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February 17, 2018 at 11:47 pm in reply to: Its the 1980s and your Air Force will choose only 1 or 2 fighters for its core! #2168379

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How about the twin factors of….
1 affordability, how rich is my country?
2 Political alignment, if my country happens to be a crazy revolutionary islamist nation, what are my chances of getting the latest aircraft from western nations?

hello beautiful.

1 and 2. You decide! you decide what kind of country and situation you’re in!
you just have to follow the aircraft rule. (anything that actually entered in service by 1989. must be an actual operational plane. no prototypes and experimental ac)

February 17, 2018 at 2:09 am in reply to: Its the 1980s and your Air Force will choose only 1 or 2 fighters for its core! #2169175

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thanks for the PDF document on the F-15. Read through the first half and skimmed the rest. but it is pretty much as you summarized.

F/A-18.. good combat record, safety.. its only limitations imho, is the sweep of its wing (understandable due to carrier operations) but would have preferred a deeper sweep.

February 17, 2018 at 2:05 am in reply to: Rafale 2018 Thread: Europe's best Eurocanard #2169178

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yep I Agree with our tasty Fresh Burger Whopper
its really all about picking which export is the lesser evil for you

US – tight controls over spares/upgrades/stock
French – more flexible but will charge you twice as much as the Americans. Unless your enemy has more money
Swedes/Germans – you must follow their human rights philosophies or no spares
Russians – no spares to give, no cares to give
Chinese – spares made in China

February 16, 2018 at 2:17 pm in reply to: SAAB Gripen and Gripen NG thread #4 #2169892

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A Swedish aviation expert compares the F-35 and Gripen E:

https://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a…perplanet-f35a

(Use Google translate or another automatic translator if your Swedish is rusty )

yup. link is unreadable.

February 16, 2018 at 2:16 pm in reply to: Its the 1980s and your Air Force will choose only 1 or 2 fighters for its core! #2169928

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im glad a lot of guys caught a few inappropriate aircraft and understood the time frame

1980s F-16 were a bit more limited, no F-15E yet (on that subject how well suited were the earlier eagles towards A2G?)
Also yes, its 1989 and downwards.. 60s and 70s aircraft are still valid, and perhaps a better choice because they were more mature at this stage.
M4K never entered service. doesn’t count.
F-14 was exported.. in the 70s.

February 16, 2018 at 1:24 pm in reply to: 2018 F-35 News and Discussion #2169930

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If they ever do seriously consider the F-35.. it should really be the B. it’s the only viable mig-29 replacement to take off from their baby carriers.

February 15, 2018 at 5:16 am in reply to: Chinese air power thread 18 #2171403

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no fire
but yes, rushed into service

j-20 stronk!

February 15, 2018 at 4:13 am in reply to: Rafale 2018 Thread: Europe's best Eurocanard #2171407

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Hi Kovy,

have you done any new awesome photoshops lately?

February 15, 2018 at 4:04 am in reply to: 2017 F-35 news and discussion thread #2171441

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Izumo information

Flight deck is 243m
allowing for 5 simultaneous helicopter operations

Elevators
1 – 14m x 15m
2 – 20m x 13m

Max speed 30kts

Hangar
space for 14 helicopters
area is twice that of Hyuga class

via royal institute of naval architect

hangar space sounds about similar to the Gorshkov (pre conversion)

February 15, 2018 at 2:19 am in reply to: NH90, yay or nay? #2171533

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its like every month, we hear new stories of customers being frustrated with their NH-90 purchase.

looks like Sweden will have to pull the super pumas they retired early, back into service!

and to the top comment, I agree, the germans (if not collaborating) make nice things.

February 15, 2018 at 2:07 am in reply to: 2017 F-35 news and discussion thread #2171536

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hello sexy people.

there do exist renders of both with a flight deck and a ski jump

the flight deck one seems improbable though
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