[verity]

I think the “young pilot” has received serious counseling by his commander regarding raising such a question in an open forum. He will have a short career!

[jhpigott]

my bad, didn’t mean to come off like I was dropping the hammer on you

There is plenty of rabble out there in the world of internet journalism, I can understand questioning the credibility of the article if they can’t even correctly identify the source. However, from what I understand INN is very reputable. Mullen was at WVU. I suspect is was just a mis-translation of his name.

[Jewbacca]

He should make aliyah.

I am a (former, but technically reservist) IAF pilot and worked closely with USAF pilots regarding istallation and “tweaking” of ground-support firing weapons, used by the USAF to great effect in Iraq and, even more so, Afganistan.

Our F15 and F-16s are marginally superior, but most of our modifications have been to increase range, which actually harm “top end” performance (e.g., conformal fuel tanks).

Our pilots are as skilled, if not more skilled, than USAF pilots, but we would be greatly outnumbered and outclassed dramatically with regard to intel and C&C.

The USAF pilots would do as ordered.

The entire thing would be a complete disaster, with ample kills on both sides.