Belesarius Posted May 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 RIP BUFF. Crew got out. http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2016/05/18/air-force-b-52-crashes-guam-crew-bails-safety/84567960/ Donward 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LoooSeR Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 HeliRussia-2016 http://bmpd.livejournal.com/1910760.html Mi-38 at the entrance, first serial helicopters of this model are on assembly line Mi-171A2 Bell429 "Helicopters of Russia" showed some of their UAVs and not only helicopters "Micron"... thing. 115 kg, take off max weight - 250 kg, max speed - 115 km/h. Austa 119 and 139 KRET showed their training system Klimov engines. Specialists don't pay attention to showgirls, lol... Girls are for usual visitor Airbus products Ansat: VIP version of Ansat: AW169 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Gripen E revealed: External changes from the previous gripens include an new IRST above the radar, some sort of ECM-looking dongles on the wingtips, two more weapon stations, single-wheel front landing gear, and rear landing gear that retracts into a fairing between the wings and fuselage instead of into the fuselage. Internal changes include a new AESA radar, a new engine with 25% more thrust, and more internal fuel courtesy the redesign of the rear landing gear. LostCosmonaut, xthetenth and Belesarius 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Mikka from Sako and I discussed future weapons procurement for Finland, including their F-18 replacement program (sidenote, in his accent "F-18" and "F-80" sound identical and are pronounced like the latter, leading to a hilarious misunderstanding for a while). I wonder if the Gripen E is intended for that tender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 He and I both agreed, by the way, that Finland is most likely to sign on for F-35s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Sweden at least is going to buy gripen E. For political reasons they basically have to buy SAAB. I think the days when SAAB could make credible and competitive fighters are over. Gripen E is simply not in the same class as the JSF, and even with all the JSFs delays and budget overruns, IOC for gripen E will be well into the 2020s. For a concept of an improved gripen that comes from around 2005, while the gripen itself is from the 1980s. Fighters are just too damned expensive and complex for small nations to do anymore. Even a little stunt fighter like the gripen E, which doesn't even have an indigenous engine, takes forever. If a consortium of small, independent nations worked together; say Japan, Sweden and Israel, then maybe you'd have something. LoooSeR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Sweden at least is going to buy gripen E. For political reasons they basically have to buy SAAB. I think the days when SAAB could make credible and competitive fighters are over. Gripen E is simply not in the same class as the JSF, and even with all the JSFs delays and budget overruns, IOC for gripen E will be well into the 2020s. For a concept of an improved gripen that comes from around 2005, while the gripen itself is from the 1980s. Fighters are just too damned expensive and complex for small nations to do anymore. Even a little stunt fighter like the gripen E, which doesn't even have an indigenous engine, takes forever. If a consortium of small, independent nations worked together; say Japan, Sweden and Israel, then maybe you'd have something. Can we play a game where we throw random nations in a hat, pick 3 and the resulting nations have to develop a new world class fighter aircraft? Sturgeon and LoooSeR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 As long as we can get Mike Sparks to design the one for Iran, Zimbabwe and North Korea. Khand-e 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 As long as we can get Mike Sparks to design the one for Iran, Zimbabwe and North Korea. That one will we too easy, your average Zimbabwe citizen has hundreds of trillions of dollars, just imagine the treasury! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 IAI presented their newer model of Rotem-L line of UAV/drone-killer - Green Dragon. 1.5 hours flight time, 40-50 km max range, 15 kg weight, 3 kg warhead, accuracy - ~1 meter. This drone-killer is launched from container, 12 of which can be mounted on HMMWV. Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Chinese CH-4B strike drone used by ISF to strike ISIS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Thunderbird and Blue Angels jets crash on the same day in two different locations (Colorado and Tennessee, respectively). The F/A-18 pilot died, but the F-16 pilot seems to be OK.http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/02/politics/military-plane-crash/index.html?sr=fbCNN060216military-plane-crash0933PMStoryLink&linkId=25134486 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Yeah, just saw on my FB feed about the Blue Angels pilot. That sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 Shame about the Blue Angels pilot. However, since the -16 pilot made it out alive; "Son, I am disappoint."\ \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 From Yuri Lyamin's blog: http://imp-navigator.livejournal.com/466683.html KADEX-2016, looks like Kazakhstan bought some Chinese UAVs. One of them on the photos - Pterodactyl-1 (Yilong-1), also known as Wing Long (variant of which, GJ-1 (GongJi), was accepted for service in PLA) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadian-politics/trudeau-says-f-35s-are-far-from-working-as-liberals-tories-spar-over-fighter-jet-strategies What a surprise. Boeing has been on it's knees sucking political dick to keep the SuperBug production line going for another year or two. And the fucking Liberals are going along with it. I expected a bit better from Singh, given his track record in the Military and as a Vancouver cop. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 MS-21 presentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 "Ladies and gentlemen... We are proud to present our latest creation... A 737!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 AIM-9X doesn't care about your stupid countermeasures. This marked improvement in ECCM is allowed by the AIM-9X's focal plane array seeker. The earlier AIM-9 series (with which AIM-9X shares little more than the name) had reticle seekers, which allow only limited ECCM discrimination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 "Ladies and gentlemen... We are proud to present our latest creation... A 737!" More like a miniature 787. The engines will be pretty fancy too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 USAF F-16s have begun using APKWS in combat. http://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/archive-world-worldwide-news-air-force-aviation-aerospace-air-military-defence-industry/global-defense-security-news/global-news-2016/june/2728-usaf-s-f-16-fighters-started-using-apkws-rockets-in-combat-operations.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 RIP 2 more Vipers. Pilots got out at least. That's 4 aircraft in a week. http://worldwarwings.com/breaking-3rd-crash-this-month-leaves-two-f-16s-in-flames?a=mk&var=aircraft-f16-crash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 VPAF is missing a Flanker. Local fisherman reported an aircraft crash in the area. http://alert5.com/2016/06/14/vpaf-su-30mk2-missing/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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