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06-12-2008 | 10:47 AM

vagabond

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This is from 60 Minutes. Does the Israeli Air Force fly the F-18? They can't be the best until they do.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/play...27541&src=news

http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/180/top_guns

06-12-2008 | 08:52 PM

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This is from 60 Minutes. Does the Israeli Air Force fly the F-18? They can't be the best until they do.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/play...27541&src=news

http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/180/top_guns

Vagabond -

I watched most of the clips but all I saw was F-15s and F-16s (and Cobras one the clip with the female). Btw - I love your undying devotion to the Hornet

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06-12-2008 | 08:57 PM

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This is from 60 Minutes. Does the Israeli Air Force fly the F-18? They can't be the best until they do.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/play...27541&src=news

http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/180/top_guns

Please, just sleep with that fighter jock already and get it out of your system!

06-13-2008 | 06:11 AM

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This is from 60 Minutes. Does the Israeli Air Force fly the F-18? They can't be the best until they do.

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/play...27541&src=news

http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/180/top_guns

Vagabond,

You are right, the IAF isn't the best.

No they don't fly the F/A-18 Hornet.

However they do fly the F-15 Eagle, also known as the NUMBER 1 MIG killing fighter in SW Asia.

Action speaks louder than words....

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06-13-2008 | 11:17 AM

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Actions speak louder than words?

Absolutely. But tell us, just when was that last Mig shot down?

06-13-2008 | 07:52 PM

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Actions speak louder than words?

Absolutely. But tell us, just when was that last Mig shot down?

Off the cuff I would say the four shot down in Operation Allied Force, Kosovo, 1999. Two of those were during one engagement and marked the first dual kill by a radar equipped fighter to date (if memory serves).

How many sorties did the Iraqi AF fly during Desert Storm 2? Why was that?

06-16-2008 | 08:13 AM

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The F-15 has just over 100 kills I think, thats the US, Israel and Saudia combined...vs no losses. Pretty impressive in my book.

06-16-2008 | 11:25 AM

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Bifff15 -

Wasn't there an F-16 that got 4 kills in the BH/Kos conflict? Seems I remember a story that he jumped like 5 of the light attack jets (which I can't even remember the name of now) and got most of them. I seem to remember all of us saying that he should have gunned the last guy to get that 5th kill; but maybe time has fogged my memory.

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06-16-2008 | 11:35 AM

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How many sorties did the Iraqi AF fly during Desert Storm 2? Why was that?

Small compensation for the hundreds of young Eagle drivers left out of the current war. Which, of course, will negatively impact their careers, leave the F-22 devoid of many pilots with current combat experience, and force most of them to keep their pie holes shut at the bar. It's unfortunate, really. Except for the last one, that is.