Bimbac Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 Thanks for the answer. How about ground crews?
Sundowner.pl Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 I don't know the exact number, but enough to maintain those birds we already have, but still less then half of what we will need. Lots of men are still on training in US, we just start to receive jets, and there is still a year of time for the first squadron to reach its operational numbers. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "If a place needs helicopters, it's probably not worth visiting." - Nick Lappos
TucksonSonny Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 Looks like someone forgot his sandwiches and his mom came after him :D (she is touching the fuel tanks) Could be the commander too maybe? DELL Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 940 2,93 GHz @3 GHz, 8 MB cache | 8.192 MB 1.067 MHz Tri Channel DDR3 | 512 MB ATI® Radeon™ 4850 | 500 GB 7200 rpm Serial ATA | Samsung SM 2693 HM 25.5 " | HOTAS Cougar Thrustmaster |
Kusch Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 New pics http://forum.3elt.com/viewtopic.php?t=1134&start=180 Give me "flying telephone pole" (SA-2)!
tflash Posted February 21, 2007 Posted February 21, 2007 Wow, to fly these in clean config with that powerfull engine must be incredible [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
szymon81 Posted February 22, 2007 Author Posted February 22, 2007 Poland tradition, greeting bread and salt :D http://www.31blot.com/galeria.php?galeria=aktual/2007/02-03 ... ..and zywiec beers, by the looks of things! :D i saw an article on the subject of these recon pods in the latest airforces monthly magazine. indeed an impressive and useful system. poland will have 7 of these pods, i understand, and all will be on F16s of 10elt based at Lask.
Skopro_PL Posted February 22, 2007 Posted February 22, 2007 Wow, to fly these in clean config with that powerfull engine must be incredible well see for urself.. | 8700k @4.9 | Gigabyte Gaming 7 | 32gb Tridentz @3000 | EVGA 1080 TI SC2 | CV1 | VKB MCG PRO [sigpic]https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FeLGqKyJ3K08k3z-7XaegWgRuGRGkKUs/view?usp=sharing[/sigpic]
szymon81 Posted February 22, 2007 Author Posted February 22, 2007 i have not seen any of the polish f16s with the conformal fuel tanks. but i heard they were ordered, so will poland receive them? will be interesting to see how they look and the effect on the f16s performance. i heard the polish f16s will be equipped witht he joint helmet mounted cueing system. is this basically the same as the mig29/su27's schlemm? some more info on the weapons systems of the f16s: 22 of the f16s will be equipped with LM AN/AAQ-33 Pantera targeting pod 20 will be equipped with a built-in electronic warfare system (AN/ALQ-212) a large number of missiles and bombs have been purchased, including amraam c-5's and aim9x supersidewinders (now for the first time polish pilots will experience the 'tone'!) for a2a, as well as mavericks, JSOW JDAM and laser-guided bombs.. it looks like the f16s will be a definite leap forward compared to the current equipment! (though i still like the old migs and suki). 1
Bimbac Posted February 22, 2007 Posted February 22, 2007 it looks like the f16s will be a definite leap forward compared to the current equipment! (though i still like the old migs and suki). It was exactly the same with our Gripens :) (no thread hijack attempted ;) ) By the way, how about HARMs? Are you going to have them too? Which version?
Kusch Posted February 22, 2007 Posted February 22, 2007 On this time bought only this: -6 Goodrich DB-110 reconnaissance pods -36 Pantera targeting pods (export version of Sniper XR) -44 AN/ALQ-131/-184 ECM pods (nobody knows which) -8 ACMI pods -48 JHMCS -20 NVG sets -130 LAU-129 launchers (probably with ALE-50) -384 AIM-120C-5/-7 AMRAAMs -384 AIM-9M2/X Sidewinders -816 AGM-65G Mavericks -384 CBU-87 CEMs -140 CBU-105s -280 AGM-154C JSOWs -215 Mk82 bombs -920 Mk83 bombs -232 Mk84 bombs -215 GBU-22/-24 sets for Mk82 bombs -232 GBU-32/-32 JDAM sets for Mk83/84 -232 GBU-10 sets for Mk84 -232 GBU-16 sets for Mk83 Conformal fuel tanks probably in 2009 (Israel lag with production...probably) Give me "flying telephone pole" (SA-2)!
Sundowner.pl Posted February 22, 2007 Posted February 22, 2007 We won't get HARMs with airplanes, we need to bough them separately. The same with SDBs I think we'll order them when all squadrons go operational, and the tasks will be distributed among them. The JHCMS I a step ahead compared to Shlem - it is only half the weight, and gives pilot some information about the target offset angle etc. (who played Falcon 4.0AF knows what I mean). [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "If a place needs helicopters, it's probably not worth visiting." - Nick Lappos
Bimbac Posted February 23, 2007 Posted February 23, 2007 By the way, awesome weaponry :thumbup: I guess nobody would like to mix it up with Poland in the near future :smilewink: How about this?
GGTharos Posted February 23, 2007 Posted February 23, 2007 Yep, looks like AIM-120B. Could be an A, but I doubt that. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
ED Team Groove Posted February 23, 2007 ED Team Posted February 23, 2007 Yeah Poland got 232 MK-84s. Forget the other weapons, Ironbombs rocks! Strange Poland didnt went for the Eurofighters, but hey, biggest polish diaspora is in the US :D Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
Sundowner.pl Posted February 23, 2007 Posted February 23, 2007 The Eurofighter cost twice as much as an Viper, and at this point can't perform STRIKE, CAS nor SEAD missions :smilewink: The missile is CATM-120B - it is training version of AIM-120B. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "If a place needs helicopters, it's probably not worth visiting." - Nick Lappos
ED Team Groove Posted February 23, 2007 ED Team Posted February 23, 2007 This is real JAS-39C cockpit High res http://img159.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cd118optimized8ft.jpg Linköpping AFB - at least thats what the tactical map on the MFD is telling us. Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
ED Team Groove Posted February 23, 2007 ED Team Posted February 23, 2007 The Eurofighter cost twice as much as an Viper, and at this point can't perform STRIKE, CAS nor SEAD missions :smilewink: The missile is CATM-120B - it is training version of AIM-120B. Napewno polityczna decyzja ze wziely F-16s a nie Eurofightery ^^ Sorry for native language... Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
Kusch Posted February 23, 2007 Posted February 23, 2007 Polityczna napewno, dobrze ze tak tak się złozylo, ze byl to najlepszy mysliwiec jaki moglismy kupic ;) Give me "flying telephone pole" (SA-2)!
ED Team Groove Posted February 23, 2007 ED Team Posted February 23, 2007 No to jestem uspokojony :D Will any of this brand new machines be stationed in south-east poland ? Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
peterj Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 Linköping AFB - at least thats what the tactical map on the MFD is telling us. Well spotted! The home of Saab AB.
JaNk0 Posted February 24, 2007 Posted February 24, 2007 What? How could you spot that :huh: [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Kusch Posted February 27, 2007 Posted February 27, 2007 PAF Viper And more Polish Air Force pics: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=93500&highlight=bryza . Give me "flying telephone pole" (SA-2)!
some1 Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 Some training before Afghanistan (Polish Tatra mountains): http://www.skialpinizm.pl/poligon/ Hardware: VPForce Rhino, FSSB R3 Ultra, Virpil WarBRD, Hotas Warthog, Winwing F15EX, Slaw Rudder, GVL224 Trio Throttle, Thrustmaster MFDs, Saitek Trim wheel, Trackir 5, Quest Pro
szymon81 Posted March 16, 2007 Author Posted March 16, 2007 some youtube vids related to the topic. i love the polishAF MiG23 low fly-by. so cool.. Polish AF F16 aerobatic display: http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Cgf3akUx0&mode=related&search= Polish AF MiG23 low flyby http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZuCWnhoI1Y Polish AF MiG29 display http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4gLskKY1s&mode=related&search=
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