In a previously unreported comment, U.S. Centcom commander Gen. David
Petraeus said last week that the United Arab Emirates, a key U.S. ally
in the Persian Gulf, has the capability to overpower Iran's Air Force.

"The Emirati Air Force itself could take out the entire Iranian Air
Force, I believe, given that it's got ... somewhere around 70 Block 60
F-16 fighters, which are better than the U.S. F-16 fighters," Petraeus
said during remarks at a recent conference put on in Bahrain by the
International Institute for Strategic Studies last week.

from http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/
http://www.iiss.org/whats-new/iiss-i...ake-out-irans/