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June 13, 2011 at 10:13 pm in reply to: Russian Aviation News – Part the Fourth #2312944

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Beggining of Ka-52.

What do you mean ‘Beggining’ – is it not just a a mock-up?:confused:
Who’s the little guy on the left, he looks photoshopped in?

June 13, 2011 at 10:08 pm in reply to: Rafale news part XI #2312947

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That’s a bizarre title for a thread?:confused:

June 13, 2011 at 10:06 pm in reply to: J-20 Black Eagle – Part 5 #2313023

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Wow, what an impressive looking jet – the combination of its somewhat slab-sided brutalism, along with its carefully sculptured inlets and nose chines make it look half F-35, half-SR-71 – with a dash of MiG-31…

June 13, 2011 at 9:05 pm in reply to: Military Aviation News From Around The World – VII #2313128

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I very dislike the tone of the article, and why do they need to bring up the battle of Trafalgar.

You should try reading the readers’ comments that come after the article!!:D

June 12, 2011 at 1:13 pm in reply to: Close Air Support – debate in US #2314092

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If you have 2 Talibans hiding in a cave here, another 2 hidden behind some rocks, etc, it’s natural that your ordinary methods and weapons, become too costly and inefficient. After all, the Russians showed this before in Afghanistan…

Surely finding and identifying the Taliban is the greatest issue of them all – and are drones not the best asset for this task. Afterwards, if you eventually decide to drop a JDAM on them, what exactly is wrong with calling in a B-1 or F-15E to do so – and why should it not be so cost effective?

June 12, 2011 at 12:49 pm in reply to: Close Air Support – debate in US #2314150

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Seems to be an interesting debate going on in the US military about CAS:

http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2010/11/5009090/

http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2011/02/5645581/

It’s ironic that we always hear calls for some sort of cheap turboprop forward based ‘mud-bomber’ to perform CAS, while at the same time the B-1B is quoted as been one of the more useful CAS types!:rolleyes:

The order, however, reflected an unspoken reality, namely that the doctrine, structure and airframes currently used for close-air support (CAS) are fundamentally flawed and are an expensive and ineffective framework for counterinsurgency (COIN) operations.

What a sweeping generalisation and probably not correct either…

The AH-64 costs more than $5,000 per flight hour to operate.

I’d say there are people on the ground in Afghanistan who’d consider that cheap for the price…

June 11, 2011 at 10:21 am in reply to: PLAAF Thread 15 #2314968

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Smart air force would never reveal their best hand. The Indians easily beat the U.S. in COPE India 2004, but at the same time they reveal their clever tactics and combat radar emission characteristics. They realized they made a mistake in doing so, and in following exercises they set their Su radars/avionics to “Training Mode”, and use very basic tactics. It’s better to “lose” then reveal your military secrets.

Does that explain why the Americans lost in 2004 – they weren’t playing their ‘best hand’?;)

June 10, 2011 at 7:12 pm in reply to: Future Libyan Air Force #2315397

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The Mirage F1s were updated, just recently in France – see the examples which defected to Malta at the beginning of the conflict.
generally speaking, most air frames in the Libya AF have very low hours on them.

June 9, 2011 at 8:03 pm in reply to: Russian Aviation News – Part the Fourth #2316386

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How often do we get to hear threats of the RAF’s Red Arrows been disbanded for cost reasons, and this been one of the world’s best funded air arms, flying a relatively tiny jet, the Hawk trainer.

June 9, 2011 at 7:30 pm in reply to: Russian Aviation News – Part the Fourth #2316392

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I think all pilots in any country’s AF display team would already have served as flight instructors – if they are to be considered experienced enough to become a display team pilot in the first place. Certainly true of the RAF ‘Red Arrows’ if I recall…

June 9, 2011 at 7:21 pm in reply to: Russian Aviation News – Part the Fourth #2316396

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Having 2 air display teams in your air force always seemed a bit of a luxury, especially if they fly gas guzzlers like the MiG-29 and Su-27. You’d think that one team would be enough, maybe flying the Yak-130 or something??

June 9, 2011 at 1:48 pm in reply to: Bears low level in The north Sea today #2316634

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What’s the ‘tactical’ reason for coming down to 3,000 ft? Surely that’s still not low enough to avoid radar anyway, especially if your flying a Tu-95 (all those propeller blades)?:confused:

June 6, 2011 at 10:00 pm in reply to: Antonov 26 ditches in Libreville bay #477766

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It must be a ****** ditching into water in an aircraft with a high mounted wing. What chances the passengers of a BAe 146 in the river Hudson?:confused:

June 6, 2011 at 9:23 pm in reply to: Russian Aviation News – Part the Fourth #2319180

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Yes, I agree, in the overall context it did not do much. Actually, I think this war was a godsend for the RuAF. Acceptable losses for many lessons learned.

And the question I’d like to ask, were any of those combat-damaged Su-25s ever repaired again and now flying?:confused:

June 6, 2011 at 9:02 pm in reply to: A-10 Thunderbolt #2319262

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At the moment they’re actually making history!!:D
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