RuAF radio traffic of Finnish Hornet intercepting two Su-27 & A-50

[Griffin]

This is radio scanner audio file of Russian Air Force radio traffic when a lone Finnish F/A-18 is intercepting them.

 

The Russian flight consists of two Su-27's and one A-50.

 

- The Russians notice the Hornet on their radar apparently. They request to spot the bort number.

 

- Turning on Beryoza RWR is requested. The RWR doesn't see the Hornet so it's possibly flying with radar off.

 

- They have trouble spotting the Hornet against the ground.

 

- The Hornet keeps it's distance and doesn't let the Flankers to check it's bort number. It maneuvers around them and sets a position against the sun.

 

- They have trouble spotting weaponry on the Hornet. They spot a drop tank on the belly, two missiles under the fuselage and two missiles on the wing tips which they falsely identify as AMRAAM's.

 

http://www.radioscanner.ru/files/aviarecords/file15437/

 

I don't know if anyone finds this interesting but I thought to share it anyway.

It's quite interesting to me to realize that Russians can't recognize the weaponry on the Hornet and are only able to tell the aircraft and the country while the Hornet probably spotted everything possible about them.

[Invader ZIM]

I thought it was interesting, thanks for sharing that Griffin.

[Rincevent]

Nice find Griffin.

 

Do you have precisions on the where and how ? If the SU-27 were intercepted, was it because they penetrated Finnish airspace ?

If so, is it standard procedure not to fly with RWR on when flying off domestic airspace ?

[LARGE]

Its says it is above international waters

[Griffin]

I doubt they penetrated on this occasion. My guess is in the international air space in the Baltic sea. It's quite common for Russians to fly close to borders and test the response times and other things. I don't know the standard procedures on RWR use for RuAF.

 

There was some sort of scandal in Sweden because they couldn't get any interceptors deployed while Russians practiced mock attacks on their defenses.

 

http://www.thelocal.se/47474/20130422/#.UYFfsbUqyT8

[GripenNG]

I doubt they penetrated on this occasion. My guess is in the international air space in the Baltic sea. It's quite common for Russians to fly close to borders and test the response times and other things. I don't know the standard procedures on RWR use for RuAF.

 

There was some sort of scandal in Sweden because they couldn't get any interceptors deployed while Russians practiced mock attacks on their defenses.

 

http://www.thelocal.se/47474/20130422/#.UYFfsbUqyT8

 

Yup, they have been talking a lot about it here in Sweden! Now a days we only have a 09-17 clock defence. Not even our politicians knew about this status of the QRA (or so they claim), but one thing is for sure, somebody messed up big time.

[Griffin]

This raised a question to me. To what extent are the radios coded in military aircraft? I know they have to have the regular VHF to blend with the civilian traffic but are Russian radios coded at all? Seems like quite a risk for someone to record such conversations.

 

A-10C radios can be used in secured mode:

The A-10C radio communications suite includes two AN/ARC-186(V) VHF radios and one AN/ARC-164 UHF radio. These radios can be used for both open and secure voice, data and ADF communications.

...

For secure communications, the A-10 includes the KY-58 Secure Voice Control Panel and allows the pilot to set multiple encryption code presets to either VHF or UHF communications.