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Old July 22nd 04, 07:51 AM
John Cook
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"US Air Force chief praises Eurofighter

21 July 2004

LAAGE - The chief of staff of the US Air Force, General John P.
Jumper, was quoted Wednesday as praising the Eurofighter Typhoon after
a test flight on the much-maligned jet, which has been in service just
11 weeks with the German Air Force.

"I've flown all the air force jets. None was as good as the
Eurofighter,"; he said, according to an account by the German Air
Force of his Tuesday try-out of one of the two-seater jets based at
Laage Air Force Base near the Baltic coast city of Rostock.

The general praised the jet fighter for its agility, manoeuvrability,
acceleration and precise navigation. "


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http://www.expatica.com/source/site_...;story_id=9711


It does seem an very inappropriate thing to say with the F15 in
competition with the Typhoon in Singapore!!,.

If true, Its quite statement from Gen Jumper!. (or is that Private
Jumper now?)

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Old July 22nd 04, 07:56 AM
Yeff
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On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 16:51:37 +1000, John Cook wrote:

It does seem an very inappropriate thing to say with the F15 in
competition with the Typhoon in Singapore!!,.


Jumper's job is with the USAF, not Boeing.

If true, Its quite statement from Gen Jumper!. (or is that Private
Jumper now?)


Why would he get in trouble for being diplomatic?

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com
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Old July 22nd 04, 09:49 AM
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It does seem an very inappropriate thing to say with the F15 in
competition with the Typhoon in Singapore!!,.


f-15 can not be compared to the eurofighter becouse eurofighter is almost
new aircraft with better avionics, BVR weapon systems with longer range, not
even with rafale. Itīs like compareing a new Porsche 911gt3 with a Ford
Taurus from the 80's (the upgraded version with new paint)


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Old July 22nd 04, 10:26 AM
BEN FULL
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John Cook.exe failed a turing test with the following:

"US Air Force chief praises Eurofighter

21 July 2004

LAAGE - The chief of staff of the US Air Force, General John P.
Jumper, was quoted Wednesday as praising the Eurofighter Typhoon after
a test flight on the much-maligned jet, which has been in service just
11 weeks with the German Air Force.

"I've flown all the air force jets. None was as good as the
Eurofighter,"; he said, according to an account by the German Air
Force of his Tuesday try-out of one of the two-seater jets based at
Laage Air Force Base near the Baltic coast city of Rostock.

The general praised the jet fighter for its agility, manoeuvrability,
acceleration and precise navigation. "


source

http://www.expatica.com/source/site_...;story_id=9711


It does seem an very inappropriate thing to say with the F15 in
competition with the Typhoon in Singapore!!,.

If true, Its quite statement from Gen Jumper!. (or is that Private
Jumper now?)


Nah, he's just saying that cos he's hanging out with CAS at an IOT Grad
parade today and wants to be nice.

cheers

BMF


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Old July 22nd 04, 10:28 AM
Brett
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"SuperBLUE" wrote:
It does seem an very inappropriate thing to say with the F15 in
competition with the Typhoon in Singapore!!,.


f-15 can not be compared to the eurofighter becouse eurofighter is almost
new aircraft with better avionics, BVR weapon systems with longer range,

not
even with rafale. Itīs like compareing a new Porsche 911gt3 with a Ford
Taurus from the 80's (the upgraded version with new paint)


An 80's Ford Taurus - the Eurofighter isn't that bad, a new Ford Freestar
with limited seating might be a better description.


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Old July 22nd 04, 02:54 PM
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"John Cook" wrote in message
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"US Air Force chief praises Eurofighter


Nobody tells the parents that their newborn baby is ugly, even if the baby
is ugly. It's called being polite.

--
Scott

"I guess with John Kerry's choice of John Edwards as his running mate, he
really does want to stand up for all Americans, from those worth only $60
million to those worth in excess of $800 million." - Ann Coulter


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Old July 22nd 04, 04:37 PM
SuperBLUE
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Nobody tells the parents that their newborn baby is ugly, even if the baby
is ugly. It's called being polite.


If you are talking about ugly aircrafts, just remember that USA is using
a-10 one of the ugliest ones. F-15 is not ugly, its just old crap compared
to the new aircrafts such as f-22 or the Eurofighter. f-15 can only be
compared to su-27 and both are obsolete.


 




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