"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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I also learned to fly fighters from brits among pilots from
many other nationalities, and i feel that they were the weakest of all
the europeans.

Whose better among Euros? While a lot of the countries have some good
drivers in specialties, the RAF seems to have the highest consistency
across the tactical spectrum. Germans are good, Italians are pretty
good, Danes and Norwegians are pretty good, French will tell you they
are great, Spanish have some good ones...

I'm thinking the Swedes might have something to add in. The Gripen is a
pretty killer plane and leverages a lot of the "net-centric" type tools. The
Viggen is no slouch though it's missiles aren't all that great. They've got
a 4th Generation plane out and they did it reasonably quick (compared to the
Typhoon and F-22). In