Retrofit programmes for Asian Fighter Aircraft

Due to a huge public demand Special Operations proudly presents
(drumroll)………Asian Aircraft Retrofits AAR or Air to Air Refuling if you are a pilot from a rich country! 🙂

No wonder I never get any work done, hope you guys will find me employment if I get the Old Spanish Archer (El Bow) from work! 🙂

I am getting most of this info from Asian Defence Journal which is sent to me free every month! hahaha!

Aussie upgrades

F-111 Avionics Upgrade Programme

Pave Tack and Raytheon AXQ-14 data link pods
additional electronics for Harpoon
Smiths Industries data transfer system (enables mission planning on a PC USING 256KBYTE disks)
two Honeywell MFDs
integrated communications navigation identification set
Terrai following radar
new AN/APQ-171 TFR
New Lockheed Martin Digital Flight Control system

F/A-18A/B Hornet upgrade phase 1a

new APG-73 radar
new EW suite
helmet mounted cueing system
ability to fire ASRAAM and AMRAAM
basically it is turing their A/Bs into C/D Hornets!

Indian Air Force

The Jags are back!

Jaguar upgrade
new el-op HUD
Sextant LCDs
moving map display
INS/GPS
terrain map generator
Elta airborne jammer
Indian RWR
Rafael ligening designation pod
Smiths and HAL are working on mission computer

MIG 21 upgrade their is already a thread on that which is doing a better job then I ever could! 🙂
but says here they will be able to fire the R-73 and R-77 missiles, but the project is still late and delayed!

MIG-27 upgrade

New HUD
LCD Displays
IFF
RWR
airborne self protection jammer
and refueling probe

Pakistan Air Force
Mirage 3/5 upgrades

83 aircraft have ALL been completed in France and Kamra

MAESTRO (modular avionics Enhancement system targeted for retrofit operations) same as Belguim Mirage 5 upgrade

Grifo radar
Uliss 92 INS/GPS
TERCOR terrain macthinga and automatic terrain following radar
combined with UTR-90 autopilot/low level terrain avoidance
MFDs
wide angle stroke and raster HUDs
HOTAS
Circe 2001 mission planning system
Night vision cockpit lighting and NVGs
thermal imaging and FLIR
laser range finder
ATLAS 2 pods
EW suite
airborne jammer
onboard oxygen geberation system
single point pressure refueling
Pakistani developed IRST sensor

These babies are very advanced strike birds!

Pakistan F-7

Grifo radar
french EW and avionics suite
ability to fire magic/sidewinder and PL-5
IFF
french nav attack
martin baker mark 10 seats

guys am knackered

will post Indonesian, Sinapore and Thai upgrades later!

SO