[Leandros]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

On top of this the type of combat and avionics systems are different from force to force.therefore what will matter more is who trains the bets and hardest(yeah i have no problem bragging because I have been a part of it) the Us military trains very hard as do most of our western allies much harder than the Russians.The pilot who wins is the pilot who knows his or her aircraft and the enemy aircraft the best I have full confidence that the west has a substantial edge in this department.The typical weapons intel office in the USAF,Navy,USMC works about 14 to 16 hours day studying the enemy.the only force in the Russian military that is elite,hardcore and has integrity though and through is the submarine force the ones that actually go to sea not the desk jockeys.

This is a very interesting subject and I might ask - what do you really know about this - that is - the others - what they do, how they train? I am afraid this is an area where the US has shown a lack of insight. You tend to underestimate the opposition. Just my opinion based on actual happenings in the post-WW2 environment.

Talking about how others train - or their ability to consume training. From my civilian airline time I can mention an example where we leased 737's to a Chinese airline. They sent 22 pilots to our technical base to go through the technical type course. They were not fluent in english so all instruction and training was done through a female translator. All students scored 100 % - on all tests.

Fred