Il-76 production has been shifted to Russia, so it shouldn’t be a problem.

Options are:
Il-476, would take a little while though.
Refurbished stored RuAF Il-76, to MD90 standard. Would be a good price to I would imagine.

The Mig-31BM upgrade are ongoing TR1. I do not have any contract info, but they just keep popping out.

First batch was for 30, and it looks like it is almost complete, which nice because the first 2 took forever.

Regarding MiG-1.42, gents, I think there is too little info on the program, coupled with the fact that it never gestated, to say if it was more or less advanced than F-22.

Nope.

But it could be made flight worthy with relative ease IMO.

The things I would do for some close up pics of it and the Berkut….

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/104695.html

The second Ka-50 prototype, the V-80, today. The yellow tablet supposedly says:

620 flight hours
100 ATGM launches
9400 rounds expended

Made it’s first flight in 1983.

Now, not every one of Zelin’s words should be taken as the word of God, but he did state pretty clearly the VVS was looking at the MiG-35. I wouldn’t be so quick to write off the Fulcrum in VVS service.

Pilots commented that the Captor tracks fighter sized targets (some source declared this to be 5 sqm) at distances “well beyond” 160 km. Some sources state >185 km, but I in fact believe that this comes from the conversion. 100 miles was the original statement (1 mi = 1.6 km). Some apparently use nautical miles for conversion (1 nm = 1.852 km). That’s the most probable explanation between the two widely spread figures. I usually stick with the minimum figure and keep a possible higher figure in mind.

I have underlined “tracks” as some people tend to over read this.

Thanks for numbers.

I’ve asked this question before, if a Mi-26 crashes a too high an altitude, how are you going to lift it out if it’s too heavy for even another Mi-26 to lift?

Surely this is then an argument for the IAF to choose the Chinook for the heavylift contract, and then they can use the 4 or 5 Mi-26s they already have in service since the 1980s to haul any new Chinooks’ ass of the mountain top…;)

Not sure how it is an argument, since Mi-26 is clearly better for heavy lifting anything in the Indian inventory, not just other Mi-26s and Chinooks.

Mi-26 can lift the Mi-26, what is the problem? :p