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Originally posted by JanZizka
Look at the exchange rate of Israeli aircarft (US made) versus Syrian aircarft over the Bekka Valley.....no comparison.....
Originally posted by ShatteredSkies
The Russians have some of the best hardware on the planet and a lot of it is for export. However the best stuff isn't for export, like the Su-37 and Su-47.
Originally posted by JanZizka
I just love how the Russians always roll out these 'advanced' concepts which seem to bear a striking resembelance to US aircraft and of course the Russians say their stuff is sooooo much better.....their hardware has yet to prevail in a major war.
During the time that the "Honchos" (the nickname given by the Sabre pilots to excellent MiG pilots) were in Korea, between April 1951 and January 1952, they shot down or damaged beyond repair 142 UN aircraft against 68 losses, an overall 2:1 kill ratio. Their most successful month was October 1951, when the Soviet MiG-15s bagged 7 F-86s, 6 F-84Es, 2 RF-80As and one F-80C, one Meteor and 10 B-29As -24 victories- and suffered only 8 MiGs lost. During that period over 30 Soviet MiG-15 pilots became aces, among them the already mentioned Nikolai Sutyagin (21 kills); and also Yevgeni Pepelyayev (19), Lev Shchukin (17), Sergei Kramarenko (13), Mikhail Ponomaryev (11), Dmitri Samoylov (10), etc.