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To: mad_as_he$$

Much of it!? Everything pertaining to manned aircraft is bogus. You are relying on bogus sources. Which recounts of manned aircraft shot down in any of those lists is 'valid'?


26 posted on 01/02/2006 3:18:39 PM PST by Tommyjo
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To: Tommyjo
How can you say that when you agree that they got 1-F-117 and one F-16? Now as far as BUFF claims I didn't see that. But the fact of the matter is that the North Viets took down lots of BUFF's with way more primitive equipment than the Iranians have. I agree that a BUFF is over the top but ALL of the US military power couldn't find a downed fighter in the wide open desert and left a man in the field. I find it believable that there could be fighters down in the region that nobody has found.

In addition, the Iranians have been feverishly working on stealth tracking technology. They may have well figured it out.

As far as I can tell we no longer operate formal Wild Weasel Squadrons - if so then we are counting on HARM's launched by not the most experienced pilots. How dumb will we look when the Iranians bring down a B-2? Using the cell phone network as their eyes.

27 posted on 01/02/2006 4:35:33 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
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