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2015-08-04 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by badanov 2015-08-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Is Russian maintenance an oxymoron?

Posted by Raj 2015-08-04 00:23|| 2015-08-04 00:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Could the MIG have ingested something it didn't like like a SAM-6 or something.

MIGs are pretty tough birds, they usually don't fall out of the sky for no reason.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2015-08-04 00:29|| 2015-08-04 00:29|| Front Page Top

#3 I've always loved this one about Russian tanks.

Posted by Raj 2015-08-04 01:02|| 2015-08-04 01:02|| Front Page Top

#4 Wow Raj, didn't know TOWs did that.

Posted by Shipman 2015-08-04 06:31|| 2015-08-04 06:31|| Front Page Top

#5 These migs are being worked like mules, they weren't meant to be used this way.

Posted by Elmaiter Theretle7362 2015-08-04 06:48|| 2015-08-04 06:48|| Front Page Top

#6 Sock, you may want to ask the Indian Air Force about that. The MiG-21 has a reputation as a widow-maker...

Posted by Steve White 2015-08-04 08:47|| 2015-08-04 08:47|| Front Page Top

#7 All Soviet block fighters have poor engine life. Running MIGs like the Syrians have been doing is asking for them to start konking out and falling from the sky. Usually over populated areas.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-08-04 10:02|| 2015-08-04 10:02|| Front Page Top

#8 Usually over populated areas.
Perhaps a feature, not a bug, Darth.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-08-04 10:32|| 2015-08-04 10:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Last heard on pilot's freq - Allahu Akbar! That was no accident.

Posted by jpal 2015-08-04 11:16|| 2015-08-04 11:16|| Front Page Top

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