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Oh, so the Serbian pilots didnt care for their own lifes, they just pressed to their own death? It might work in LOMAC, but I think RL pilots care abit more for their own lifes...

Even though they might not fly same tasks as F-15C, they still can cause great damage in the A2A arena. F.e. In the gulf war, F-15Es had engagements with MiG-29s. Im not sure if they got any kills though, but they sure wasnt loosing the fights. Also, F-15Es has flown A2A roles in rare cases. Not sure about AF though... :) Ofcourse NATO Pilots took the Serbs seriosly. To not do that would have been a stupid mistake, but to say that Serbs were fighting on equal level or had any chance in winning the A2A is crazy.

It's based on a Airbus A330 (Europe), but it will be built in the US together with northrop-grumman. :)

Happy B-day! :)

Nice! :)

Well, the new Gripen Demo (testbed for the -E/-F versions) made its first flight. :) Cant wait to see the singel seat version :D Story: http://www.gripen.com/en/MediaRelations/News/2008/Gripen_Demo_makes_its_maiden_flight.htm Video of the flight: http://saab.qbrick.com/index.aspx

Me...:P IBTL

As Pilotasso implied, sometimes it might look like a missile is maddoged when it's not. F.e. If a bandit is flying towards you at full AB, you can get a lock (or tone in mode 6) with the EOS at 20-25km. If then the bandits then cuts his throttle, the missile might loose the lock and fly straight, and then re-aquaire and kill the bandit.

Same! :)

F-16...

I smell propaganda ;) Did I hear plasma stealth????

Amazing! Thanks! :thumbup:

I agree with both of you. It's just that according to the article the pilots "at home" will pretty much be grounded for the rest of the year. THAT is not good. Pilots must keep consistent flying hours to keep their skills, thats common knowledge...;)

Well, if you would have read the original post, you would have seen that only a handful of pilots are going to Nellis, while the rest (about 50 pilots) will sit at home and do nothing for the rest of the year. Dont get me wrong, It's nice to see Swedish pilots at Red Flag but Id rather see that we had a consistancy in our pilot skills rather than just a few "top" pilots with the rest beeing falling behind... You can have all the fancy planes in the world, but in the end, it all comes down to pilot skills and training :pilotfly:

It sure is ridiculous, but thats whats going on with the Swedish air force...:( I wish our government would have the same attitude... :P

I agree, this is probably a good promotion for Gripen sales. But doing it at the expense of Swedish pilot traing/skills is questionable...

Swedish media is reporting that 7 of Sweden's JAS 39 Gripens will participate in a Red Flag exercise this summer. The cost of participating could have funded 1000 flight hours at home :( Earlier this year, other cuts were made to the Air Force budget and now this. IMO, our government is taking our Air Force down the drain... On a positive side, it'll be nice to see how the Gripens do in such a large scale exercise... http://www.sr.se/cgi-bin/International/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=2054&Nyheter=&artikel=2072625 Further reading in swedish: http://www.sr.se/ekot/artikel.asp?artikel=2071999

Happy Birthday nub :D Have a good one! :yay:

Here you go :thumbup: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=13412 3000+ replies

I can identify the following :) Sprut-SD, T-90, BMP-3, BTR-80, SAU Msta, Smerch, Tunguska-M, Tor-M, Buk-M, S-400, Topol-M

Contrails are dictated by temperature, air pressure, humidity...They can look abit diffrent depending on these factors (not very diffrent, but to some degree.)...

Awesome work guys!!! I love it :D

I would agree on that, it seems to be the most likely regiment...:)

Think I can answer that one :) It's for when you're flying over the ocean. You want a orange suit so that any rescue party could see you better. You wouldnt want to be in the north atlantic for very long, even though the suits are made to handle cold and water...;) Norwegian F-16 and Russian Su-33 use orange suits all the time. Check out here: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Norway---Air/Fokker-F-16AM-Fighting/1324486/L/ http://www.airliners.net/photo/Norway---Air/Fokker-F-16AM-Fighting/1324472/L/ http://www.airliners.net/photo/Norway---Air/Fokker-F-16B-Fighting/0970930/L/