Posted on 09/03/2009 11:15:47 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Edited on 09/03/2009 5:56:44 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Russia has a contract to provide Syria with powerful MiG fighter jets but has not begun delivering the planes, according to a Russian newspaper report.
Kommersant cited the head of Russia's state-run United Aircraft Corporation, Alexei Fyodorov, as saying that a 2007 contract to sell MiG-31E interceptor fighters to Syria has not entered into force.
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Just more junk for IAF target practice in the next war..
I’m surprised Obama didn’t just sell him our jets at a bargain price, since he sees no use for them.
Lots of target practice for aspiring aces in the IAF.
MIGS were born to die!
There’s nothing more frightening than a Syrian fighter pilot in a new Russian MIG, especially to the people of Damascus.
“Lots of target practice for aspiring aces in the IAF.
MIGS were born to die!”
Nothing is more perilous to a military force than overconfidence.
That’s an old shoulder patch I remember seeing in my Air Force days. Over confidence may be perilous but if a fighter pilot doesn’t have the right mindset when he’s in combat he’s given away his biggest weapon.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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F-16Is grounded for inspection after one suffers engine failure
The Jerusalem Post | Sep 3, 2009 | YAAKOV KATZ
Posted on 09/02/2009 10:36:54 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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