your assumptions are incorrect. That is not an Ethiopian machine. The green roundel is very visible which suggest it is a Libyan example.
Can anyone identify this MiG-21 that appears to have suffered
some damage while being loaded into the heavy lift freighter?The photographer scribbled merely a few words in brief on the field
beneath which his photo is posted, saying it was originally destined
for Egypt, But I doubt of his talk about it being an Egyptian machine, supporting my assumption suspecting it to be an Ethiopian machine.
as it can be readily differentiated by carrying two bort numbers on the frame.In all probablity, This very one should have never reached in Ethiopia
for some reason, then simply grounded in the open for a long-length of time.
Regarding “new” roundels on the Erhiopian MiG-23BN Flogger H and Mi-17 Hip H : couldn’t it be some kind of “Celebration Mark”? Ethiopia has been celebrating its Milleniim this year (Copt Orthodox 01 january 2000 was on 12th September 2007 A.D.)
NO, it is not. The roundel change started in 1997.
Su-24s flying at low level on the ingress route over Iraqi Kurdistan and Syria would make it. Time their arrival on target with a shower of ballistic missiles and a number of Hezbollah/IRGC commandos infiltrating from southern Lebanon, yes it could be a strong first strike.
dream on…..
hi,
do you have more information about these SF.260TP’s ??
Like serials and unit.Hendrik
SF260TP
serial# start 15X and go on to 16X
they are part of the training unit
ETAF uses SF260TP (130 hours)
it was an empty ship used for target practice 3 years after it was seized. Cheap was to get rid of it.
how does an ECCM work? is there any counter-measures against it?
I have read ECMs available currently are useless against an AESA radar. Even if it is detected, it is unable to jam as it can not calculate the correct azimuth to due the super fast sweep which the ECM needs in order to jam.
OK, let’s make some noise.
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is that a pilot or a rich “tourist”?
Due to the EPLF’s victory over Nadew Command during the war against the Dergue.
who told you the word Nadew stood only for a military command?
So who is the horse? The Ethiopian military, third party intelligence, the mercenaries themselves? And when did you receive this information?
It is actually horses!
Your username suggests that you are Eritrean
and you arrived at that conclusion, how? :rolleyes:
Initially, yes. But after a while Ethiopia pilots began to fly Su-27s along with the Russians (as acig and other sources indicate).
Sorry, I don’t rely on second hand information. Mine comes directly from the horse’s mouth!
What can you comment us on the flight profile of the EtAF Su-27’s pilots?, from what aircraft they went?, how many hours did they fly? where did they trained?.
Recently, they have started sending them straight from L-39 but most of the pilots flew MIG-23s (some of those trained initially did flew MIG-21s but the type was withdrawn from service in 2001).
From what I heard, they fly 2-3 times a week and they do have major exercises periodically.
The training is divided into two: Aircraft qualification and mission ready. Some pilots are sent abroad and rest are trained locally.
Well, the Ethiopian Su-27, which was alleged to have shot down the Eritrean MiG-29 in the late 90s was said to have been flown by a woman….
that story is a complete fiction.
but as regards those airforces, which operate the Su-27/30, such as India, China, Russia, Belarus, etc, I don’t think most of them actually allow women to fly combat aircraft.
Russia and the former Soviet states don’t allow women to fly combat aircraft?
dont suppose u know any backround history of the type?
Delivery of the MLs started around mid-1980s after crew sent for conversion completed their training at Lugoveye. A total of 12 were delivered (serial# 1801-12). They were mostly based out of Dire Dawa, which is the eastern command main operating base. The squadron was commanded by a former F-5E pilot who made at least two kills of Somali MIGs during the war in 1977-78.
I guess reason for delivery probably was ETAF wanted more potent interceptor than the MIG-21bis. ETAF pilots preferred the F-5E to the MIG-21bis and during mock dogfights the F-5E came out on top in large margin not to mention the total dominance over Somali MIG-21s.
MIGMan,
There you go. Picture was taken sometime in the mid to late 1980s. Serial# 1809.
MIGMan,
The first MIG-23 with its serial blacked (picture is mine, btw!) out is not an ML; it is a UB version. I might be able to get you a very good pic. Give me few days. The second one was taken in Assab airport. I know the mechanic who was working on it prior to the abandonement of the base.