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Old 8th Aug 2015, 17:02
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Heathrow Harry
 
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I'm pretty sure the IAF has some damn god pilots and the Flanker is a good fighter. The Indians also know they are much more likely than the RAF to have to fight at short notice against either Pakistan or China which probably keeps them pretty sharp

BUT - they want to keep making the trips to the USA/UK/Australia if only to test against other 4Gen fighters so their CO is going to claim "victory" as much as he can - if he reports "we were murdered" it's an end to exchange visits for sure

It's good for the RAF to test against the sort of 'planes Mr Puitin has and especially since some of the Indian training will be based on Russian doctrine
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