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Old December 20th 03, 07:25 PM
phil hunt
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On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 04:03:08 GMT, Kevin Brooks wrote:

If it is so superior to the latest F-16 Blocks, then why has it been
repeatedly outsold on the foreign market by what you apparently consider
some kind of "third generation" fighter? You are saying it costs the same,
offers OPTEMPO savings in comparison to the F-16's, and yet it has managed
to sell what, maybe a third the number of F-16's sold externally since the
JAS-39 entered into the fray?

Brooks


How many of those sales were to people who already operate F-16s?

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