are losing and wasting time and opportunities that are countless. LET THERE BE PEACE NOW !

    1. man-o-war Avatar

      I like the idea, but even in peace Israel will not allow Lebanon to have modern defensive weapons. No way they’re going to give up Lebanese airspace.

      I still think its worth giving peace a chance. What happens to the Palestinian refugees? Do they become Lebanese citizens or are they exchanged in the peace process?

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar

        Maybe they would accept a citizenship by this time, if offered AGAIN.

      2. Constantin7 Avatar
        Constantin7

        Our terms for a peace deal are simple: 1- Israel withdraws from the last inch of Lebanese territory; 2- The Lebanese living in Israel return home unharmed; 3- Israel respects the Lebanese sovereignty on land, air and sea; 4- and most importantly the Palestinian refugees leave Lebanon for good. I say leave Lebanon (and not necessarily return to Palestine) because I as Lebanese my prolem is the Palestinian population in Lebanon and not the return of these to Palestine. The Palestinian camps occupy prime land in our cities which we need to our Lebanese population (Sabra, Chatilla, Mar Elias, Bourj-el-barajneh, Saida, Sour, Nahr-elbared, Baalbeck, Dbayeh, etc…, besides the Palestinian camps are off limits to the Lebanese army and most outlaws in Lebanon are living in these camps, add to that the increase in their population and all the problems it creates in our fragile society, etc… The Lebanese governement should negotiate their evacuation with the Palestinian authority, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the US, Canada and Australia and other Arab countries that have space and ressources to receive some Palestinians (like Lybia and Tunisia). Basically, Lebanon cannot afford any more these Palestinians and they have to go anywhere else. In any case wherever they go they will have a better life than they have in Lebanon, they will hold dual citizenship : Palestinian and American, or Canadian, or Lybian, or Saudi Arabian, etc… In Lebanon they have no chance for a better life. So sending them anywhere would be better off for them and for us. The exit of the Palestinians from Lebanon should be a core part of the peace deal with Israel.

  4. Constantin7 Avatar
    Constantin7

    Thank you and God bless the United State of America – Land of the FREE ! Next step I want to see from John Kerry a real push for a peace deal between Lebanon and Israel. Inchallah it happens soon, as things are evolving rapidly in the region these days. Just imagine 1) the South of Lebanon how it is going to have an economic boom with peace with Israel, 2) Syria loses its control over Lebanon as they will not be able to exercise their blackmail any more by shutting the borders, 3) Then the United States and Europe are going to help the Lebanese army with real weapons to defend ourselves, 4) the economic aid from the US and Europe is going to increase exponentially, etc…. At the end, the benefits to Lebanon with a peace deal are wwwwway too much to ignore. By not wanting peace we are losing and wasting time and opportunities that are countless. LET THERE BE PEACE NOW !

    1. man-o-war Avatar

      I like the idea, but even in peace Israel will not allow Lebanon to have modern defensive weapons. No way they’re going to give up Lebanese airspace.

      I still think its worth giving peace a chance. What happens to the Palestinian refugees? Do they become Lebanese citizens or are they exchanged in the peace process?

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar

        Maybe they would accept a citizenship by this time, if offered AGAIN.

      2. Constantin7 Avatar
        Constantin7

        Our terms for a peace deal are simple: 1- Israel withdraws from the last inch of Lebanese territory; 2- The Lebanese living in Israel return home unharmed; 3- Israel respects the Lebanese sovereignty on land, air and sea; 4- and most importantly the Palestinian refugees leave Lebanon for good. I say leave Lebanon (and not necessarily return to Palestine) because I as Lebanese my prolem is the Palestinian population in Lebanon and not the return of these to Palestine. The Palestinian camps occupy prime land in our cities which we need to our Lebanese population (Sabra, Chatilla, Mar Elias, Bourj-el-barajneh, Saida, Sour, Nahr-elbared, Baalbeck, Dbayeh, etc…). The Lebanese governement should negotiate their evacuation with the Palestinian authority, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the US, Canada and Australia and other Arab countries that have space and ressources to receive some Palestinians (like Lybia and Tunisia). Basically, Lebanon cannot afford any more these Palestinians and they have to go anywhere else. In any case wherever they go they will have a better life than they have in Lebanon, they will hold dual citizenship : Palestinian and American, or Canadian, or Lybian, or Saudi Arabian, etc… In Lebanon they have no chance for a better life. So sending them anywhere would be better off for them and for us. The exit of the Palestinians from Lebanon should be a core part of the peace deal with Israel.

  5. ABOUelABED Avatar
    ABOUelABED

    i suspect this will be for VIP purposes mostly

  6. ABOUelABED Avatar
    ABOUelABED

    i suspect this will be for VIP purposes mostly

  7. 5thDrawer Avatar

    “US Air Force personnel landed at the Lebanese Air Force’s Beirut Airbase to join the ceremony” …. and took off right after so they wouldn’t be kidnapped driving to a hotel to sleep. :-)))

  8. 5thDrawer Avatar

    “US Air Force personnel landed at the Lebanese Air Force’s Beirut Airbase to join the ceremony” …. and took off right after so they wouldn’t be kidnapped driving to a hotel to sleep. :-)))

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