I remember hearing about the IRIAF wanting to purchase Su-30s way back in 2010, even, which gives these rumors a bit of legs when we keep hearing the same thing over and over. It also doesn't help at all that our military reps don't say anything and leave it in the lurch. IMO, they are partly to blame for not only the lack of any updated info, but the major delay that all we have to rely on is unsubstantiated rumors. Thanks for the reply.
Makes sense. I remember back in the day, if someone quoted a military rep in a slightly misleading way for whatever agenda, there would be hell to pay since it would have to come from a major news outlet due to the fact there was never any Twitter, Facebook, TikTok lmaoo and crap like that. So the onus was much more on legitimate news being a must for credibility and liability. Boy have things changed.
This whole saga on our end needs to be resolved one way or the other to get closure and move on. I just hope our military hasn't been strong-armed by the US not only because of the loss of these aircraft, but it would put any future acquisitions from Russia in doubt. Then the EAF is left in a rather crappy position which is why this deal represents so much more than two dozen Su-35s.