From: George Sherwood 

On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:24:30 +0000, Adam wrote:

> Your F22 is needed coz the late model flankers can kick your eagles into
> touch. Cope India. A US - Indian "friendly match" aka exercise.
>
> Eagle vs late model flanker. Result? 9-1 in favour of the Indians.

Not completely accurate.  The problem was that the Air Force completely
underestimated the skill of the IAF and set up ROE that were stupid and
probably embarrassing to the IAF.  Hence the result.  I don't know how the
airplanes actually match up, but this exercise is not a good comparison.

George

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