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Originally Posted by Evangelical
Mattis said 20%, it's a direct quote from him. I will wait patiently for your clarifying statement if you can produce it.
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“The assessment of the Department of Defense is that the strike resulted in the damage or destruction of fuel and ammunition sites, air defense capabilities, and 20 percent of Syria’s operational aircraft,” Mattis said in a statement. NY Post, April 10, 2017
Defense analysts IHS Jane's estimate the Syrian airforce has about 262 strike aircraft, although the company admits this may be an imperfect number due to the ongoing war. CNN Tue April 11, 2017
Owning 262 strike aircraft is not equal to having 262 "operational" strike aircraft.
The question then becomes how many of the 262 are operational. Unless you have a better source than Janes or the US defense department, I'll stick with the existing estimate.