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To: ExcursionGuy84

The US trained Iranian pilots back in the '70's. Pathetic isn't it?


31 posted on 02/05/2006 5:11:58 PM PST by TheSpottedOwl (Support the fence....grow a Victory Garden!)
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To: TheSpottedOwl
The US trained Iranian pilots back in the '70's. Pathetic isn't it?

Those pilots--and their planes--would now be how old?

38 posted on 02/05/2006 5:24:27 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: TheSpottedOwl
The US trained Iranian pilots back in the '70's. Pathetic isn't it?

The Shah and his air force were our friends. Then Carter cut them off and the Islamists took over; any of his air force officers that didn't get out of Iran were killed. When the revolution took place, most of the Iranian Air Force personnel over here for language and technical training requested asylum in the USA rather than return home to certain death.
41 posted on 02/05/2006 5:30:07 PM PST by ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY (%28 Terrorism is a symptom, ISLAM IS THE DISEASE!%29)
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