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  • July 19, 2012 at 12:14 am in reply to: Italy's M-346 and Russia's Yak-130 thread #2355348
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    MERCER would be more serious sounding. Yak-130 is a multirole aircraft, part trainer and part warrior.

    July 14, 2012 at 6:21 am in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #15 #2358629
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    Humidity, especially salt rich, is both corrosive and abrasive.

    July 10, 2012 at 11:01 pm in reply to: Red Flag 2013 : Russian Fighters to exrecise with US Fighters #2360687
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    The story was a complete fabrication and is being denied by both sides.

    July 10, 2012 at 4:30 pm in reply to: Military Aviation News-2012 #2361040
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    I’m not a fan of the AT-6. Granted it will still be an American made product. In reality it is a European design with American systems grafted on it. I would have rather seen something more homegrown especially if they are recycling the T-6 designation for it. And if they are using a foreign design, why use the PC-9?

    Really sad.

    Not really. Chinese investment groups have been buying up dying industries from western countries. These companies don’t have a market and are actually a poor investment. The sale of said company includes small private planes and small luxury jets. It is good news for the US competition IMHO because the ones that buy these planes will look only to Hawker to appease Chinese investors and shop for the top planes where they can find them. And that is not in China.

    July 9, 2012 at 6:14 pm in reply to: China awaits fighter export breakthrough #2361629
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    I would argue if Northrop Grumman put a basic J85 powered F-5 back into production they might find some buyers.

    Good chance, or at least Cessna A-37.

    July 9, 2012 at 5:50 am in reply to: Su-17, A-7 Corsair II, SEPECAT Haguar #2286476
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    VELOS relies on continuous wave radar and is vulnerable to modern SEAD tactics and weapons. SAM batteries are most effective when concealed, which CW doesn’t allow. Air dropped decoys are commonplace, too, revealing positions of active radars and allowing the dynamic targeting systems to do their thing.

    July 9, 2012 at 4:54 am in reply to: F-5EM/FM vs MiG-21 Bison #2286479
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    Good luck finding photographic evidence of an AIM-120 hanging off an F-5S or F-5T. I cannot even find an AIM-120 compatible pylon for the F-5E/F.

    July 8, 2012 at 8:40 pm in reply to: Su-17, A-7 Corsair II, SEPECAT Haguar #2286607
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    mini-Phantom? I never saw the Jaguar loaded 2200 liters centreline fuel tank which Mirage F-1 loaded.

    High wing fighters typically have little centerline ground clearance or it is tough for ground crews to load the wings.

    July 8, 2012 at 3:54 pm in reply to: Su-17, A-7 Corsair II, SEPECAT Haguar #2286679
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    The manufacturer of the R.550 developed the pylon if I understand correctly. The french might not have used it, but all Jaguars could.

    July 8, 2012 at 5:41 am in reply to: Fictional Foreign operators #2286803
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    Brazilian AF F/A-18E Super Hornet
    Bulgarian AF Gripen
    German Luftwaffe Jaguar IDS
    German Marineflieger Jaguar ECR
    Israeli T-50 Golden Eagle
    Pakistan Jaguar PS
    Polish T-50 Golden Eagle
    Turkey Jaguar TS
    USAF Super Tucano
    US Army C-27J Spartan
    USN A-12 Avenger II
    Venezuelan AMX-ATA
    Yugoslavia MiG-23MLD

    July 8, 2012 at 5:03 am in reply to: Su-17, A-7 Corsair II, SEPECAT Haguar #2286808
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    The Jaguar was a mini-Phantom in my book. I loved the French application of Magic on an overwing pylon!

    http://forum.keypublishing.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=62464&d=1105355636

    July 7, 2012 at 5:19 am in reply to: Turkish F-4 down #2287101
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    Looks like an explosive near miss type of event. Probably robbed the wings of lift and the jet nosedived post stall. The slideshow doesn’t suggest much for cannon-fire.

    July 6, 2012 at 2:18 pm in reply to: Fictional Foreign operators #2287314
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    PAF J-10
    Venezuelan Su-35
    Syrian MiG-31
    Australian MirageIII using Avon engines
    Lavi aggressors at Red Flag

    July 6, 2012 at 5:51 am in reply to: Fictional Foreign operators #2287370
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    Bager1968-

    I wasn’t thinking it through thoroughly, and you are right. Something along the lines of the J52 family would have been the only realistic option, although the J65 might have been politically positioned for it. I just liked how the Buccaneer was an elegant compliment to the F-4K Phantom when it came to style.

    http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/2/9/6/2124692.jpg

    July 6, 2012 at 2:45 am in reply to: F-5EM/FM vs MiG-21 Bison #2287380
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    MiG-21 Bison wins on technical merit, but they are both low end.

    Am I the only one that believes a modernized F-5 or T-38 frame – with a single F125 engine, EOTS-EODAS, AESA radar sized for it, and AMRAAM capability – is still relevant? NASA’s big nose F-5 test proved that you don’t need brute force to supercruise and minimize the transonic shockwave. Keep a pair of wingtip AIM-9’s and internalize or streamline a pair of AIM-120. Rather than aim for a bleeding edge fighter, aim for something NATO compatible and affordable.

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