Erdogan Karakus, however, noted that many countries, especially the US, are dissatisfied with the fact that Turkey has a great number of capable and experienced pilots.
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We have highly qualified instructors and pilots. This is, to a large extent, the reason behind all those games played against the Turkish Air Forces. Just imagine that during military drills in the US, one Turkish pilot was able to shoot down 26 American jets. As a result, the Turkish team was stronger by far," he told Sputnik."
Turkish Air Force has been named '
the most dangerous red ever' by the participating countries during Red Flag 2007.
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Turkish side (The Red) has been pretending as Russian adversary in Exercise Red Flag, and the Turkish side shot down each American aircraft (The Blue) with no loss.
Tango-1 (Turkish F-16) shot down 9 American aircraft's in one sortie and
5 of these were F-15's. Later, the pilot was named Tango - 1 Never Dies.
Turkish Air Force stands by PAF, that tells a lot for those, who wish harm.