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Interesting comment, care to elaborate?
I'll also join the bandwagon.
where the hell is the 4th aircraft?
Hi,
You need to understand where Pshamim is coming from. PAF has been operating this plane since the 80's---a lot of their training has been with the americans, with some other nations but then paf has its own game plan and strategy regarding air warfare.
It has its own techniques learnt and manufactured----when you are an air force with your back against the wall since your existence----you develop and create your own game plan----when every flight out bound is a possible one way ticket against a superior enemy---you are forced to learn and evolve tactics to combat the adversary with higher numbers and better technology.
Secondly--paf has a lot more combat experience than RSAF----even the indian are lagging way behind in real time combat.
As you very well know that today's warfare and today's battlefield is totally different than my dad's and grand dads---it is not dependant on a single pilot to turn the tables per say----but it is a team effort---superior electronics---superior weaponery---superior support on the ground and more so in the air in the shape and form of awacs and last but not the least---high long range bvr's and off bore sight A to A missiles.
If it was both sides fighting with F 16 C/D's ---I would say that the paf will come out ahead---but with the BLK 52 aircraft, its radar and fire control system, its amraam's---it is not as simple---when your weapons system and equipmnent is doing most of the talking--that create uncertainity---.
I think that instead of arguing about who is right or wrong---it will truthfully come down to the first day of the actual warfare---when the leather hits the asphalt. Till then we can only train train and create scenarios and counter scenarios and then train some more.
New Recruit
RSAF has a reputation of being highly trained, motivated, disciplined and well equipped. I was curious to learn why Pshamim dismissed them so casually. All things considered, I beleive PAF is just entering a new era of learning with the delivery of Erieye, AMRAAM's and Block 52's. I guess the Red Flag exercise this year will allow the PAF to assess the gap it has to bridge to become a potent force once again.