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May 5, 2004 at 3:08 pm in reply to: Which is Most Stupid Movie you ever saw on Millitary Aviation? #2688991

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I heard that Bollywood makes more movies in a year than Hollywood does. I wonder how many are air force/air war based? Is the war theme a popular one in India?

May 5, 2004 at 2:59 pm in reply to: Tanker under attack, what to do? #2688996

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HVAA (including tankers) will often have escorts, especially when operating close to, or even within, hostile air space and the enemy has an effective air force that could be used. I know the RAAF with F/A-18As did a lot of escorting sorties during Iraqi Freedom, but they were usually well inside friendly air space at the time.

May 5, 2004 at 2:58 pm in reply to: Which is Most Stupid Movie you ever saw on Millitary Aviation? #2688999

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Any of the Iron Eagle series…especially the sequels. :rolleyes:

May 5, 2004 at 2:43 pm in reply to: Air Forces identical markings #2689003

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Flex,

Have you tried here for some comparisons?

http://www.combataircraft.com/roundels/index.asp

May 5, 2004 at 2:34 pm in reply to: Tanker under attack, what to do? #2689023

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Do tankers have any counter measures? You know just in case……. I know that all Moroccan KC-130s and C-130s have chaff and flare dispensers.

Without digging into references on them, I think most will have some sort of protection.

May 5, 2004 at 2:25 pm in reply to: J-10 isnt public yet?? says who.. #2689031

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Nice model! 🙂 Could look good in the back yard….

May 5, 2004 at 1:59 pm in reply to: Kh-59 ASM family #2689068

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So the Chinese are definitely getting the Kh-59MK then, but just not right away.

As for the 285km stand-off attack, TV guidance for a subsonic missile over that distance might be dangerous for the parent fighter. It would have to maintain a fixed range with the weapon for telemetry pretty much all the way to target, and thus expose itself to enemy counter attack, or defences. The obvious option for this would be the active radar and aimed at large RCS targets like ships, thus maritime attack. For land attack at up to 300km, GPS with either active radar or imaging infra-red homing for terminal guidance would be the go, as you could launch and leave it.

May 5, 2004 at 1:37 pm in reply to: American fighter prefix #2689080

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Not completely true: F-6 was the F4D1, aka the Skyray.

Thanks Frank. 🙂

Saleem Y Hatoum, You have the answers over and over………must be an echo in the thread. :p

May 5, 2004 at 6:19 am in reply to: Russian Anti Shipping Missiles #2689346

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120km to 240km.

How the hell they do that?

* Change the flight trajectory from a low-low-low to a low-high-low?

* A new more efficient ramjet engine?

* increased length to house more fuel?

Probably a bit off all three. 🙂

May 5, 2004 at 6:10 am in reply to: Russian Anti Shipping Missiles #2689358

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No idea on the ‘B’. Do you think it’s the same seeker but with an extended range? or different seeker + extended range?

Extended range only I bet. Probably more fuel added, and/or a bigger booster.

May 5, 2004 at 5:58 am in reply to: American fighter prefix #2689362

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Can anybody help me with the missing numbers in American fighter designation:

F-4, F-5, F-6 (missing), F-7 (missing), F-8, F-9 (missing), F-10 (missing), F-11 (missing), F-12 (Blackbird), F-13 (missing), F-14, F-15, F-16, YF-17, F/A-18, F-19 (missing), F-20, F-21 (missing), F-22, F-23, F-24>33 (missing), F-34 and F-35.

Any explanation would help where and why are these missing aircrafts?

Are you talking about modern jets only?

Otherwise..

The Grumman Hellcat of WW2 was the F6
The Grumman Cougar was the F9
The Douglas Skynight was also called the F-10
The Grumman Tiger was the F11
The old and I think original Stealth fighter artistic impression was dubbed the F-19 Ghostrider IIRC.
Kfir jets used by the USN in fighter school DACT were called F-21s

F-24>33 (missing)

I think these slots are yet to be filled. Not sure about all of the ones I mentioned, but someone else might be able to add some more to it.

May 5, 2004 at 3:14 am in reply to: What is the status of the Kaveri engine? #2689402

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It cannot be the RD-33 as that is made by another plant whose spelling escapes from me at this moment. That plant is part of Klimov, who is now under the RAC-MiG umbrella, and that’s also where the RD-93 engines are coming out.

Would that be the JSC Chernyshev Moscow Machine-Building Enterprise?

May 5, 2004 at 2:10 am in reply to: Iranian J-10? #2689418

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This is the one I think……..The Shafagh.

May 5, 2004 at 2:03 am in reply to: Russia/India "MTA" (Il-214) project #2689422

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AFAIK the PBY Catalina was never used for water bombing.

You are kidding right? 😮

On the MTA and the C-130J. Is there a significant difrerence in load and range? Judging by the models and the graphcs I would guess probably not.

May 5, 2004 at 1:41 am in reply to: Germany Puts Its First Eurofighters into Service #2689439

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So what of the colour scheme? Any idea of the official term or code for it?
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