Piotr Unicornski at it again. 🙂 Lots of excellent nuggets of info;

https://www.scribd.com/doc/269302992/AIR-PAKFA-Status-June-15?secret_password=3OBFokUfwt5F2RZoZWmG

So i was correct on the stinger housing Himalaya related equipment, i was wrong on suspecting it was not a radar. It is a radar, but it does ECM tasks for Himalaya system.

Why does that article use the Rafale purchases as a defence for “doubts from India” in regards to the FGFA? :confused: The MMRCA was also running parallel to the FGFA and had nothing to do with it. If anything, the small number purchased and news from India that no more will be brought plays into favour other aircraft projects that are under way from the Indian Air Force like the FGFA.

Always thought the SMT hump was too oversized, but it started to grow on me lately. There is something about its ungainliness that’s becoming cool (kinda like the MiG-21SMT). At least it doesn’t come with that oversized “unified” two-seater canopy of the MiG-29M2 and 35.

No way. I’ll take the larger canopy over they hump back any day. At the very least it improves reward visibility and isn’t an eye sore at all. Definitely a better looker the a MiG-29UB and more functional.

Sheytan, any news on Iraq’s possible MiG-29 acquisition?

Naturally the priorities have probably shifted given the situation in the country at the moment, but if the Egyptian MiG-29 deal goes through, might be a good time to follow up.

There was a Iraq news article a few weeks ago that stated that Iraq was looking to get the MiG-35 and also the MiG-31. I’m a bit skeptical of it because it mentions the MiG-31 which I really don’t see any logical reason for but maybe it because of the positive service history the MiG-25 had in the IRAF.

The MiG-35 has been mentioned a few times in the past so my guess it’ll happen at some point. We’ll probably wont hear about as Iraq MOD seem to have become quite secretive about arms deals with Russia.

It they are really getting the MiG-35 and not the MiG-29M we’ll probably have to wait till after the RuAF MiG-35 deal goes through. Right now MiG is working on R&D for meeting Russian air force requirements for the aircraft.

I’ve also been reading in a few other forums that the MiG-35 is till have trouble with its ASEA radar mainly because it leaks the power for the T/R Modules so it can’t get the max range of 200-250KM that they originally were hoping for.

Well drop tanks and some AIM-9s at the very least

Militaryphotos.net is down， any replacement to this one for Russian MPs?

http://www.russiadefence.net/

Could just being used as a chase plane.

The first 30 would most likely be Zhuk-M as the designer mentioned recently , the later ones will come with new AESA and RD-33MKM

Its a bit disappointing that it has taking so long to mature the ASEA on the MiG-35. It been in the works since 2007. I’m guessing it been a question of funding which they have now.

Sana’s Airport looks intact despite the bombing and the runway was hardly damaged !.
http://www.skynewsarabia.com/web/video/734245/

Possible reasoning for it.

http://spioenkop.blogspot.se/2015/03/is-saudi-led-coalition-sparing-yemeni.html