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From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Unified Germany to use MiG-29s?
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Date: 30 Jun 90 05:40:18 GMT
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From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
In article <1990Jun29.025812.7577@cbnews.att.com> yla@IDA.LiU.SE (Yngve Larsso
>Not so: I believe the reason for a unified Germany to fly MiG-29s is
>that the East German Air Force ordered them back when things were as they
>used to be :-) Now, the USSR insists on delivering them AND GETTING PAID
>for them. I think the Germans tried to cancel the order, but to no avail.

If this is true. maybe we should lobby congress to buy them and cancel a
eq. $ number of f16's.  They should compare pricewise favorably.  I suspect
that will either convice the soviets to cancel the order & or give us some
real movie scenes & school materials.
al



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