mig-29's were some nice planes-the main issue is does iran have the parts to keep them repeatedly-deployed right now.

i've got an iranian friend in dubai right now who reports that a signifigant number of iranians are just thrilled iraq's been reduced to ruin and tribal warfare, whatever the government says. throwing them on the "axis of evil" wasn't the wisest thing given you've got a percentage of iranians who are always natively going to hate iraq more than us

dan-sorry about your boys. i don't want to sound dismissive about friendly-fire incidents, but let's face it-they happen.