Indian/American Fighter training

[PU Grad]

It may be similar but antennas have to be redesigned from plane to plane due to the change in the aircrafts geometry.

 

[VetteMuscle427]

Indians aren't any smarter than you or I.... they just work so much harder.

 

[zuggerat]

did anyone notice what the article said about the numbers of planes involved, 4 F-15C's vs. 10 - 12 other IAF aircraft...do we get points for being grossly out numbered?

 

[goldwingdreams]

Nah. Those odds are are way better than what we expected in a Ruskie first strike in Europe. I think we were war gaming based on 6 to 1 odds or greater. Some old salt correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[viv]

I totally disagree with the quote about how the A/F can only recuit average people to fly their fighters. The A/F fighter community is no joke, and there are some very very intelligent and competent people in that community. That line in the previous post sounds like a little bit of home field arrogance on behalf of the writer, who I assume to be Indian.

This doesn't look like an article from a major Indian media outlet (along the lines of a CNN or BBC) so the presence of such silly and biased statements doesn't surprise me.

 

[zuggerat]

check-you-six, you have any idea how our fighters held up to those odds in the ops, i'd imagine fairly well

 

[46Driver]

I don't see anything in here about AWACs, Hawkeyes, or the other the supporting elements that make up our entire package. I do know that the F-22 in particular is under scrutiny as Congress looks for places to cut in DoD to pay for Operation Iraqi Freedom.......... Coincidence??????

 

[zuggerat]

the AF is brilliant if they took a dive to get more F/A-22's

 

[46Driver]

If you've been following the tanker scandal between the Air Force and Boeing, anything is plausible..... especially when a multi-billion dollar program is on the line.

 

[zilber]

Who knows, don't forget that it was the Air Force flying. I am sure that if you put some Navy and Marine pilots against the Indians, things would have turned out different

 

[46Driver]

Thought this might be of interest - even if the title says F-14's and its about F-15's.
http://www.strategypage.com//fyeo/howtomakewar/default.asp?target=htairfo.htm

 

[Dirty Underwear Gang]

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