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2014-06-28 Iraq

Iraq Buys Used Russian Fighter Jets Amid U.S. Delivery Delay

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Posted by Fred 2014-06-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iraq

#1 So the US dicks around and the Iraqis buy used Russian planes on eBay. Nice. (Saw some mention that they were Sukhois. Model seems vague. Journalists!)

Getting planes is one thing, but pilots, spares and maintenance is another. Who is going to fly them, "contractors"?

Posted by SteveS 2014-06-28 00:50|| 2014-06-28 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 Who is going to fly them, "contractors"?

Yep.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-06-28 01:58|| 2014-06-28 01:58|| Front Page Top

#3 I seem to recall that Iran has an excessive pilot:airplane ratio these days...

Posted by trailing wife 2014-06-28 07:00|| 2014-06-28 07:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Iran has an excessive pilot:airplane ratio these days...

Oh ho! And the Persians just so happen to fly Su-24s and 25s. So there is the little airplane ecosystem,complete with drivers (who probably don't mind killing Sunnis). No need for 'soviet advisors'.

Posted by SteveS 2014-06-28 07:23|| 2014-06-28 07:23|| Front Page Top

#5 And who will manage airspace de-confliction and targeting....? Oh wait !

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-28 07:28|| 2014-06-28 07:28|| Front Page Top

#6 So Russia is playing nice with Iran, Iraq and Syria. As usual, I fear they're up to something.

Looking at the map, it appears that they're surrounding Turkey from the east.

Hmmm

Posted by Mullah Richard 2014-06-28 07:30|| 2014-06-28 07:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Hinds for tater-tots. Certainly couldn't be about sex, by Russian standards anyway. That only leaves money as a motive.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-28 08:13|| 2014-06-28 08:13|| Front Page Top

#8 I expect Champ or Kerry to announce their intriguing new Iraqi-Iranian coalition within the next few days. Well, not so intriguing if you've read Alinsky and have been following ValJar.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-28 08:30|| 2014-06-28 08:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Could these dickheads in the white house be any more obvious? They are so intent on getting rid of Maliki they will throw the baby out with the bath water?

Geez we have zillions of F-16's parked in every Air Guardsman garage from here to Duluth and it takes SIX MONTHS to gas them up and get a 444 written?

Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-06-28 11:45|| 2014-06-28 11:45|| Front Page Top

#10 To Maliki, the fact that the planes come with non-Iraqi pilots is a feature, not a bug, I suspect.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-06-28 14:51|| 2014-06-28 14:51|| Front Page Top

#11 The quality of new Russian aircraft is suspect. I would not want to think about used aircraft.

Posted by Squinty 2014-06-28 15:00|| 2014-06-28 15:00|| Front Page Top

#12 The Insh'Allah Air Force flies again.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2014-06-28 19:02|| 2014-06-28 19:02|| Front Page Top

#13 It also occured to me... how many helicopters did ISIS just capture on the ground?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-06-28 23:18|| 2014-06-28 23:18|| Front Page Top

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