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2007-03-21 India-Pakistan

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Posted by John Frum 2007-03-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Four Mig-23 MFs belonging to 224 Squadron of IAF, nicknamed 'Warlords', took to the skies here for the last time on Tuesday

I guess four of their pilots were still tired of living.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-03-21 00:56|| 2007-03-21 00:56|| Front Page Top

#2 STRATEGYPAGE > INDIA is happy as larks wid their MIG-29's, want work wid RUSSIA to lengthen lives of MIG-29 airframes and systems. See also THE COMMIE THREAT IN THE JUNGLE - you know, Radical Islam.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-03-21 02:28|| 2007-03-21 02:28|| Front Page Top

#3 When I saw the headline, I thought "hold on, the Israeli Air Force doesn't fly MIGs".

Soon we will have the Iraqi Air Force. Forget about Global Warming, we are all doomed by the TLA crisis.

Posted by phil_b 2007-03-21 03:03|| 2007-03-21 03:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Yeah, IsAF, InAF, IrAF would be a little more intelligible...

Posted by DanNY 2007-03-21 07:49|| 2007-03-21 07:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Dan, except that there would still be the confusion between the Iraqi and Iranian Air Farces.

Posted by Rambler">Rambler 2007-03-21 08:40|| 2007-03-21 08:40|| Front Page Top

#6 "hold on, the Israeli Air Force doesn't fly MIGs".

heh heh heh.

Posted by Clyde Threaling1504">Clyde Threaling1504 2007-03-21 09:29|| 2007-03-21 09:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Yes they do. In 1965 they managed to have an Arab pilot escape to Israel with his Mig21. This allowed the Israelis to know all the strong and weak points in her handling as well as where to aim to have her catch fire.

I doubt they haven't managed to get their hands on Mig29s and later, when Poland or East Germany became part of the NATO.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-03-21 09:47|| 2007-03-21 09:47|| Front Page Top

#8 Took me til the 4th paragraph before the article told me who the IAF was. Isreali? Iraqi? Indonesian?

Posted by gromky 2007-03-21 14:43|| 2007-03-21 14:43|| Front Page Top

#9 The Israelis have flown Indian Migs (and Indian pilots have flown their F-16s).
These exercises are of course hush-hush but they provide each nation with valuable training on the aircraft their opponents are using.

Posted by John Frum 2007-03-21 15:25|| 2007-03-21 15:25|| Front Page Top

#10 Phil, we'll just have to go with ETLAs.

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2007-03-21 22:22|| 2007-03-21 22:22|| Front Page Top

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