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I seem to remember an article a few months ago about a recent exercise in which US planes (not sure if it was Navy or USAF or both) were matched against the Israeli airforce. They kicked our ass. They can't match our (or the Arabs) numbers but they more than make up for it with the quality of training. If this article is true, it's excellent. If it's not, then it's great disinformation. Either way, the Iraqis are screwed.

I'm sure there was an 'exercise' where the Taliban Air Force "kicked our ass", too. Apparently, we lose all the exercises we participate in (wasn't there a recent one where the 'Iranians' sank all our boats and defeated our invasion force???).

Look, I would be more than happy if there was a joint IDF-US sweep through the Middle East but it ain't gonna happen. Because of this, the Israelis need to mind their own business and not complicate matters for us.

You are correct except that the compex you refer to was between select IAF units and several of our Navy squadrons. Our people did not acquit themselves well. This occurred during the second term of the Great Cowardly SinkWanker, when his quisling cabal's endless depredations against naval aviation were having serious effects on materiel readiness, training and morale. So, this single episode does not support the conclusion that the IAF is supernormal. That conclusion would be supportable if and only if the Great Cowardly Quisling had been trashing the IAF for five or six years. Let us hope that NavAir is well on the road to recovery. Certainly their conduct of air strikes deep into Afghanistan for six or eight weeks [while the AirFarce tacair people waited for their 15,000' runways, fuel dumps and GSE to be put in place]indicates that they are up to speed, however short of materiel they may be. P.S. Nothing against the BUFF's and the B-1's. They were out#%#*ingstanding.

Re: Either way, the Iraqis are screwed.

Agreed. Saddom has no choice but inventory his scuds and attempt comunication with the troops manning them which will provide usefill sigint.