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Old 25th Apr 2015, 07:46
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No chance of success whatsoever. You need to be from a western, affluent society to fly jets. All the photos you see of lesser humans from lesser nations engaged in aviation are pure propaganda and the notion that UAE, Jordan and the like operate the F-16 simply ridiculous.

When are these also rans going to realise that if you don't have a handle bar moustache you're not joining our club?

Or maybe it's a straight forward jet to operate and they'll be as good as anyone else given a reasonable timescale.

(I've seen absolutely bone performance from just about every nation I've ever worked with - perhaps the bonest of the lot being a USAF chap, but he was probably just a good lad having a bad day)
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