Here is another picture I recently took over the french alps.

Originally posted by Arthur
I’ve seen a Hungarian major getting out of his MiG-21 after having flown a number of 7- and 8G maneuvres (it was the Fishbed’s retirement ceremony, so they could beat the airframes a bit). He didn’t wear a G-suit. WarPac pilot selection always included the candidate being tested to withstand G-forces. While this makes a lot of sense, i don’t think it is done in the West.

I’m sure Viper can confirm or deny this.

It is done in Germany at least. 🙂

Pilots have to be able to take 9g for a certain time in a centrifuge.

Originally posted by Srbin
Well anyone could use an An-124, you should buy only a few of them to transport military equipment.

If you only want to tranport it wthin your borders and your country is not really big, then I would think that rail transport / street transport are much cheaper. 🙂

Originally posted by SkyHIGH
Seahawk I can assure you I am not skylinerworld, I don’t have the time or the desire to create websites and i’m not really into getting into arguments on forums. Putting aside that comment I am as I say looking forward to joining in with some interesting aviation related discussions!

Then plz accept my apologies. I did not mean to insult or discredit you in any way.

I hope you will enjoy this forum and let me give you a very warm welcome. 🙂

I agree this is getting ridiculous. If you look at the threats described for that “built your airforce scenario”.

1. Uzbekistan – the stronger military in the region, with small numbers of Su-27, MiG-29 and Su-24 (less than 200 aircraft all together last time I checked). They have a very severe problem of respecting your borders.. often they’ll do their militant and rebel chasing thing into YOUR territory.. and infact in the late 90’s an Su-24 violated your airspace and accidentally bombed a village. They are not against your government in particular..but feel like because they have power, they are free to conduct whatever operation they want into your territory if needed.. they also use some political leverages for your water supply, such as energy threats.

2. Tajikstan – a place near anarchy and lawlessness.. Your country has had several occasions where militant groups stationed in this country, will cross into your border regions causing havoc.. the government of Tajikstan has no power over it.

Well I really doubt you did even come close to Berlin. You might have seen Cologne and Düsseldorf airports. Berlin would be the opposite direction from FRA.

Honestly I think they should only upgrade about one wing of A-10s and give them to Special Forces. There they could be a perfect partner to the AC-130. Same cruise speed, same alltitude. They would make a very good CAS combo for SOF.

In the regular Air Force it has lost its use. Rather get some more new F-16s and be happy to have some new built planes again.
Much more usefull then spending money on such a Vietnam/Cold War relict.