Originally posted by greekdude1
I.P. or not, I have suspicisions that he has already returned with an alias.

You mean this ??

Originally posted by SkyHIGH
Nice to hear that, i’m looking forward to reading some interesting posts on the site now. I’ll certainly return now that it appears that Skylinerworld or whatever he calls himself has gone, lets hope other sites follow suit!

Now we found another use of that substance.

Look 10 years younger with “Pimple Power Extracts” 😀

http://forum.airforces.info/showthread.php?s=&threadid=24512

The biggest problem for the MiG-29SMT is the long term support imho. Russia has stopped the upgrade programm and it is not certain that they will continue wit hthe programm.

Without the update programm the MiG-29 will be a prime target for fleet reductions in Russia.

Any customer buying the MiG-29SMT must be aware that he might beo operating the type along with India, Yemen and Algeria only in 2010. If they plan of a 30 years service life, that will mean some huge problems in the long run.

Mirage2ks and F-16s will be flown in larger numbers by more countries during that period, so you will always be able to jump on yet another update programm. You will also have a decent spare support.

Furthermore the MiG-29SMT is not thoroughly tested like the western competitors. Much of the stuff is pretty new and system intergration test and all those stuff is basic at best. Weapon testing has often be limited to some carriage tests and some launch simulations.

Just add some seasoning and you are done 🙂

No, they do press the cheese out pf the pimples.

We have a russian trained force, so buying russian hardware would be cheap and prudent.

– So for interception duties we would want a sizeable force of MiG-29 SMTs. Say 48 airframes (refurbished ones if possible and cheaper)

– Then we would look at a SU-25 class aircraft. SU-25KM Scorpion should do. Say 24 of that type.

So my fast jet force would be limited to those 72 airframes.

Helicopter force :

We want to be able to partol our borders at night and want to be combat capable. Also it would be nice to have a small number of infantry around to check out things on the ground.

– That makes the Mil-24 the perfect choice. Obviously we want the to be night fighting capable like the upgrade russian versions.
48 airframes should do

– transport helicopter would be Mil-17s. Say 36 airframes

– for utilitiy and light trransport we could get some used UH-1Hs form US army stocks. Say another 72 airframes.

– for transport duties I would start with used AN-36 or AN-32. But retire them as soon as possible and replace them with CASA 235 and 295.

– if the US would donate some used C-130s I would accept them as well

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– The rest of the money I would spent on trainig. That means at least 160 flying hours per year of every pilot.
– Participating in PfP exercises.
– Try to participate in Red Flag and Mapple Flag
– Get some test time on the Polygone range
– Do some missle test at Point Mugu