Inside the Israeli Air Force
06-12-2008, 10:47 AM
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Inside the Israeli Air Force
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
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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Originally Posted by vagabond
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
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/play...27541&src=news
http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/180/top_guns
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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Originally Posted by vagabond
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
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/play...27541&src=news
http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/180/top_guns
06-13-2008, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by vagabond
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
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/play...27541&src=news
http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/180/top_guns
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, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by sigtauenus
Actions speak louder than words?
Absolutely. But tell us, just when was that last Mig shot down?
Absolutely. But tell us, just when was that last Mig shot down?
How many sorties did the Iraqi AF fly during Desert Storm 2? Why was that?
06-16-2008, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by bifff15
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?
How many sorties did the Iraqi AF fly during Desert Storm 2? Why was that?
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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Originally Posted by bifff15
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.
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