On 13 Sep 2003 06:56:50 -0700, Kevin Brooks wrote:
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:57:05 -0400, Brian
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 23:44:43 GMT, Matt Wiser
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I wonder why SA bought them? Certainly, if I was trying to buy
something and the shop would only sell me second-rate gear, I would
say "fine, I'll take my custom to Mr Sukhoi (or Mr Mikoyan or Mr
Dassault...) down the street".

Because at the time the Saudi's purchased the F-15's, MiG had nothing
even
comparable to a "second rate" F-15.

MiG aren't the only people making aircraft. Saudi Arabia could have
bought a Su-27 derivative such as the Su-30.

Sorry, but the same reasoning still applies--the F-15 was offered to
the world well before the Su-27 was. Service entry for the F-15 was
1976; the Flanker B (the first one that could rival (arguably) the
F-15) did not enter Soviet service until 1986.

And we are talking about a Saudi arms purchase in 1995, *long
after* it entered service.

Again, look at the timing--IOC in French service in 84, eight years
after the Eagle had entered operational US service with 1st TFW. ISTR
that the Saudi F-15's were entering service sometime around when the
French themselves were placing the 2000 into service?

You're thinking of the first block of F-15s the Saudis bought, in
the 1980s. I was talking of the second batch, in the 1990s.

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