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Old 07-19-2006, 14:35 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by STAN
when are we likely to see in war games these two planes duke it out and when/ if we do what are we likely to find out?

btw been reading these forums for quite some time now finally registered cos i wanted to find out peoples opinions on this
AFAIK they have already been in exercises together - although not in a "dog-fight" style engagement. IIRC there are two Typhoons stateside(or were) from the Operational Evaluation Unit(OEU).

I believe the Typhoons were flying "top cover" for the strike force in an exercise. It ended badly for the strike force as they were all shot down shortly after take-off... lol.

There was a rumour that the Typhoon had been able to "see" the Raptor at one stage - although I believe this was during take-off (presumably from the landing gear?).

Before anyone asks me for a source - I read this on another forum. Will try and find the post and get back to peeps...
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