nonpilotPeru
flex297 Please check the Peruvian date.
nonpilotFor sale
Would it be worth it for a country like Peru to pick these Fulcrums up? The article doesn’t give a lot of detail I wonder how many are flyable?
nonpilotRoots
When was Iraq’s roots flying Su-27 and Mirage 2000?
nonpilotMIG
Thanks for the help Flanker_man
nonpilotMig
I found this article that states it might be a little more then a year before MIG joins UAC.
MiG Will Hardly Reach UAC in Near Term
The entry of Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG (RSK MiG) into United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will be probably postponed for a year and a half, till MiG’s rehabilitation is completed. Nowadays, UAC and Industry and Trade Ministry are negotiating with Finance Ministry and the state-controlled banks about appropriating the 20-billion ruble subvention to RSK MiG, which debts amount to 40 billion ruble.
The fact that RSK MiG’s takeover by UAC could be shelved for a year and a half, i.e. till the reorganization of the enterprise is finally completed, was unveiled by a source in profile ministry. “The scenario is being discussed in the government. UAC CEO Alexei Fedorov and Industry and Trade Ministry are in talks with Finance Ministry, Vneshekonombank and Sberbank about appropriating to RSK MiG one-time subventions in the amount of roughly 20 billion ruble.”
People in UAC confirmed that the integration will be probably put off. “The financial situation at MiG is tense indeed. Although formally RSK isn’t a part of UAC yet, we have settled down to solving the problem, in particular, we are negotiating financial recovery of the enterprise with the government’s bodies. Various variants of MiG’s entry into UAC are being elaborated, both before and after its rehabilitation,” said Konstantin Lantratov from UAC.
Chief of Sukhoi Holding Mikhail Pogosyan has stepped in to help sort out the difficulties, according to Lantratov. Pogosyan is expected to head MiG once it becomes a portion of UAC and the sources say that, amid other things, he conditioned the future appointment to the state support rendered to MiG.
nonpilotMoscow Defense Brief
Quote From Moscow Defense Brief
China and Venezuela were the principal recipients of helicopters in 2007. China received 12 Mi-171 helicopters,12 while Venezuela received at least two Mi-35M combat helicopters and two Mi-26T2 transport helicopters. 13 Helicopters of the Mi-8/17 family were delivered to Kazakhstan, Croatia (the first two out of ten Mi-171Sh in the order), the UK (two helicopters for special operations in the mountain regions of Pakistan) 14 and, most likely, Burkina Faso and Uganda. Repair and modernization work took place in Peru and Hungary. Deliveries of civilian Ka-32 helicopters to South Korea are likely to have continued, while another Ka-32 was delivered to Japan for testing.
Good hunting
http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/4-2007/item_3/article_2/
nonpilotF-20
A F-20 built with todays tech and powerful modern engine.
nonpilotOrdered in 2003
Sorry for the basic question, the article states the aircraft were the four Sukhois were purchased by the TNI AU from Russia in 2003 does that mean when they were delivered in 2003 as well? If they were delivered in 2003 why is the weapons system being installed three years later? Do the pilot have to be trained up first? Is this a normal thing with Flanker deliveries I don’t recall reading about such things on other deals? Can somebody explain thanks.
nonpilotUS wants India’s fighter jet order, dangles F-35 carrot
US wants India’s fighter jet order, dangles F-35 carrot
Vishal Thapar
CNN-IBN
US TEMPTATION: The Americans promise that the F-35 will take India into a different league.
New Delhi: Unmatched stealth and super cruise – the Indian Air Force got a glimpse of the future of air combat in an American presentation on its next-generation fighter, the F-35, on Tuesday.
There were indications that the US is willing to share this new weapon with India, but it’s clearly a carrot for giving the older F-16 a leg up in the Indian tender for 126 fighter aircraft.
Says Lockheed Martin’s Royce Caplinger, “Beyond the RFP that’s on the horizon, the F-35 too could play a role, sometime in the future.”
The Americans are raising the bar for the competition in the Indian arms bazaar. They are making offers which are difficult to resist. India is being told that it can have the new generation stealth fighter for the price of an F-16.
“Think one to one and I am serious when I say this,” says Caplinger.
So, the F-16 is now being sold as the transition to a fifth generation fighter, which has no parallel among the competition. And affordability is the key to this sales pitch.
The price is about $50 million apiece at current prices. The Americans promise that the F-35 will take India into a different league.
“It’s a game changer, in every sense of the word,” says Caplinger.
The Joint Strike Aircraft will be operationalised only by 2014. The first of India’s 126 fighters of an earlier generation will only start arriving by then.
So, the signal that the F-35 would be available is bound to raise an Indian dilemma: Is India investing over Rs 40,000 crore in fighters which will be rendered obsolete by a similarly-priced aircraft?
nonpilotF-15 crashes off Oregon coast
une 26, 2007, 7:25PM
F-15 crashes off Oregon coast
By WILLIAM McCALL Associated Press Writer
PORTLAND, Ore. — An F-15 fighter jet went down Tuesday afternoon in the Pacific Ocean during a training mission, the Oregon National Guard said. There was no word on the fate of the pilot.
The Coast Guard sent two helicopters, two cutters and a C-130 aircraft to search for the jet about 40 miles west of Cannon Beach on the state’s north coast.
The jet was from the 142nd Fighter Wing, Oregon Air National Guard and was on a training mission. It was based in Portland.
A second jet was on the mission, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Shawn Eggert, who is based in Seattle. “It stayed on scene until the helicopters arrived and then headed back to Portland,” he said.
It wasn’t known whether the pilot of the downed jet was able to eject, Eggert said. The pilot of the second jet told the Coast Guard that no parachute was visible, Eggert said.
The cause of the accident was not known. Skies were mostly clear with some high clouds when the accident occurred around 1:35 p.m.
The water temperature was about 58 degrees, Eggert said. The jets are usually equipped with a life boat, and pilots are outfitted in a way that “should have been enough to keep him warm out there for a while.”
The training mission involved an exercise that involved four F-18s from Fort Worth, Texas, and four F-15s, Maj. Misti Mazzia said at a news conference. The F-15 pilots were getting training against a different kind of aircraft, she said.
Eggert said the Coast Guard was doing everything possible to locate the pilot “as quickly as possible and bring this guy home.” The Air National Guard sent two of its jets to help with the search.
nonpilotAlgerian Fulcrums
Thanks flex297 so I can assume no Fulcrums were delivered yet? I can’t trust that web site information now since they posted incorrect info. Too bad I thought I found something useful on the subject.
nonpilotChile keen to buy HAL’s Dhruv helicopters
The Financial Express
Economy
Chile keen to buy HAL’s Dhruv helicopters
Huma Sidiqqui
New Delhi, May 25 Next month, state owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will be submitting its response to Chile’s Request for Proposal (RFP) for the indigenously developed Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) ‘Dhruv’.
According to HAL officials, “We have received the request for proposal (RFP) from the Chilean Air Force for the 5.5 tonne, twin engined new generation helicopter which is currently in service in the country’s armed forces.”
While HAL would be reponding to the RFP for for 4-6 machines for Chile, it will shortly be singing a contract with Bolivia for 2 Dhruvs. Also, another South American country, Peru has envisaged its interest in the ‘Dhruv’.
“The requirement of helicopters by the Chilean Air Force was much more, but they would be going in for heavier class of choppers for which BELL and Eurocopter were in the race,”says HAL Director (Corporate Planning and Marketing) M Fakruddin.
HAL had been for some years now demonstrating ALH in the terrains of Chile which was similar to India.
The RFP comes in the wake of HAL receiving co-validation type certificate from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) of Chile recently. Compliance of ALH with the requirements specified by the aviation regulation applicable in Chile was confirmed after detailed review of technical documents and carrying out flight tests on Dhruv.
Dhruv had excelled in similar operations in India and met all the requirements of Chile.
http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=165211
nonpilotLockheed Martin
Cessna172RG
sorry, but the information from Lockheed Martin indicated that the F-35 could be offered to Chile by 2011 to replace F-5E/Fs
Thanks Cessna172RG, I’ll look it up he never got back to me and I never saw on any of the military news sites I check daily. Learn something new every day.:cool:
nonpilotDrilling equipment
Hi King Jester
Thanks for the help a guy I know from another forum asked for help. He told me once that Chile’s wants F-35s too but never back it up with a link. He mention that it’s 99.9 miles to Porvenir Chile….99,9 miles to Chabunco AFB, too.
He’s from Chile so I guess he watching Argentina I didn’t mean to put anybody on a witch hunt. Thanks for helping and finding the correct answer.
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/2301/misilporvenirangapuntanto9.jpg
nonpilotGood range
Delilah-1 has grown into Delilah-2 I see from the attached link below, thanks for the info.
http://www.israeli-weapons.com/weapons/missile_systems/air_missiles/delilah/Delilah.html
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