amazing, thanks TR1!!
Is there high rez versions of the rest of the photos posted on that other forum anywhere ?

thanks in advance.

p.s. they don havce to be that huge llike above Aligator, just 1920×1080 or higher for my new desktop wallpaper :-)))

cheers

those 6 hard points under the wings look like they beat mig-21 hard points anytime. More like Su-25 category! And its a chopper.!!! Damn!!!

p.s.
How cool would Ka-52 look with nose painted as the rest of the body, or some creative camouflage!!

Russian Air Force to get supermaneuverable aircraft

The Russian Air Force has started working on modernizing the domestic military aircraft fleet ahead of the completion of the fifth-generation jet fighter.
t has been decided to equip current fighter models with available thrust-vectoring engines. The first batch of upgraded fighters will be handed over to the Air Force by late 2020. It is also planned that all new T-50 fighters will have become operational by then.

“When a plane powered by a regular engine is taken to a wide angle of attack at low speeds, it loses control and stability and starts moving independently of the pilot’s commands, i.e. the plane moves randomly. The Su-35 has perfect controllability at any speed, even at negative speeds, for instance, when the plane drops tail-forward. The pilot can effectively put the plane in any angular position,” Sergei Bogdan, a Su-35 and T-50 test pilot, explained to Izvestiya.

you don’t say?!:eek:

If I don’t see any actual news on T-50 soon, i’ll bitch to Putin directly. At least he’ll take it to hart!

Probably a silly question but what are the two open bay doors for on the underside of the air intakes?

another silly question for old enthusiast (and a huge Mig-31 fan)

This appears to be fairly recent photo. Now, why do Mig-31s still carry R-40 missile, and does this missile have advantage over more modern equivalent in its class? Russia, or USA, or EU made.

I can only think of its huge wings having advantage in thinner air as far as maneuverability goes.

Why isn’t this missile retired and replaced by now (with R-77)

Has R-40 had any recent upgrades i’m not aware of? (post 1990)

In my opinion, if Mig-31 flies armed in 2012, it should have nothing less that longest range R-77s under the wings.

cheers

thanks

I thought new top paint was dark brown, not black.

[QUOTE=Berkut;1870126][QUOTE=Wanderlei;1869774]Does anyone have newer photos of Mig-31 carrying a “full load” .

There is plenty of new shots with MiG-31 with 4 R-33’s, but R-40’s are rare.

yes, i wander if they are fazed out. Don’t understand why so many are without any missiles under wings, or even without any under the fuselage.

sorry for being not informed, but how many Mig-31s have undergone upgrade, and what missiles have they been seen with under the belly. I don’t mean test samples, or demo units, but service units. Photos of coarse would be extra!!

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that may be, but they have a lot more don’t they. This makes maintenance much easier by sharing good parts. Out of 40 mig-29s you can make 15-20 good ones. Serbia had 14 to begin with and by the year 1999 they had nothing to fix them with basically.
Also, Iran is much better versed in self maintenance recently and had a lot of time to prepare for this possible attack that unfortunately still hovers above their heads.