So is the JSF going to be scraped as well, since they aren’ t going to replace anything anymore. No fixed wing aircraft opperating from the carriers. I can’t hardly believe it!
Originally posted by Sahin Everything you wrote is true except back seater was a Turkish pilot Lt. Col Cemil Cicekli who just returned from U.K after serving two years as a military attache. The claim of back seater was IDF pilot came from someone in Greece(probably from HAF) saying that rescued pilot did not speak Turkish but speaking good English…I dont see the relationship of speaking good english and being IDF pilot? Lt Col Cicekli later explainded that he did not talk to Greek officers in Turkish but they asked questions in English. I also personally watched Greek TV show in my cable channel in US after the shot down, Lt Col Cicekli was talking to the press in English. So, IDF pilot claim is totally bogus…
As far as why this happened, according to Turkish pilot Lt Col Cicekli, Greek pilot Grivas who fired the Magic-II visited him in the hospital right after the rescue and he said “I am sorry I forgot that Arm Switch was On”. This explanation is also coonfirmed by a Greek source(probably a F-16 pilot) in http://www.f-16.net/f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-755-postdays-0-postorder-asc-start-0.html So, this is the only reasonable explanation we have so far…
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