Reinhard Kirchner <kirchner@informatik.uni-kl.de> (11/20/90)
From: Reinhard Kirchner <kirchner@informatik.uni-kl.de> Hello, a week or so ago we had a report in our TV-news about the testing of MIG-29 at the Bundeswehr test range near Manching. The Bundeswehr got 24 of these machines, 4 were brougth to Manching. The Bundeswher pilots said they were impressed by its performance, it could detect a F16 on 60km distance and fight it. US experts needed two days to find a solution to jamming the radar. US people are highly interested in these tests since IRAQ flighs also MIG-29 and the pilots were trained in the former GDR. On difficulty was reported as to the NVA pilots flying in Manching: They don't speak english, only russian, and so have trouble to talk to flight control -:) R. Kirchner Univ. Kaiserslautern Germany