Does it matter what colour the art is? I could paint one which is orange, but that doesn’t mean the real plane was orange.

Doesn’t it bother you that the most convincing pictures you have for your position are drawings/art rather than photos?

1. it matters what color the art is because it means other people acknowledge it is dark green too
2. real photos were posted above you, but if you can’t see that, then i’m not surprised you can’t see the actual color either. don’t blame us because you’re one of those guys who sees the dress as white and gold when everyone is telling you it is blue

Artwork dated December 2010.

durr, of course it is dated dec 2010.
the first J-20 prototype was the dark green one. naturally all the photos of the dark green j-20 will be late 2010-2011

balance beam awacs is sexy
why can’t they put that on the osprey?

any new pics of the QEC? their official flickr page hasn’t really updated much.

have they painted the deck yet?

also why was the Thales version chosen over the BAe version?
and do you guys agree it was the right choice?

any recent pics of the vikrant?
most of what I find on google are when its hull is still forming or when the island structure was put on, but little else.

A very interesting idea…

I’ll add a little bit more challenge to myself.

The airforce should be a small country with no current fighters/MPA/transports, with a modernisation budget of only USD400 million.

I’ll pick Estonia for my plan

Trainer
– 12 SME MD-3 Aerotiga (usd3 million)
– 6 Hongdu K-8 (usd40 million)

Fighter
– 12 Hongdu L-15 (usd200 million)

Transport/MPA
– 4 Y-12F (usd20 million)
– 2 IPTN CN-235-220 (usd50 million)

Helicopters
– 6 Avic Z-11 (usd20 million)
– 6 Avic Z-9 (usd50 million)

VIP
– 1 Honda Jet (usd5 million)

if it were me, and its Estonia, i’d probably make it

12 x F/A-50 Golden Eagle variant for attack
6 x T-50 for training
6 x KT-1 for basic training

Replace the helicopters with Surion and Dhruv

this would likely be a bit more nato comptabble