[Mariner]

Yes, it's true they prefer Russian airframes....sturdy, fast and agile. Not to mention they're relatively cheap and leverage existing maintenance infrastructure.

However, they'd like to load them up with Israeli and US avionics and weapons.

It's a great combo.

[Marine_Uncle]

"It's a great combo."
And in one on ones our fighters repeatably came out second best, based on articles we viewed at FR two months back.