Syrian and Iranian AF 2003

"Tom Cooper" wrote in message ...
"robert arndt" wrote in message
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I'm afraid you're wrong. Syria aquired 14 Su-27s from Russia in 2000
and they are listed in every updated aircraft reference book I have.
Syrian AF 826 Squadron operates them.

The 826th FS still flies MiG-21bis, from al-Quasyr AB.

Here's a link on the Syrian AF:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...a/airforce.htm

Like so many others it lists the Su-27 in the Syrian AF inventory.

As for the Iranian captured
Iraqi Su-25s, none are operational that's why they are not listed in
any updated reference manual.

Ok, so, how do you explain two of´them being displayed in IRGCAF markings on
a special part of the military parade held in Tehran, on 22 September this
year?

Or, how do you explain the US complaints about Georgian technicians
refubishing them in Iran?

BTW, they were not "captured" from Iraq, but flown to Iran by defecting
Iraqi pilots...

Displayed aircraft are not the same as operational aircraft. Please
tell us the Iranian unit that operates the Frogfoots- you can't
because they are non-op. BTW, the aircraft were indeed captured as
Iran refused to return them to Iraq after the war.

Tom Cooper
Co-Author:
Iran-Iraq War in the Air, 1980-1988:
http://www.acig.org/pg1/content.php
and,
Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat:
http://www.osprey-publishing.co.uk/t...hp/title=S6585