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Originally Posted by Chi-Town
The question is how did Iraqi pilots do in Desert Storm? They are flying the same planes. We have the number one equipped and trained Air Force in the world. We're talking target practice.
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The planes ISIS has that were shown today on CNN are MiG 21 F7's. In the Gulf War Iraq began with 236 MiG 21's and only 115 survived the war, the numbers speak for themselves.
The MiG 21 F7 has a small (less than 45 minutes) take off to combat window because as their fuel is used the aircraft becomes unstable and the plane then becomes difficult to keep on level flight. let alone to engage in a dogfight.
They would be "taking a knife to a gunfight".
But, as Kitty says a fully fueled plane with full load of bombs would make one hell of an explosion if they used it as a Kamikazee.