We seem to have problems ranking which aircraft is generally superior to one another but what about the engines that power them? Can we be less biased about their engines?

J79 vs R-11/R13

F-110 vs AL-31

RD-33 vs F-404

F119 vs AL-41

I picked ones that were in the same general catagory. Can we at all on the best qualities of each compared to the other? If you could,would you swap one for the other in their respective aircraft?

Any others?

intently forgot RR and snecma engines? (R199, M53 etc.)

DOT&E Memo: F-35 Still Challenged

http://aviationweek.com/blog/dote-memo-f-35-still-challenged?NL=AW-05&Issue=AW-05_20161117_AW-05_13&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_1&utm_rid=CPEN1000002744781&utm_campaign=7654&utm_medium=email&elq2=f057859bf1f54e81898e81023f65d7e2

Spain to receive its first A-400 M today.

I forgot where I read it, but it went something along the lines that the Mirage 2000, against the F-16 and Mig-29, could not be beaten in its first turn, but it only had that first turn. afterwards the advantage shifted to the other two.

Maybe you refer to article in Hush kit from a former Uk exchange pilot? https://hushkit.net/2016/10/13/mirage-2000-pilot-interview-cutting-it-in-the-electric-cakeslice/

How long have they been under refit? The report states that despite year on year improvements in availability, the latest availability figures are just 53.6%. The year before that and the year before that, the availability was even lower. So it does not seem to be related to a sudden drop due to some aircraft going into refit.

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Rafale F1 were phased out in 2008 with the arrival of F2 for refit to F3 standard (F1 was a gap filling substandard)

Cy-35C works too 🙂

ok, ok…

?That sounds suspicious. Fratricide in these exercises isn’t so rare that examples would be noted. The F-22 can recieve Link 16 so should have been aware of friendlies. Did source specify who the friendlies were? Sounds like an IFF, target recognition failure on the part of the shooter.

Talon Hate is being fielded as we speak to solve the IFDL/ MIDS/Link-16 compatability. Are you refering to DARPA’s DyNAMO?

Yes i was talking about it. Should be in my view a NATO effort btw. And no the source (high ranked DGA engineer) didn’t specify more. The context was dificulties to work in coalition with US “5th gen” planes as thay don’t or so emit on link 16 iguess (do they when questioned by an IFF?). Seems possible to me that the F-XX wasn’t spotted and appeared suddenly on screen while closing to friendly formation.

31 March 2016:
T-33A. 51-5612.
T-1A. 25-5840.
F-86D. 04-8183.
F-104J. 76-8696.
11th Hikou Kyouikudan, JASDF, based at Shizuhama AB, Yaidu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.

According to a request made on 2016/01/18, and issued on 2016/01/22, companies were to apply their bids on 2016/02/12, to scrap four aircraft preserved at the air base, on 2016/03/31.

Each aircraft would be cut at least five times into six pieces.
– Left and right wings, along fuselage.
– Fuselage behind cockpit.
– Fuselage before tail fin.
– Tail fin, along fuselage.

Wrecks were dumped at opposite end of runway.

http://dansa.minim.ne.jp/a4529-1-Shizuhama.htm
http://dansa.minim.ne.jp/a4529-1-ShizuhamaKaitai.htm

Some rumours about LM campaign of India state that Indians would wish F-2 features (particularly wings) if LM project was to be done. Any idea/element?