Originally Posted by hound

The thing is ODS was vrs a Breznev era military of Iraq, most of the ADs were lacking the range so Falcons would have a duck kill. ZSU/SA-8s were not designed to ward off stealths also. OIF was against a 75% weakened force so no brainer. It would be really exciting to see how do the Falcons/Hawks perform against the top like Russian ADs when the assets are protected by the Mig-31s and AWACS type platforms with S-300/400s at work in target shooting. I consider US equiptment and training to be superior to that of SU/Russia and in neck to neck scenario, I think US training is a whole notch superior like 25% higher which is substaintial.