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Forum: Military Aviation

14th Dec 2014, 21:47

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World Airforces

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Mr Noritake, no, I've never had the interesting...

Mr Noritake, no, I've never had the interesting experience of flying a MiG-17. However, it's not simply a question of "which would win, 1 Typhoon or 50 MiG-17s," as you seem to imply. What you can...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Dec 2014, 20:38

Replies: 60

World Airforces

Views: 11,114

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You and I can appreciate there's much more to it...

You and I can appreciate there's much more to it than that, sure. I always wonder about the people. Yes, you can do more with fewer airframes; but now we have fewer airframes, we have fewer people...

Forum: Military Aviation

14th Dec 2014, 20:07

Replies: 60

World Airforces

Views: 11,114

Posted By 5 Forward 6 Back

Isn't "number of fixed wing combat aircraft" a...

Isn't "number of fixed wing combat aircraft" a bit of a poor metric to base anything on nowadays?

I know we're cut to the bone, and I've limped through tours with barely enough serviceable jets,...

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