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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Iraq's Military Strength
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Date: 12 Aug 90 21:45:57 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: terryy%sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Terry Yeung)
>	1) How good are the aircraft in the Iraqi Air Force?  I just saw on
>	   the news yesterday that they had MiG-29s.  If so how many do they
>	   have?  How does the rest of their aircraft compare with American
>	   fighters?

A better question would be, how do their pilots compare?  As the Israelis
have consistently shown, that's more important than the aircraft.  As for
the answer, my guess is "so-so, but better than you'd expect because they
have recent combat experience".

                                         Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
                                          henry@zoo.toronto.edu   utzoo!henry