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2006-06-08 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john 2006-06-08 19:53|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The USDOD will consider it when India's Air Force can prove its planes can stop crashing, its pilots can stop dying.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-06-08 21:21|| 2006-06-08 21:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually DOD is quite gung-ho about selling either F-16s or F-18s to the Indian Air Force.

With a large part of its fleet being Mig-21s, being used for missions they were not designed for, and being flown quite agressively and frequently, crashes are to be expected.

Especially since rookie pilots transition from prop trainers to the Mig-21 which is a difficult aircraft to handle. It is rather darwinian - onlt the best survive. A single mistake will cost the pilot his life.

Only in 2005 did rookie pilots start being trained on the Hawk jet trainers. More reliable American planes would bring down the crash rate as well.

Posted by john 2006-06-08 21:32|| 2006-06-08 21:32|| Front Page Top

#3 And cooperation betwen the USAF and the IAF has increased recently. The Indians have been invited to the Red Flag exercises next year

Posted by john 2006-06-08 21:46|| 2006-06-08 21:46|| Front Page Top

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