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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
As opposed to the Soviets? The IsAF would have been blasted out of the sky had they faced a Soviet onslaught. On a per pilot basis, per plane basis, I'll even go as far as per flight package, the IsAF is better but there was and is no way they could've stop a Soviet air campaign.
We were.
I find it absolutely ludicrous to praise the Israelis so much just because they beat up on some 2nd rate Arabs when they were scared crapless everytime the Soviets said "boo." Thank God that we didn't have to take on that superpower but there is absolutely no question that we were far more ready and far more willing AND FAR MORE CAPABLE to take them on than the Israelis could ever dream of.
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OoE, so according to you, based on events that happened 30 years ago the best fighter pilots in the world are, Russians? We are discussing which Air Force has the world's best pilots in the present world.
Well, I'd rate Russian Pilots at 6 or 7, considering whether I include China in my list or not.
I would say, if it is about pilots then I should be about pilots skills only, with other air support systems excluded.
