TEEJThus the Buccaneers equipped with AN/AVQ-23E “Pave Spike” flying at low altitudes were responsible for designating targets, which had exposed the Buccaneers at AAA and short range SAM during the day, once the AVQ 23E pod hasn’t night capability , making the task much more dangerous than those held by the Tornados IDS at medium altitude.
The Buccaneers were not at low altitude. They operated at medium altitude up with the Tornado GR1s during those designation missions. Later on during February the Tornado GR1s could self-designate with TIALD.
http://www.blackburn-buccaneer.co.uk/0_Gulf-missions.html
The Buccaneer crews were readied for a low level requirement for the conflict, but this was not employed. The Buccaneers operated over Iraq at medium altitude.
Back in 1991, the RAF operated three Buccaneer squadrons, Nos 12 & 208 Squadrons and No 237 OCU (Operational Conversion Unit), all based at RAF Lossiemouth. The entire force consisted of about 30 airframes and the role was exclusively maritime attack, with the sole exception of No 237 OCU which also had a reserve war role involving overland Laser designation (target marking), from low level, for Jaguar aircraft. Therefore the then AOC 18 Group – Air Marshal Sir Michael Steer – foresaw a possible requirement for overland Laser designation and instructed the Buccaneers to commence the appropriate low-level overland training.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/GulfWarBuccaneerOperations.cfm
TEEJINS Vikramaditya (R33) is currently in the English Channel. (1310 GMT). INS Trikand (F51) is leading with INS Deepak (A50) behind Vikramaditya.
TEEJYou can scroll around the Tranche 3 cockpit at the following link.
TEEJThey also made a fuss when the Adm Kuznetsov sheltered in Scottish waters, blaming England for not basing any surface vessels in Scotland, hence they moaned HMS York had to sail all the way from Portsmouth. Hence they want patrol boats and MPA.
The Kuznetsov group were in International Waters off Scotland. The Kuznetsov Group is due to deploy again before years end and will likely use that portion of the Moray Firth if shelter or link up with Baltic assets is required.
December 2011 link
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/News-and-Events/Latest-News/2011/December/14/111214-HW-York-FRE
TEEJNew imposed regulation can be read here
Extract of the statement from Hagel:
The United States reaffirms its longstanding policy that Article V of the U.S.-Japan Mutual Defense Treaty applies to the Senkaku IslandsTo get a clear picture of what it means, here is an interesting quote (source CNN)
Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, director of Asia-Pacific programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace:
“It makes it more likely that jets will be scrambled,” she said. “An aerial encounter carries a much higher risk because of the faster timings involved” than in a maritime encounter.sources:
Defense.gov
GlobalSecurity.org
CNN*We shld open a dedicated thread.
US B-52 bombers challenge disputed China air zone
East China Sea in defiance of new Chinese air defence rules, officials say.
China set up its “air defence identification zone” on Saturday insisting that aircraft obey its rules or face “emergency defensive measures”.
A Pentagon spokesman said the planes had followed “normal procedures”.
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US Colonel Steve Warren at the Pentagon said Washington had “conducted operations in the area of the Senkakus”.
“We have continued to follow our normal procedures, which include not filing flight plans, not radioing ahead and not registering our frequencies,” he said.
There had been no response from China, he added.
TEEJLieutenant Ollie Pocock has become the first Royal Navy pilot to serve on a front line Royal Air Force Typhoon Squadron gathering invaluable knowledge and experience in support of future joint fast jet operations between the services.
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“This stronger maritime link will tie in very well with our US Marine Corp link, (6 Sqn has had a USMC exchange pilot since it stood up in 2010) both of these officers will bring invaluable experience and continue to keep the Squadron’s joint operational understanding at a high level.”
http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/royal-navy-pilot-flying-high-with-raf-typhoon-squadron-19112013
TEEJY-20 Bacon,
This is where that photo shopped ZJ933 image came from.
http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52128&start=0
TEEJIt was easy for the Iraqi’s to violate the No Fly Zone due to the fact that they were never patrolled 24/7. The Iraqi’s new this and could pick and choose when there were no fly days. It was no great feat to plan and mount incursions when there was nothing there to challenge them.
A Pentagon briefing during 2000 highlighted the situation:
On the particular day of Sept. 4, the U.S. Labor Day holiday, there were no such patrols over the no-fly zones, Quigley said.
“The Iraqi air-defense system clearly sees when the coalition is flying, and we were not flying that day,” he said. “I can only assume that they felt this was an excellent opportunity to violate the southern no-fly zone.
“Typically, the Iraqis do not fly when we are flying,” he said. “They’re not looking for a fight with coalition aircraft. They have not put themselves into a position where coalition aircraft can engage them. They are looking only to try to reassert sovereignty over Iraqi airspace and, I guess, to show us that they still can.”
Coalition aircraft patrol the Iraqi zones “most of the time,” Quigley said. “But we do have no-fly days, for a variety of reasons.”
TEEJMaurobaggio,
You do realize that the F-14 image that you used is a 1/32 scale model? Fred Shammas’s model images are forever being passed off on the internet as images of real aircraft.
http://www.largescaleplanes.com/Photostory/FredShammas/F-14/F-14.php
TEEJ~30 US aircraft where hit incl 21 downed drones and 3 downed ac (1 Apache) and the Serbs fired 815 SAMs.
Where does the claim for the downed in combat Apache come from? The AH-64s were never used in combat. The two losses were both in Albania with the second crash resulting in fatalities. Chief Warrant Officer David Gibbs and Chief Warrant Officer Kevin Reichert. If the crew had been lost during a combat mission it would have been acknowledged as such and the personnel listed as KIA. Not a single member of the NATO forces was lost in combat during Allied Force.
From Rand in reference to Apaches and Task Force Hawk.
In all events, the Apaches with their attached equipment and personnel arrived in Albania in late April. No sooner had the Army declared all but one of the aircraft ready for combat on April 26 when, only hours later, one crashed at the Tirana airfield in full view of reporters who had been authorized to televise the flight. (The 24th Apache had developed hydraulic trouble en route and remained on the ground in Italy.) Neither crewmember was injured, but the accident was an inauspicious start for the widely touted deployment. Less than two weeks later, on May 5, a second accident occurred, this time killing both crewmembers during a night training mission some 46 miles north of Tirana. The aircraft was carrying a full load of weapons and extra fuel. A subsequent investigation concluded that the first accident had been caused by the pilot’s having mistakenly landed short of his intended touchdown point.113 The second was attributed to an apparent failure of the tail rotor because the aircraft had been observed to enter a rapid uncontrolled spiral during the last moments before its impact with the ground.
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1365/MR1365.ch6.pdf
TEEJI’ve never heard of such chemical attacks from SyAAF Mi-17s, they would surely have made waves in the news, and would surely be heaven’s gift for those who itch for another war. When and where, any verifiable proof, video (please warn if graphic) ?
Mack,
J_jza80 has probably seen a video of Syrian Hip crews dropping barrel bombs? Likely copies of this video were tagged as a ‘chemical weapons drop’? There is nothing to suggest these barrel bombs are anything but conventional. See link with images of an un-exploded barrel bomb.
http://francona.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/the-syrian-barrel-bomb-terror-weapon.html
Either that or it is one of the videos showing the remnants of flare dispertion with the trails still lingering in the air?
TEEJSome say it’s hogwash. Imo, it most likely is. Show me the video, and THEN i’ll believe it.
No you wouldn’t, Mack. You would simply come up with claims of CGI and fake. Correct? 😉
TEEJ^And escorting UAVs with fighter jets kind of defeats the object.
No it doesn’t. If Iranian units played the game and conducted themselves professionally then it wouldn’t need to be the case. Yes they have the perfect right to intercept and shadow in international airspace but not interfere or attempt to disrupt such a mission. Remember this came about when Revolutionary Guards Su-25 pilots fired on an MQ-1 during 2012. If such actions are not deterred then it is only going to lead to units such as the Revolutionary Guard thinking that they can achieve quick propaganda victories. All they have to do is claim it strayed into Iranian airspace and then shoot it down. Under such circumstances the US has the perfect right to watch over and protect such assets.
The 2012 incident.
Two Iranian Su-25 fighter jets fired on an unarmed U.S. Air Force Predator drone in the Persian Gulf on November 1, the Pentagon disclosed on Thursday.
The incident, reported first by CNN, raised fresh concerns within the Obama administration about Iranian military aggression in crucial Gulf oil shipping lanes.
The drone was on routine maritime surveillance in international airspace east of Kuwait, 16 miles off the coast of Iran, U.S. officials said. The Predator was not hit.
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/08/first-on-cnn-iranian-jets-fire-on-u-s-drone/
TEEJDamascus, (SANA) – A statement issued by the General Command of the Army and the Armed Forces said that a military helicopter was lost Monday Sept 16th , 2013 as it was carrying out a
reconnaissance sortie to inspect the infiltration of terrorists across the Turkish borders in al-Younesieh area near Bidama town in Idleb countryside.
The statement said that inquiry showed that the helicopter mistakenly entered the Turkish airspace for a short distance and then it exited towards the Syrian territories after immediate orders
TEEJTurkey shot down Syrian helicopter at border, Deputy PM says
The Turkish Air Force shot down a Syrian helicopter today at the border after the helicopter violated Turkish airspace, Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç said.
Turkish military aircraft taking off from a base in Malatya shot the M-17 helicopter after it allegedly continued to violate Turkish airspace despite repeated warnings, after which the chopper fell onto Syrian soil, Arınç said.
“It [The helicopter] violated Turkey’s border for two kilometers. It was repeatedly warned by air defense elements. Upon the continuation of the violation, it was determined that it fell into Syrian territory after being shot at 2.25 p.m. with a missile by our planes taking off from Malatya,” Arınç said.
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