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A lot of the Russian stuff is old standard FAB-500 dumb bombs. They seem to be conserving the guided munitions.
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The first Gripen for Brazil was delivered yesterday, by sea. The Aircraft was then towed to the nearby base for acceptance.
Can you imagine if we had to tow any aircraft from Dublin Port to Dublin Airport?
https://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/...-de-navegantes
Video and photos: Moving the Gripen E through the streets of Navegantes
By Guilherme Wiltgen
A true war scheme was set up by the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) to escort the F-39 Gripen FAB4100 through the streets of Navegantes, between the port terminal and Navegantes Airport.
While moving slowly, several military personnel, heavily armed, guaranteed the safety of the modern fighter, which arrived by ship on Sunday from Sweden.
The FAB4100 will remain at Navegantes Airport this week, where Saab technicians will make their flight readiness.
For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.Comment
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I see reports that the UK is going to cut its AWACs order from 5 to 3 airframes:
https://twitter.com/LOS_Fisher/statu...19323312852993Comment
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It that turns out to be true it is not the best start for the New Great Britain World Power, even Turkey has managed to but 4.Originally posted by Sparky42 View Post
Way back when... the RAF was to get 11x Nimrod AEWs, then they got 7x E3D, and then down to 3x E-7s!
How are they meant to provide cover for our airspace?Comment
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Originally posted by DeV View Post
And an evaluation flight in Sweden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZDTQXH7veoComment
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Have to say, SAAB marketing is very slick.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.Comment
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Didn't know what thread to put this in, but as mentioned in the naval service section, here is an article from twenty years ago on what the Air Corps might have looked like, from an cosantoir (page 19-21).
https://www.dfmagazine.ie/dfmag_pdfs...r_Apr_1999.pdfLast edited by CTU; 23 September 2020, 16:47.It was the year of fire...the year of destruction...the year we took back what was ours.
It was the year of rebirth...the year of great sadness...the year of pain...and the year of joy.
It was a new age...It was the end of history.
It was the year everything changed.Comment
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This piece is worth a read for the last line alone.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/mil...-fighter-jets/For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.Comment
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I do like and agree, but for us it also applies to the maritime arena as well as the airspace.Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post
Still, not having fighters for emergencies will erode the country’s national sovereignty, and it’s hard to see how a country that relies on neighbors to police its airspace can be truly neutral.Comment
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All that I can think reading that is someone is delighted that they didn’t spend all that money 20 years ago, sure everything was grand without doing anything...Originally posted by CTU View Post'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.htmlComment
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In WW2, didn’t Swiss fighters shoot down German, UK and US planes that violated its airspace?Originally posted by na grohmiti View Post'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.htmlComment
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Here is a good overview of the Gripen-E, the aircraft, its systems and weapons.
https://thaimilitaryandasianregion.w...pen-e-details/Comment
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It looks like the Swiss people will overwhelmingly vote in support of the replacement of their F/A-18s.
Strange that the ordinary people of a neutral nation with no enemy on their borders would see the need for such aircraft.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.Comment
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