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From: lrb@hpfcso.fc.hp.com (Larry Bruns)
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Subject: 33 TO 0 : Air-to-Air Combat
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Date: 9 Feb 91 03:01:15 GMT
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From: lrb@hpfcso.fc.hp.com (Larry Bruns)

Planes downed:  33 to 0
That is the Coalition-to-Iraqi score so far in Air-to-Air combat kills.

The USSR must be getting embarrassed!

1) Am I correct in assuming that the USSR-built Iraqi planes are flown
   by pilots who were trained in the USSR by the same trainers who train 
   the USSR Air Force pilots?
2) How many of those 33 were "top-of-the-line" USSR aircraft?
3) Who trained the Iraqi Mirage pilots - French or USSR trainers?
4) I know at least 2 of the 33 were shot down by a Saudi pilot.  How many
   others of the 33 are credited to non-US pilots?

Larry Bruns