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  • in reply to: Do they still land U-2s on flattops? #2178618
    TEEJ
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    There were operational U-2 missions from a carrier. Operation Fish Hawk was recently declassified.

    Detachment G conducted Operation FISH HAWK in May 1964
    by sending two pilots, an NPIC photointerpreter. and a U-2G
    equipped with the Itek 1128 camera to make the first operational U-2
    flights from an aircraft carrier. On 19 May the U-2 rook off from the
    USS Ranger and overflew the French atomic test area. As soon as the
    aircraft returned to the Ranger, the film was developed in the carrier’s
    photo lab, and the NPIC photointerpreter then read out the film to see
    if the photography met the requiremems for resolution and quality. A
    second U-2 flight carried out a similar mission on 22 May. The photography
    provided all the detail needed to identify the preparations for
    the nuclear test that occurred later that year.

    http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB434/docs/U2%20-%20Chapter%205.pdf

    in reply to: BAe Hawk and canopy locks #2180159
    TEEJ
    Participant

    Thanks TEEJ – I wish I could remember things……..

    Ken

    No problem, Ken. 🙂

    in reply to: BAe Hawk and canopy locks #2180647
    TEEJ
    Participant

    Ken,
    Hawkkeeper answered your question back in 2013

    we padlock our a/c when on detachments to prevent unwanted & unauthorised access. otherwise all Hawks are hangared at night as far as possible.

    From

    http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234938718-new-revell-132-bae-hawk-available-now-photos/#entry1296878

    http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234938718-new-revell-132-bae-hawk-available-now-photos/#entry1297773

    in reply to: Are modern military aircraft except from showing data? #2181770
    TEEJ
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    You will sometimes see military aircraft on Flight Radar 24. In the UK you will sometimes see F-15s, MV-22 Osprey. Sometimes the odd Tornado GR4.

    https://www.flightradar24.com/how-it-works

    in reply to: Turkish offensive in Syria #2195426
    TEEJ
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    So It is confirmed that when the things get tought the A-10 comes in and the teeny weeny fighterinnys carrying small guided bombetinnys come home?:eek::eek::eek:

    Don’t forget the B-52s which are no doubt deploying SDBs over Syria. 🙂 ISIS were releasing images of the B-52s over Syria last month.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjuFQSBXIAAUVjs.jpg

    http://isis.liveuamap.com/en/2016/30-may-syria-isis-films-what-appears-to-be-a-b52-on-a-combat

    The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stormed into the Isis stronghold of Manbij yesterday with the support of US B-52 bombers and special forces after a three-week siege.

    http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/squabbles-between-us-allies-threaten-advance-on-raqqa-3b8z78hb5

    in reply to: USAF NAVY plane at RIAT, why the security? #2199061
    TEEJ
    Participant

    The point I am trying to make is that it is only US jets that are guarded – I saw no armed police near any of the dozens of other nations’ aircraft.

    I assume the US DoD insist on such measures as a condition of their participation ?

    Ken

    To be fair Ken they weren’t just guarding an X-47 or RQ-8 mock-up. Within that fenced off area was a U-2, F-117, E-8, C-21 and C-38.

    Other USAF assets such as F-15s, F-16s just had the cones/rope around them.

    Scroll through the images showing the other assets within that security cordoned area.

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/kev_slade/sets/72157632952017628/

    TEEJ
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    Was there to witness the fly-past and it was an awesome sight indeed. Any place that lists which squadrons the aircraft all came from?

    See following for Squadron badges.

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkhSn7HUkAApJ8L.jpg

    Chinook, serial ZH777, 28 Squadron, RAF Benson.

    AW109, serial GZ100, 32 Squadron, RAF Northolt.

    Puma, serial XW232, 33 Squadron, RAF Benson.

    Griffin, serial ZJ237, 60 Squadron, RAF Shawbury.

    Spitfire, serial TE311, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Coningsby.

    Hurricane, serial PZ865, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, RAF Coningsby.

    Hercules, serial ZH880, 47 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton.

    Be200 King Air, serials ZK456 & ZK451, 45 Squadron, RAF Cranwell.

    A400 Atlas, serial ZM407, 70 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton.

    Hercules, serial ZH888, 24 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton.

    C-17, serial ZZ177, 99 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton.

    BAe 146, serial ZE700, 32 Squadron, RAF Northolt.

    Sentinel, serial ZJ690, 5 Squadron, RAF Waddington.

    RC-135, serial ZZ664, 51 Squadron, RAF Waddington.

    Tornado GR4, serials ZA553 & ZA548, 31 Squadron, RAF Marham.

    A330 Voyager, serial ZZ337, 10 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton.

    Typhoon FGR4, serials ZJ949 & ZK307 (Unmarked no Squadron markings) representing 29 Squadron, RAF Coningsby.

    Hawk T1s, numerous serials, Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, RAF Scampton.

    in reply to: P-3 Orion japanese anti-ship capability #2205750
    TEEJ
    Participant

    Thank you very much just ordered this book

    You are very welcome.

    in reply to: P-3 Orion japanese anti-ship capability #2205787
    TEEJ
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    Nice and interesting vid, from 0:38″ we can see a small white spherical object flying near the missile nose…

    The “spherical object” is the missile itself. The object trailing it will be a chase plane. It is poor footage but looks like an F-14 Tomcat? If you freeze frame it on some sections you can see twin tail fins.

    in reply to: P-3 Orion japanese anti-ship capability #2205813
    TEEJ
    Participant

    Video from 1990 showing Japanese P-3C launching Harpoon.

    Video description.

    Video of Harpoon launch with our Japanese Navy P-3C counterparts prior to Desert Storm, I believe it was part of a RIMPAC exercise. LT Kevin Frye/USN

    See table on page 53 of following book.

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=isbn:019829137X

    Japan AGM-84A Harpoon 1980-88 (Number delivered) 100

    in reply to: General Discussion #279401
    TEEJ
    Participant

    Your timeline for the UK Typhoon is out. The first RAF Squadron to receive delivery of Typhoon was 17 Squadron then based at Warton during 2003. The Squadron then officially formed at RAF Coningsby during 2005 alongside 29 Squadron.

    On 19 May 2005, the Squadron officially reformed with the presentation of the Squadron Standard at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, to become No 17 (Reserve) Squadron, the Typhoon Operational Evaluation Unit.

    http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/17squadron.cfm

    In June 2005 the Squadron officially moved to its home base at RAF Coningsby and by July it was teaching new pilots for 17(R) Squadron on a formal course. Bucking the trend of recent squadron disbandments, 29(R) Squadron officially ‘stood up’ for operational service on 4 November 2005. This signified a major milestone in the introduction of the Typhoon to RAF service, as it indicated that the Squadron was now ready to begin training front-line pilots to fully equip current and future Typhoon squadrons. For 29(R) Squadron it heralded a long and healthy future, one that seems certain to last until the centenary and beyond.

    http://www.raf.mod.uk/organisation/29squadron.cfm

    Hawk already mentioned. The last British fighter would have been the last new-build batch of Sea Harriers. Serial ZH813 was the last new build Sea Harrier FA.2 and delivered to the Royal Navy in January 1999. It is still in service as a ground runner at RNAS Culdrose (Royal Naval School of Flight Deck Operations).

    in reply to: Turkish offensive in Syria #2161883
    TEEJ
    Participant

    Those A-10 might have crossed Syrian border, but are we sure they aren’t used in North Iraq against ISIS there?

    A-10s from Incirlik routinely cross the Turkish border into Syria to provide close air support.

    Recent ops in Syria

    The US has informed Russia where US Special Forces are inside Syria and they have agreed to stay clear of those areas. A-10s will routinely provide top cover to those US forces.

    The Pentagon told the Russian military where U.S. Special Forces are located in Syria with the hopes that Russian aircraft will steer clear of that area and not risk bombing American service members, top military officials said Thursday.

    The disclosure reveals an expanded level of military–to-military communication and cooperation between the two countries beyond the basic “memorandum of understanding,” or MOU, that was signed in October and focused on safety protocols for air crews operating in Syrian air space.

    “We provided a geographical area that we asked them to stay out of because of the risk to U.S. forces,” Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told reporters Thursday.

    “This was a step we took to try to maintain their safety in a dangerous situation and this was a request that we made to the Russians outside the scope of the” memorandum of understanding, Cook said.

    “Up to this point, [the Russians] have honored this request,” Cook said.

    http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/02/18/us-quietly-tells-russia-where-us-special-forces-located-syria/80561370/

    in reply to: F-35 News and discussion (2016) take III #2162548
    TEEJ
    Participant

    Live feed for the arrival of Royal Netherlands Air Force F-35s at Leeuwarden. Arrival should be around 1900 British Summer Time. (1800 Greenwich Mean Time).

    in reply to: F-22 news and discussion thread #2165147
    TEEJ
    Participant

    F-22s recently went low level in the UK.

    in reply to: How can Argentina stop the F-35B? #2165475
    TEEJ
    Participant

    I wasn’t no but interested in hearing about it.

    The Norwegian military moinitoring station at Fauske in Nordland was important to the British intelligence service during the Falkland war, collecting vital information about the Argentine naval operations, according to TV documentary.. The Norwegian military moinitoring station at Fauske in Nordland was important to the British intelligence service during the Falkland war, collecting vital information about the Argentine naval operations.The station monitored the Soviet satellites which collected intelligence data from the Southern Atlantic, and it is believed this information was passed on to the British Intelligence Service, which could then pinpoint the position of Argentine naval vessels, NRK reports. According to a NRK TV documentary program to be broadcast Tuesday night, Norway may have contributed to the sinking by a British submarine of the Argentine warship ‘General Belgrano’. It is thought that the Norwegian government was informed about the assistance given. Kaare Willoch, who was prime minister in 1982 says to NRK that he does not remember the case, but that it appears to be pretty straightforward. (NRK) Rolleiv Solholm

    http://www.norwaypost.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12856

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