A sad loss.

R.I.P Bill

There are no longer NATO reporting names after 1992. The Cold War is over since two decades now.

Incorrect, Sens. ASCC (now ASIC) are still in the business for allocating codenames to both FSU/PRC aircraft/helos. Sens there have been several threads over the years on the subject. Where have you been?

http://www.dtic.mil/asic/

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It will probably take a couple of years before ASIC codename the PAK-FA. They only meet in a conference about once year and sometimes there is a gap year. Each nation takes turns to host the conference.

TJ

Nope, it is a LOROP pod

Thanks for the update.

Cheers

TJ

I have seen photos of a British Vampire under evaluation by the Soviets! (where it was from I do not know!!)
I wonder if they were able to get their hands on the likes of a Hawker Hunter, Dassault Mirage III and Mirage F1 – (Mirage’s possibly from Libya?)

Looks like another photoshop!

TJ

Another Su-27 video from Prides.
Here we see the jet doing 10.000f in 54 sek:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRA0wczZS3U&feature=player_embedded#

On a side note here is a video of the rumoured US Su-27 back in 2003/2004:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l08tgVSjIU&feature=player_embedded

Check aorund :01.08 .. is this a fake?

Not a fake. That segment of the video shows the instant recognition features of a Flanker. No other aircraft type gives that topside recogniton feature.

Probably a Belarus example acquired during the 1990s? Rumour has it that the US got their hands on two examples of the Flanker.

See post #12 on the following. Seen on board An-124 fuel-stopping in Scotland.

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18311

Images from 2004 of one of the Flankers at Groom Lake.

http://www.lazygranch.com/groom_lake_birds.htm

The person who filmed the video link that you posted has contributed on this forum. Ian ‘Growlerwaxer’ is a UK Civilian Air Traffic Controller who with a group of fellow ATC has made several visits to Tikaboo Peak.

See post #169 at the following

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=64908

TJ

Griffon39, Unfortunately I don’t speak Russian. Hopefully someone will be able to translate it.

Here’s a picture of an Iranian F-14A with USSR markings.

As already pointed out the image is fake. Original image.

TJ

Correct. It does seem odd that they’d take them out of service when they are proving useful in Afghanistan, which is what the rebudgeting was mainly aimed at. I guess the new Reapers and Sentinels will will the gap there.

As for the others, I totally agree. I’m hoping we’re missing something, like they actually meant that they’re starting a drawdown from 2010 to 2012. Sorry that should have been hope (they don’t have a fade effect on the forum, shame).

Shadow R.1s are also deployed.

TJ