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GIVEN CURRENT WARS, F-35s ARE BETTER CHOICE THAN MORE F-22As
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June 14th 08, 09:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
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GIVEN CURRENT WARS, F-35s ARE BETTER CHOICE THAN MORE F-22As
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On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:43:48 -0500, Dan wrote:
Raymond O'Hara wrote:
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a big main force war isn't going to happen anytime in the next 50 years.
You may be willing to stake your life on that, I'm not. I have
history on my side. Since WW2 there were Korea, Viet Nam and Gulf War
where an air superiority fighter was a requirement. Iraq may not have
had the greatest air force, but they didn't exactly roll over either.
Actually they did, they rolled over & play dead or fled. There were
no attempts at any meaningful maintenance of Iraqi airspace by the
Iraqi's.
Never bet the next opponant will do as the last did.
I know it's never been proven but the Iraqi airfocre may have caught
that flle deises from the Mirage fighters they flew
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