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April 29, 2008 at 7:28 pm in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #10 #2464887

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Montenegro roundel

Here’s a close-up of the roundel on a Montenegran Super Galeb. I always thought they had painted a temporary red disc over the Serbian tricolore but it’s indeed a roundel in the national colours red and gold.
It was decided to only keep a helo fleet in service (Partizan and maybe new Mi-17’s; the Mi-8’s are worn out). The Super Galebs will be sold.

March 28, 2008 at 11:58 am in reply to: Kazakhstan/Turkmenistan/Azerbiajan #2476036

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[QUOTE=J-7 Hotdog;1233031]Turkmenistan = big question mark, but i hear most of their inventory is in storage[QUOTE]

Quite few pictures from Turkmenistan appeared recently. They show several Frogfoots in splendid condition – comments say they are new Su-25KM Scorpions (?) but judging by installed antennae they are regular Su-25s. They also have some freshly painted MiG-29s (apparently Izd 9.13)

The Su-25’s and MiG-29’s are operational. Not so the remaining Su-17’s. And indeed, although the FROGFOOTs (FROGFEET :p ) have been upgraded in Tbilisi, they were not brought to Su-25KM standard.

March 28, 2008 at 11:54 am in reply to: What did the Russians call their aircraft? #2476039

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I don’t mean nicknames I mean their/the manufacturers names for the various types of aircraft.

Technical manuals often carry in the title the manufacturer’s “izdeliye” number of the aircraft, not the more common Su-, MiG- etc. designator. For instance, the MiG-23BN is called izd.32-24BN (or Gerät 32-24BN for East-Germany) and that is why some believed that the East-German designator for this type was MiG-24BN.

March 4, 2008 at 5:23 pm in reply to: Belgium to replace A-310's: Updates #2490842

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Wouldn’t it be cheaper to charter a flight when needed? After all, what an airforce needs is the transport capacity, not the transport aircraft. Belgium already charters the An-124 for example so why not do the same with smaller types?

March 4, 2008 at 6:24 am in reply to: The immortal Herk, for all your pics 'n propaganda #2491156

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Time to revive the Herky thread me thinks 😎 I have a question about the AC-130H/U: have the 25 and 40mm guns been replaced by the 30mm Bushmaster II as was anounced some time ago? Upgrade should have started last year.

February 15, 2008 at 8:13 pm in reply to: Russia's MiG-31's #2500296

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In the majority of my images the outer pylons are missing (see bellow) but indeed sometimes you can see an additional, smaller, pair.

February 15, 2008 at 12:34 pm in reply to: Russia's MiG-31's #2500398

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It’s too bad that none of the MiG-31BM pictures are instructive in how to actually identify a MiG-31BM compared to either a MiG-31B or MiG-31BS.

What about the number of weapon pylons? The MiG-31B/BS only has one under each wing (unless I have missed some upgrade), while the MiG-31BM has two on each side, like the MiG-31M.

February 15, 2008 at 6:42 am in reply to: Soviet Air Force as of 1991 vs USAF. #2500461

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If you have more accurate information, why don’t you update the Wiki article? That’s the whole point of Wikipedia, isn’t it?

January 13, 2008 at 9:50 am in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #9, for Pictures and Discussion. #2517422

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http://www.airliners.net/discussions/military/read.main/52697/1/

Excellent! Thanks for posting! Dunno why I missed it…

January 13, 2008 at 8:08 am in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #9, for Pictures and Discussion. #2517453

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Lebanese airforce

Could someone post some decent images of Lebanese military aircraft? There’s not much on the internet and Airliner.net doesn’t even have an entry for the Lebanese airforce. 🙁 What about those 5 or so Hunters; are they still airworthy? TIA

January 2, 2008 at 6:47 pm in reply to: Su-27SM Flanker Question #2525613

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There are actually two “Flanker B”s, the Su-27P and the Su-27S. The latter will be (partially) upgraded to Su-27SM, but what about the P model?

January 2, 2008 at 8:39 am in reply to: Su-27SM Flanker Question #2525901

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Is the Su-27P still used by the RuAF? Lately only the Su-27S and SM are mentioned.

December 9, 2007 at 9:40 am in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #9, for Pictures and Discussion. #2538644

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Possibly from the Czech Republic.
One UBK and 5 Su-25Ks are missing from Czechia, some say they might have ended in Georgia:

Well, Georgia has 5 Su-25Ks (and 1 UB/UBK) so that’s very likely. Thanks!

December 8, 2007 at 4:23 pm in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #9, for Pictures and Discussion. #2538776

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Bulgarian and Macedonian birds are all accounted for and still in their respective countries.

As for Slovakian birds, out of 13 they had, one crashed, 2 are in museums and the rest of 10 were sold to Armenia:

OK, so where do Georgian K’s come from? Straight from the factory in Tbilisi? And did Hungary ever operate the Su-25?

December 7, 2007 at 7:54 pm in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #9, for Pictures and Discussion. #2539119

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Nice! The Su-25 is not a Scorpion. Scorpion has totally different aerials. Quite on the contrary, this looks like a downgraded export version Su-25K (check Odd Rods antennae), wonder where it comes from?

You’re right of course. If have seen the ODD RODS also on Armenian, Azeri and Georgian Su-25’s. Armenia got some Su-25K’s from Slovakia, and Georgia has sold some of its Su-25K’s (Where do they come from? Bulgaria? Macedonia?) to Azerbaijan (edit) and Gambia.
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