Saudi T-33 in 1958
http://www.aircraftslides.com/Auction/AuctionDetail.aspx?ID=571717
Egyptian Il-28R in Novmber 1981
http://www.aircraftslides.com/Auction/AuctionDetail.aspx?ID=572468
Burkina Fasso MiG-17 with Mi-4 in the background
http://www.aircraftslides.com/Auction/AuctionDetail.aspx?ID=571715
The term “PF late series” appeared in some western books in the early 90’s when there wasn’t enough data on the MiG-21. However in reality these were different versions, specified both by the letters after “MiG-21” and by factory product number.
If it has the parachute container at the base of the tail it is no longer a PF (Type 76).
This Afghan bird we talk about was an FL (Type 77).
A front hinged canopy + chute container under a small chord tail = MiG-21 PFS (Type 94)
in for the win! 😎
afghan mig-21PF 1979
http://drm.williams.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/wamp&CISOPTR=4148&CISOBOX=1&REC=15
:diablo::diablo::diablo:
pic:
It ain’t PF, got to be FL or PFM – look at the width of the tail and brake chute fairing just above the engine.
I’d say FL, apparently it has the forward hinging type canopy, but the picture is too blurred to be 100% sure.
Also, I’ve seen a number of MiG-21 FL wrecks images from A’stan, but no PFM yet.
Hungarian Air Force JAS-39 Gripen
That’s not rare!
You indicate that there was one, but photographed two.
he he, there’s actually 5 of them – check the serials on the tail :dev2:
Laos Z-9A
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Laos—Air/Harbin-Z-9A-Haitun/1522001/L/
Laos Mi-17-1V RDPL-34076
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Laos—Air/Mil-Mi-17…/1218005/L/
Laos Mi-17-1V RDPL-34066
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6568318
also from Laos, a bunch of derelict MiG-21 behind a Y-7-100
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Lao-Air-Force/Xian-Y-7-100/1500164/L/
J-8F With PL-12 & PL-8 :
http://i988.photobucket.com/albums/af8/My-Military-Photos/PRC/Air/J-8%20Variant%20F/J8F_3.jpg
Those are PL-5E
every little bit helps, especially if your flying antiquated Russian transports
We have 2 C-130B built in 1959 and a B and an H built in 1961.
An-26 were delivered from 1974 till 1985, the last 4 still in service are built in 1975 (1) and 1985 (3).
I’ll let you decide which is more antiquated :diablo:
Lancer_dude, I’ve also noticed that there is no press release about the C-27J.
I don’t know what’s the case, but it’s definitely in full RoAF markings (no Italian military or civilian code). Maybe it wasn’t yet accepted into service, pending acceptance flights and procedures, paperwork?
First Romanian Spartan delivered:
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6619134
With that load, it had to be a Mi-17, in which case 26 people on board is not an overload
The Angolan MiG-21 C340 in SA museum is a bis, not an MF!
Romanian-built IAR-330L Pumas
Check out those pumas that sit rusting out for good after being thrown into the boneyard on the military ramp of the Khartoum IAP.:diablo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/superspotter/3484042020/sizes/o/in/set-72157613616896666/
Nice find, altough it’s sad to see those birds dumped. 24 were delivered (in flight!) in 1983, so they should still have plenty of life left in them.
Even if weathered, one can ID the typical camouflage of the Romanian AF Pumas from the 1980’s : dark green with sand and tan spots, light grey underbelly.
Well, the versions which carried the KKR recon pod were Su-17 M2R, M3R and M4R in Soviet service and Su-22M3R and M4R for export.
The modification was not extensive – just a control panel in the cockpit, a dedicated centerline pylon for the pod and the corresponding wireing between them. These aircraft had exactly the same ground attack capabilities as the main versions from which they were derived.
Here some data describing the recce pods:
http://www.vectorsite.net/avsu17_2.html#m3
and there were some detailed photos on hunavia.hu, apparently the site is down for now.
There’s also a couple of short paragraphs full of equipment designations regarding the pod in the book “Luftwaffe Fitter, The Su-22 in German Service” published by AirDOC
The first C-27J for Romania is in final assembly and will be delivered later this year.
Deliveries should end in 2012.
It a damned if you do, damned if you don’t thing IMO, don’t send the Puma’s for refurb and you putting the troops at risk out in the sandbox, send them and you’re taking jobs from british workers.
The work on the Pumas carried out in Romania is not taking away any british jobs – because IAR Brasov is the only company in Europe still qualified to carry out overhaul and upgrades on the Puma.
Being so obsolete, British Pumas are a pain in the ar$e to work on. UK MoD bought back in 2002 six former SAAF Puma L as attrition replacements, 4 of wich were converted to Puma HC1 (SA.330 C), work done in Romania. That meant literally downgrading the birds, and retrofitting weaker engines (Turmo III instead of Turmo IV) so that they will be identical to the rest of your fleet.
Right now, IAR Brasov is doing upgrades on 16 RoAF Pumas (IAR-330 M), fitting them with terrain following radar, partial glass cockpit with moving map display, L/RWR coupled with chaff & flares, etc… Than there’s also the Emiratis, who had Makila engines from Super Puma mounted on their 24 IAR-330L, plus some of the goodies mentioned above, they call it IAR-330 SM. Get that and you’ll never complain again about their hot&high performance.
Too bad the deal didn’t get trough, it’s a loss for both sides.
Suitable or not, that’s what they use it for (air combat). Remember Taiwanese Mirages are purely interceptors, no A-G role for them. Apparently they are used only on the centerline in Taiwan:
A number of centerline twin gun pods with DEFA 554 cannons were also acquired and fitted on the two-seaters, as they do not have an internal gun armament.