AFAIK all the UH-1s/212s are operated by 8 Sqn, which is based at KAAB/Marka alongside 7 Sqn.

Nice to see an EC 1/91 jet at Paris.

A quick question (I’m sure it’s been mentioned elsewhere but I’m not going back through all that lot) – When did the aircraft codes change to ‘113-xx’?

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PS I have absolutely no preference for Rafale or Typhoon, but I can confirm what Jacko says about the Czech Gripens!

Someone at BAE told me it had changed, but then they didn’t know what it had changed to, so maybe it hasn’t changed at all!

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SUAVe is called something else these days

It’s ‘superseded’

HTH

the role of Raven which apparentlly was much more about complexe flight control systems for the benefit of the others…

That was certainly a factor, although there was a lot more to it than that. I expect that the roles of Corax and Raven, and the relative importance of the programmes, MAY become more evident at some point in the future….

Not too sure if the Norway decision will impinge too much on the Gripen offer in Switzerland as it is the C/D on offer rather than NG. That would make the Gripen bid surely a lot cheaper than the other two, and also be a better-suited ‘F-5 replacement’ if that is what they want.

A Jacko points out, it depends on whether the Swiss want a ‘simple’ A-G capability or something a bit meatier – certainly Gripen is further up the curve if all they want is a reliable laser-bomber, plus it offers a more mature recce capability.

FWIW, Eurofighter are certainly ‘bigging up’ the Typhoon’s performance in the Swiss case – very short intercept reaction times and tight-turning capability in the mountain valleys ….