Belesarius Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 YB-60 "20 Dec 1952 at Edwards - An AFFTC test team began Phase II flight tests of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Company’s YB-60 at the Convair facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The YB-60 was a jet-powered swept wing derivative of the B-36 with which it shared many components. It was in competition with Boeing’s YB-52 to succeed the B-36 Peacemaker as the Air Force’s primary heavy long-range strategic bomber." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Soviet experimental helicopter "Omega", designed by Bratukhin. By the order of People's Commissariat of Aviation Industry (NCAP) of the USSR, at December 17, 1939, the OKB-3 was created. Resolution of the Committee of Defense of the March 4, 1940, Yuriev, Bratukhina and director of MAI Semichastny were asked to design a helicopter with two MV-6 engines with a maximum speed of 150 km/h, a range of 200 km and a ceiling of 4,500 meters. The document instructed to build two helis, the first of them was required to submit to the test by May 1, 1941, and the second - by 1 July of the same year. First Omega was build and made it's first flight only 2 years alter, because of Great Fatherland War. Omega-2 - tested in 1944. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 TU-123 drone: The Tupolev recon drones are nifty aircraft that I wish got more attention, since they're a very different idea of what a drone might be. Unlike the now-familiar Predator, which is rather slow and remotely controlled, the Tupolev recon drones flew on a pre-programmed flight path at about mach 2. Initially the aircraft flew a circuit over an area, ejected a cartridge with information from the flight on a parachute. The initial drones were expendable, but later versions were to be reusable. The drones could be equipped with high resolution cameras, radar, SIGINT and even radiological survey equipment. Later versions were to have a real-time data uplink with the ground station, although I don't know if the advanced variants were ever produced in numbers. Against a sophisticated enemy with competent air defense and electronic warfare capabilities, a high-speed, pre-programmed drone would fare much better than a remote-controlled, subsonic one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 #Turkey has tested an armed #military #UAV for the first time Jane's article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 Belesarius, Sturgeon and Collimatrix 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted December 21, 2015 Report Share Posted December 21, 2015 That Hind pic is spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted December 22, 2015 Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 NATO AGS made it's first flight. Basically a update Block 40 Global Hawk. Big bastard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bi_Y3gPW-uk Not sure how to link video from twitter, but in the article, there's a vid of it in flight. http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/policy-budget/industry/2015/12/21/natos-ags-global-hawk-completes-first-flight/77721516/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted December 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 oops Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Belesarius Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 Topping up Santa's eggnogg tanks before the run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LoooSeR Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Mi-35MS, likely to be heli for FSB (flying HQ?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Iraqi Mi-35M (YI-366) in Anbar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Mi-35MS, likely to be heli for FSB (flying HQ?) From 0:20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Iraqi Bell 407 armed scout helico low pass south of Ramadi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LoooSeR Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 120 combat sorties Scolopax and Belesarius 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Su-35S now accepted and started it's service Su-35S "01 Red" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 What's the "S" variant denote? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Su-35"S" are serial produced Su-35s for Russian VKS. During development it was refered as Su-35BM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 Belesarius and Sturgeon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LoooSeR Posted December 26, 2015 Report Share Posted December 26, 2015 45th F-35 produced, last in this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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