u asked, I answered. I don’t make Brazil take anything 😉

When Brazil became a junk yard?

SInce 1979 when Brazil, with United States cooperation, negotiated a $70 million contract for purchase of twenty A-4KU and three TA-4KUs from Kuwait. Re-designated AF-1 and AF-1A, respectively, the ex-Kuwaiti Skyhawks arrived in Brazil in early September 1998 and were placed in overhaul maintenance status for significant upgrading. The upgrading program is continuing and AF-1 and AF-1A aircraft are currently operational in Brazil. On January 18, 2001 an AF-1 Skyhawk successfully landed aboard the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais and later successfully catapulted, making Brazil’s carrier force operational.

If you have excellent pictures, can’t you pick an object with known dimensions and compare? For example, the canisters for emergency rafts or satcom on these pics of IN Kashins?

Maybe the Singaporees could be generous… ask nicely?

Buy the USS America for peanuts. There are several airwings worth of F-14Bs and so forth in the boneyard waiting for someone who wants them.

Ok and then what? Then you have good but old stuff. How long will this have to last and at what operating and maintenance costs?

That was quick! A worthwhile upgrade. I’m looking forward to seeing more pictures of that handy work as it becomes available. On Delhi class: was the EW equipment that sat where the Elta’s sit now relocated or removed alltogether?

But look, Mysore has it too!

Excellent pic! However, I was under the impression only the first of class INS Delhi had already received Barak. You are positive this is Mysore?

Excellent Himanshu! Thx