since when did Turkmenistan acquire the M-346 or the C-27?
couldn’t find any news about it.

it is also odd since Turkmenistan is more likely to go for the Yak-130

They have not.. This was a Leonardo organized demonstration of their products in Turkmenistan..

Nice Find. I haven’t even heard of them using this. It is an Aztec as a person who has flown one. It’s also a Piper Tomahawk in the background.

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I would not say the F-35 is better than the F-16 — I would say it is much, much better than the F-16, both for ground and also for air superiority.
This is mainly due to a combination of: stealth, huge improvements in sensors, sensor fusion, and HMI.
IMHO the gap between, say, the F-35 and Typhoon is bigger than the gap between Typhoon and F-16 also for the air roles.

Hold your horses!! first we have to ask: which F-16? I’d say that the gap in capabilities between F-16V Block 70 and F-16A Block 10 is far greater than the gap between F-35A and F-16V, both in terms of sensors and HMI.. partially even RCS and fusion..
An AESA equipped Rafale F3R with a pair of Meteors is a better A-A performer than an AMRAAM equipped F-35A, methinks.. Of course, we can argue about that to death without any meaningful outcome..

More Tomahawk parts

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Please stop posting ****nik as actual news.

You don’t have a saying here on what’s credible and what’s not..

Pretty cool YA-9A… I mean, Su-25 pictures.

I completely fail to see what these two have in common.. visually they are not even similar to each other..

I could understand if the P-8 hardware, suite and sensors were taken out and installed into an Airbus A320.. but why should Germany and France settle for B737 based airframes is beyond me.. :confused:

What you really need is to spin off Flanker altogether. Your contemporary opponents have the answers to an MKI.

As much as the IAF has put into Flanker, it’s a big, fat, juicy modern day target for Pakistani AMRAAM and Chinese HQ’s. And J-20 would eat it alive in practice, theory, and every situation in between.

IAF is facing a rather critical shortage of airframes and you are suggesting getting rid of the mainstay of their air force? And what exactly should they get, instead? 270 F-35s for $30000000 billion?