(Kenneth Williams) wrote in message om...
Excuse me please, but what frontline aircraft and weapons do each of
these nations possess in the event of another Arab-Israeli war? Do
either of them have anything remotely as good as the Israelis?

I know Syria has a bunch of different MiGs and Iran has a mix of MiGs
and left-over F-4s and Tomcats, but have they made any new purchases
or upgraded their a/c?

Israel seems guaranteed of success with all the US-supplied a/c and
combat experience/training.

Kenneth Williams

Ken,

From "The Int. Directory of Military Aircraft 2002/2003" the AF
fighter/strike inventory for all 3 nations is as follows:

Iran:

AF: 40 F-4D/E
6 RF-4E
20 F-14A
40 MiG-29
30 SU-24MK
44 SU-20/22
45 F-5E/F
18 F-7
18 F-6
19 MIRAGE F1

Israel:

40 F-4E
53 F-4E 2000
12 RF-4E
?? F-4 ALL VARIANTS (IN STORAGE)
25 F-15I*
44 F-15 A/B
27 F-15 C/D
102 F-16I*
104 F-16 A/B
125 F-16 C/D
50 KFIR C-7/TC7 (PLUS STORAGE UNITS)
105 A-4N (PLUS STORAGE UNITS)

Syria:

14 SU-27
60 MiG-29/UB
40 MiG-25/PD/RB/PU
80 MiG-23/MF/ML/MS
66 MiG-23/BN/UM
220 MiG-21
30 MiG-17F
20 SU-24MK
96 SU-20/22/BKL
70 L-39
40 L-29
15 MiG-15/UTI

Rob