In the case of B-52 re-engine, we are using that time to do digital engineering for the engine and pod integration, so we have all three industry bidders on one contract. We have Boeing on contract. They are working together as part of the source selection. They will deliver their virtual prototype to us by October. We would normally not even be on contract, and already we have a deliverable that will help us understand the challenges of integration. Are they able to keep the center of gravity and the fluid flow around the power pod? Are they able to keep that the same? We will have that earlier.

https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/paris-air-show/2019/07/08/us-air-forces-acquisition-chief-talks-new-b-52-engines-and-the-future-of-battle-management/

Don’t forget Saab’s customer network by far outranging the limits of that Nordic state. 😉

As underlined above, the Mirage 50 didn’t really have a radar* to claim the best of air superiority skills but it made its way in some airforces that appreciated that easier to sustain Mach 2 light Mirage. As a new airframe with advanced avionics regarding what fielded the competition, I don’t see any incoherence to not have added it to the mix. Still, F-5E/F or even ex-USAF F-5A/B would also have had to be included also in due logic.

*the infamous Cyrano IV flashlight like radar

Airstrike On Migrant Detention Center In Libya Kills At Least 44 People

Source:
NPR.org

ADC aircraft such as the F-94 Starfire, F-89 Scorpion, F-101B Voodoo, and F-4 Phantom were controlled by SAGE GCI. The F-104 Starfighter was “too small to be equipped with [SAGE] data link equipment” and used voice-commanded GCI,^[2]:229 but the F-106 Delta Dart was equipped for the automated data link (ADL).^{[citation needed]} The ADL was designed to allow Interceptors that reached targets to transmit real-time tactical friendly and enemy movements and to determine whether sector defence reinforcement was necessary.^[24]

Familiarization flights allowed SAGE weapons directors to fly on two-seat interceptors to observe GCI operations.^{[citation needed]}Surface-to-air missile installations for CIM-10 Bomarc interceptors were displayed on SAGE consoles.^[75]

Source (already posted):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Automatic_Ground_Environment

French Gazelle pilots arrowing MEDEVAC (in Fr)

Read also report by RFI that uncovered the story: http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20190624-h…tage-audacieux

Ggl Translate:

A Gazelle helicopter on Operation Barkhane was shot down by jihadists on 14 June on the border between Mali and Niger. The French state-major spoke until then of an “emergency landing”.

Friday, June 14, in the morning, the soldiers of Barkhane lead to fighting in the heart of a jihadist hideout on the border between Mali and Niger, helped by the forces of both countries. A French Gazelle helicopter then tries to connect a 7.62 caliber Kalashnikov-PKM machine gun which caused a fire and a loss of power, obligatorily the crew to make a reversal near the fighting, on a dusty ground with a reduced visibility.[/COLOR]

The pilot and the leader At the back, an elite commando is a little less well. He manages to extract his comrades from the aircraft, first and foremost a Tiger-type attack helicopter to come to assist them, at the risk of being shot in his turn.

But this two-seater machine is not designed for transport. Barkhane’s soldiers then apply an immediate measure: the two most seriously blessed soldiers are strapped to the outside of the aircraft, near the landing gear. The commando joins the broken machine, blows it up and exfilters into another device.

This event is signified by the state of mind of the fighting that has taken place in recent weeks on the border between Mali and Niger. That day, 20 members of an armed group are probably involved in the Islamic State group for the Great Sahara. Twenty motorcycles, weapons and means of communication were recovered, then the major state in French.

The three soldiers wounded in the crash were able to join a military hospital in France.

We have discussed that already but the Survival of the front seat occupant in case of crash is compromised in the Gazelle by the weird installation of the Viviane roof mounted sight without bracing.

Indian Jaguar birdstrike on T.O (pilot safe):

I don’t know if this has been posted before: 360 VIDEO: F-35 Test Pilot Walkaround

(to the e-grannies among us (pretty much everyone born without an I-pad in their hands), you’ll have to follow the speaker by sliding the screen with your finger*.

*And yes it took me time to get myself with that 😉