What If Iraqi Army Had Russian MiG-31 Jets? (Pravda)

Pravda ^ | 3/28/3 | Sergey Permyakov

[Poohbah]

Mig 31? I don't think so. It is stategic weapon.

Translation: MiG-31s cost too much for Turd World countries to buy enough to be useful.

They are carriors for supersonic anti-ship missiles.

Good, the F-14 community wants to splash some bandits.

And they are great interceptors. Very good against low-speed flying bombers.

How would they do against the fighter sweep PRECEDING those bombers?

[Future Snake Eater]

Ah, I stand corrected. Oh well, back to the library with me.

[WaveThatFlag]

Superfan 1: Bears Team bus vs. Indianapolis 500 champion Emmerson Fittapaldi?
Superfan 2: Would Ditka be driving da bus?

Boy, Russian stupidity sure can speed up the end of a slow work week...

[Poohbah]

Re: the last picture: "I forget ONE item--gear down and locked--on the landing checklist, and everyone gives me a hard time now!"

[Paleo Conservative]

What If Iraqi Army Had Russian MiG-31 Jets? (Pravda)

I would be a little more concerned if their airforce had them.

[Porterville]

I hope it is better than the Mig-29

[BlueLancer]

"Ham on the wing...who'da thunk it?"

Aren't they called pigeons?

[El Sordo]

I always make a point of leaving an airshow before any Russian planes take to the air.

[1stFreedom]

MIG-31's are very nice. However, they wouldn't outclass our frontline fighters.

And if Iraq did have super fighters, you bet we would have rushed an order for 100 F-22s to help take them out.

[WaveThatFlag]

Why does the Iraqi Navy use glass bottomed boats? So they can see their Air Force

Wait a minute: The Iraqi Navy is in Iran now?

[TankerKC]

If the Iraqi army had several regiments of MiG-31 jets . . .

. . . they'd be smoldering wreckage in the desert, shot down by pilots with far better training...

...in jets with far better maintenance.

[jays911]

this reminds me of that old saturday night live skit: "what if spartacus had had a piper cub?". didn't help kirk douglas much.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Ditka wins.

[michaelt]

I think, based on the above pictures, that the Russian planes would be doing most of the flaming.

[Porterville]

Watch out for Russian pilots, this one is a notorious drunk!!!

[Paleo Conservative]

'If the Iraqi army had several regiments of MiG-31 jets . . . '

. . . they'd be smoldering wreckage in the desert,

Since when does their army fly airplanes? Wouldn't it be their airforce?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

I never saw that last picture before. Note to Russian aviation. In order to sell aircraft, you have to prove their worth. Crashing a plane in most every major airshow doesn't do that.

[jackbill]

And they are going to take off and land at what air field?

Pravda maybe hasn't heard but "All their base are belong to us".