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Old October 16th 03, 12:24 AM
Mike
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Not the kind of aircraft they need this time.
Nor as Mirage 2000-5


"Frank Vaughan" a écrit dans le message de news:
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In message ,
ess (phil hunt) wrote:

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 15:51:43 +1000, John Cook

wrote:
Singapore has down selected the F15, Rafale and the Eurofighter
typhoon for their next generation fighter....

The F16, F18E/f and Sukhoi Su-30MK were rejected.


I'm surprised the F-16 was ruled out, sincre Singapore already
operates that plane.


Well, they probably need something that does not routinely fall
out of the sky, like the Lawn Dart is regularly doing.

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