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To: Bilow who wrote (110423)	8/7/2003 4:36:40 PM
From: aladin	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Carl, What you fail to point out is that many of our own aircraft deployed against it have similar legs. Service entry was in 1973. Our own naval forces relied heavily on A-6 aircraft that entered service in 1963 - and as with the MIG development starting much earlier. The F14 and F15 entered service in 1972. Just like the A-6, the MIG went through a number of updates over the life of the program and remained a potent weapon. Many of the Iraqi aircraft were later model units modified for ground attack. Aircraft are developed and deployed over decades. F-22 Raptors were not used and are not yet field deployable, but I worked on the start of that program over 10 years ago. The real point of the administration was the trouble the Iraqi's had gone to to hide the planes. Before they were found, I am suprised that the press wasn't accusing the President of lying about the Iraqi Air Force - after all with no visible planes it must have never existed :-) John

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