Emu Posted July 16, 2014 Posted July 16, 2014 http://www.baesystems.com/article/BAES_175145/taranis-demonstrates-stealth-capabilities-in-second-phase-of-flight-trials?from=twitter-plc&_afrLoop=361635477912000&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3Dnull%26_afrLoop%3D361635477912000%26from%3Dtwitter-plc%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3D1a60i1oeqd_1543 Taranis - the most advanced aircraft ever built by British engineers - flew in a fully ‘stealthy’ configuration, making it virtually invisible to radar during this latest set of trials. In order to achieve an unprecedented level of stealth, the team changed all antennas on the aircraft to signature control variants and the air data boom on the nose of Taranis was removed. Following these modifications Taranis used a specially-designed system which allowed the aircraft to generate a full set of flight data, without the use of an external probe or boom. Taranis also used a cutting edge communications system to ensure it was able to stay in touch with its mission commander without giving away its position to the enemy. Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Philip Dunne said: "The success of these test flights is an important milestone for the Taranis project. We are gaining vital insights into the potential of unmanned aircraft and this knowledge will shape future capabilities and help reduce the risks faced by military personnel on the frontline. I am determined to continue investing in these world-leading projects to show us the future, today." Speaking on behalf of industry, Nigel Whitehead, our Group Managing Director said: “The first flight of Taranis last year was a significant milestone for UK aviation and this latest development underlines the UK’ s lead in unmanned air systems. The engineering data gathered from the latest phase of trials will help us develop the stealth technologies on Taranis further.” Conrad Banks, Rolls-Royce Chief Engineer - Research and Technology, Defence, added: “Successful propulsion integration was another key highlight of the second trial phase, with the fully embedded and ‘hidden’ Adour Mk951 engine operating flawlessly coupled with the highly complex and stealthy exhaust system.”
Bucic Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) 16.07.2014 Grad firing from the territory of Russia 81-LVvmzvt4 VIDEO of the SU-25 shot down over Gorlovka yesterday | June 17, 2014 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=95a_1403100692 Edited July 17, 2014 by Bucic 1 F-5E simpit cockpit dimensions and flight controls Kill the Bloom - shader glow mod Poor audio Doppler effect in DCS [bug] Trees - huge performance hit especially up close
Bucic Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) An airliner down over Ukraine! http://www.interfax.com/news.asp Edited July 17, 2014 by Bucic F-5E simpit cockpit dimensions and flight controls Kill the Bloom - shader glow mod Poor audio Doppler effect in DCS [bug] Trees - huge performance hit especially up close
MoGas Posted July 17, 2014 Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) https://m.vk.com/video-57424472_169431579?list=8ea54aa60ef8dbb0fa Edited July 17, 2014 by MoGas
Emu Posted July 18, 2014 Posted July 18, 2014 http://www.janes.com/article/40847/farnborough-2014-uk-begins-serial-production-of-brimstone-2-missile Farnborough 2014: UK begins serial production of Brimstone 2 missile
Pilotasso Posted July 20, 2014 Posted July 20, 2014 20 years of F-16 operation in PoAF -k_v9Qg5SRw 1 .
Namenlos Ein Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) At least one Ukrainian Su-25 was shoot down today by MANPAD somewhere around a village Dmitrovka (Dmitrivka), Lugansk (Luhansk) oblast. The pilot ejected. PS Edited July 23, 2014 by Namenlos Ein
tomcatter Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 A second one was also shoot down. Both were part of a four planes formation, both pilots ejected. Seems like things are getting more complex for the Ukrainian Air Force. Loosing, at least, three combat aircrafts in a week looks like someone has no information about what his opponents can do.
Bucic Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 A second one was also shoot down. Both were part of a four planes formation, both pilots ejected. Seems like things are getting more complex for the Ukrainian Air Force. Loosing, at least, three combat aircrafts in a week looks like someone has no information about what his opponents can do. This would coincide with the conflict heating up even more 23.07.2014 situation in Eastern Ukraine according to the Ukrainian side http://mediarnbo.org/?p=3074&lang=en I've seen similar maps posted by the Separatist side but can't find them right now. F-5E simpit cockpit dimensions and flight controls Kill the Bloom - shader glow mod Poor audio Doppler effect in DCS [bug] Trees - huge performance hit especially up close
Griffin Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 (edited) Finnish customs have seized a shipment bound to Ukraine from Vietnam containing R-27 and R-73 missile seekers. UPDATE: The seekers were going to Ukraine for normal maintenance. They are property of Vietnam but they didn't have a permission for transporting military material. I don't know what will happen to them but I guess they will continue to their destination as soon as the bureaucracy has been dealt with. http://www.lentoposti.fi/uutiset/tullin_pysayttamat_r_27_ja_r_73_ohjusten_hakupaat_olivat_matkalla_huoltoon_ukrainaan Edited July 26, 2014 by Griffin
Isegrim Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 This 109 from Austria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZmAIXf9hfE Is now currently in the Hangar 10 Workshop in Germany. To be finished as Airworthy BF-109 G6 :D:pilotfly: ISE "Blyat Naaaaa" - Izlom
Sharpe Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Can the A10 chase storms? Somebody thinks they can: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3989168
Emu Posted August 1, 2014 Posted August 1, 2014 Fuel-Air Rockets Arrive In Iraq http://aviationweek.com/blog/fuel-air-rockets-arrive-iraq Social media images show that Iraq has acquired a new weapon in its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) -- the Russian-built TOS-1A multiple launch rocket system. It was reported last year that Russia was supplying such weapons and they appear to have been delivered in recent weeks. First deployed by Russia against Islamic mujaheddin in Afghanistan in the 1980s, but kept secret until the 1990s, the TOS-1A is unique. Based on a T-72 tank chassis, it carries 24 unguided 220-millimeter rockets with a range of 6 km. Each rocket can carry a 100 kg fuel-air-explosive (thermobaric) warhead and all 24 rockets can be salvoed in 12 seconds, placing 2.4 tonnes of FAE downrange. The system's short range, size and lack of guidance make it ineffective in manuever warfare, and FAE is not particularly useful against deployed and widely spread targets. Its original target was most likely Afghan rebels in caves and makeshift bunkers. It was a principal weapon in the battle of Grozny in 1999-2000. Today, it would be used against fortifications and in urban warfare and would be an ideal weapon if one's military goal was to destroy forces in city tunnels and bunkers -- and as long as the devastating injuries that it causes were of no consequence. FAE has no significant fragmentation effects. A precursor charge disperses the explosive -- which may be liquid or slurry -- into a cloud that then ignites: the weapon is powerful for its weight because the warhead weight is all fuel, with atmospheric air as the oxidizer. The warhead produces a powerful blast wave with a peak pressure of almost 30 times atmospheric pressure and temperatures as high as 3000 deg. C. The effects propagate through any bunker that is not hermetically sealed. A U.S. Army report notes that body armor provides little protection against heat and overpressure. Outside the immediate blast zone, where victims are killed instantly, the blast wave is likely to cause internal injuries, particularly in fluid/body interfaces such as the lungs and gut, that cannot be easily diagnosed or stabilized by combat medical personnel.
Namenlos Ein Posted August 4, 2014 Posted August 4, 2014 Ukrainian bullets hit Polish home 30.07.2014 A house in the border village of Jaksmanice, south-east Poland, has been hit by ammunition fired from across the border in Ukraine. U.S. official: Spy plane flees Russian jet, radar; ends up over Sweden August 3, 2014 Washington (CNN) -- The Cold War aerial games of chicken portrayed in the movie "Top Gun" are happening in real life again nearly 30 years later. A U.S. Air Force spy plane evaded an encounter with the Russian military on July 18, just a day after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed by a suspected surface-to-air missile that Ukraine and the West allege was fired by pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine. The RC-135 Rivet Joint fled into nearby Swedish airspace without that country's permission, a U.S. military official told CNN. The airplane may have gone through other countries' airspace as well, though it's not clear if it had permission to do so. […]
Namenlos Ein Posted August 8, 2014 Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) Ukraine: MiG-29 and Mi-8 downed on single day http://youtu.be/xs3hwZX7Uuk Edited August 8, 2014 by Namenlos Ein
Jona33 Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-28756779 The only two flyable Lancasters in the world are due to fly together, now that could be quite a sight! Always remember. I don't have a clue what I'm doing
Emu Posted August 16, 2014 Posted August 16, 2014 http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/ain-defense-perspective/2014-08-14/russia-developing-new-interceptor-and-progressing-bomber Russia will fly the prototype next-generation strategic bomber in 2019 and develop a new interceptor by 2020 to replace the MiG-31 fleet. Addressing the media on Russian Air Force Day (August 12) the service’s commander Gen. Victor Bondarev also said a new a combat aircraft with forward-swept wings is in development and could emerge soon as a prototype. Production of the PAKDA strategic bomber will start in 2021-22, with flight tests completing in 2023 so that entry-into-service can take place later that year, according to Bondarev. The commander confirmed that the new bomber is subsonic. It will eventually replace the Tu-95 and the Tu-160. In a recent interaction with the media, head of Russia’s United Engine Corporation (ODK) Vladislav Mosolov was quoted as saying that the PAKDA’s engine will be developed on the base of the Tu-160’s NK-32 “second edition” motor and use its gas-generator (core). ODK intends to invest $220 million of its own money into the project in addition to the approved governmental funding. The new interceptor is sometimes referred to as the MiG-41. Bondarev said it forms part of the current Russian armament program ending in 2020. Plans call for replacement of the entire MiG-31 fleet by 2028. Meanwhile, operational examples of the Sukhoi fifth-generation fighter PAKFA (manufacturer’s designation T-50) will be delivered to the Russian air force in 2016. Today, one industry-owned T-50 already flies with military pilots at the controls in the flight-test and armament trials center (Russian acronym GLITS) at Akhtubinsk airbase in southern Russia. Bondarev confirmed that earlier this year the Russian MoD placed an order worth more than $470 million for 16 MiG-29SMT multirole lightweight fighters. Delivery is due within “two-three years.” These will supplement 28 such aircraft already in service. Bondarev further stated that the contract for the MiG-35 will be signed later this year. The Russian air force will continue upgrade efforts on the MiG-29 fleet so as to keep them in service for “another 10 to 15 years, maybe more.” The commander also revealed that earlier plans for a light strike aircraft based on the Yak-130 jet trainer platform have been dropped. Bondarev expects deliveries of Il-76MD-90A strategic airlifters to commence later this year, with 39 contracted for delivery by 2020. The air force also wants to receive some Il-96 airliners, from the order for 14 placed recently by the Russian government, for delivery by 2024. The military applications would include air tanker, as well as transport roles, according to Bondarev. The Russian air force continues to build up its presence in the Arctic region. Temp and Rogachevo aerodromes have been re-opened, and work is in progress in Tiksi, Anadyr and Vorkuta. “We must withhold that region. Almost 49 percent of the Arctic territory must belong to Russia, and we shall defend it,” Bondarev said. Plans call for complete radar coverage of Russia’s northern regions.
Namenlos Ein Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtWh_044w1A http://theaviationist.com/2014/08/17/another-mig-29-shot-down/
ED Team Groove Posted August 20, 2014 ED Team Posted August 20, 2014 I don't think we are in desperate need of gruesome videos on this forums... Our Forum Rules: http://forums.eagle.ru/rules.php#en
159th_Viper Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 Above vid Pilot ejected and was found safe and well after CSAR operation. Novice or Veteran looking for an alternative MP career? Click me to commence your Journey of Pillage and Plunder! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] '....And when I get to Heaven, to St Peter I will tell.... One more Soldier reporting Sir, I've served my time in Hell......'
Python Posted August 20, 2014 Posted August 20, 2014 82 F-16D's grounded after cracks found in their canopies. http://www.acc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123421855&source=GovD#.U_S27GsDAGp.facebook [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Bucic Posted August 27, 2014 Posted August 27, 2014 (edited) 25-27 August 2014 Russian MOD statement: Soldiers of Russian airborne brigade captured some 15 km deep into Ukrainian territory accompanying a convoy of trucks and armored vehicles (wheeled and tracked) got there by accident. Some days earlier Ukraine claimed they captured a Russian airborne IFV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3195672/posts (two separate events) Poland sends aid for Ukrainian army. Mostly canned food, blankets etc. http://mon.gov.pl/aktualnosci/artykul/najnowsze/2014-08-27-zaladunek-pomocy-dla-ukrainy-zaproszenie-dla-mediow/ http://en.mon.gov.pl/news/article/latest-news/2014-08-20-humanitarian-aid-from-mod-for-ukrainian-soldiers/ Edited August 27, 2014 by Bucic F-5E simpit cockpit dimensions and flight controls Kill the Bloom - shader glow mod Poor audio Doppler effect in DCS [bug] Trees - huge performance hit especially up close
Kusch Posted August 28, 2014 Posted August 28, 2014 NATO releases satellite imagery showing Russian combat troops inside Ukraine: http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/photos_112112.htm Give me "flying telephone pole" (SA-2)!
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