Reply #518: My sources are my experience. You can 'take' or leave it.

[MADem]

It's an opinion, and I don't obligate you to sign on to it.

FWIW, We leased those aircraft to Shah--they weren't sold outright. So we did leave them behind. They weren't quite paid for. We destroyed the guided missile systems on them, though. Pissed off the Pasaradan big time. It caused trouble for some evacuees from the area of the Crown Prince Reza Air Base, which is where the a/c were located.

Their Navy needs glass bottomed boats, to look at their Air Force. Both of which used to be among the best in the Gulf. Times change....