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[PhilandMena]

A couple of these would soon sort that column ...
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A deadly ground attack aircraft and its currently well into a major upgrade to keep it effective for anouther 10 years plus.

 

[brocola]

Justin Trudeau > London?

 

[Badknee]

On the news Polish Migs going to Ukraine as their pilots know how to fly them and being replaced by US fighters to the Poles.

 

[Silver-Fox]

USAF doing close circuits over Romania.
Looks like it flew out of Germany.

 

[Figaro]

On the news Polish Migs going to Ukraine as their pilots know how to fly them and being replaced by US fighters to the Poles.

Let's hope dead eyes views that in the manner in which it's intended and suck it up, and not considered "interfering" or it could get interesting ?

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[gus-lopez]

Plus I guess you can't just blow up another nations submarine and say 'shouldn't have been following us

No I meant just random drops even when no one is there just so they cannot afford to even think about encroaching & if we actually got one occasionally it would be a

 

[brocola]

Drone fishing off RAF Akrotiri. NOTAM issued earlier indicates it’s a Thales Watchkeeper unarmed surveillance drone.

 

[brocola]

On the news Polish Migs going to Ukraine as their pilots know how to fly them and being replaced by US fighters to the Poles.

I’d love this to be true but there are some huge challenges. The Polish MiG29s have been modernised with NATO compatible avionics, IFF systems, countermeasures etc, which probably have to be stripped out before handing them over, otherwise risk Moscow getting their hands on them.

Even if the Ukrainians have pilots for the Migs, not sure Poland has sufficient F16 qualified pilots to fly the planes that would replace them (very few pilots are apparently qualified on both)

Poles still don’t seem keen, maybe they’re holding out for a better deal/more F16s to replace them. The risk is more delays - planes would be reliant on Ukraine having any airfields & hardened shelters left - these ‘negotiations’ being carried out publicly via the media by people like Blinken seem to be triggering Russian airfield strikes.

Even if they get the planes, I’m not sure they’ll stand up to the latest Russian SAM systems S300/S400 which can be based as far away as Belarus or Russia, unless the Ukrainians fly them as treetop cutters

 

[brocola]

Now if someone could ‘donate’ a shit ton of mobile Patriot batteries or similar, the Ukrainians could start taking on the higher flying bombers that the Stingers and Strellas everyone’s been giving them can’t currently reach (15,000ft max with a Stinger I believe). Or maybe even take out more of the cruise missiles the Russians seem to be using a lot of.

 

[brocola]

RAF Voyager tanker & a couple of Typhoons on their way back to Cyprus for tea & biscuits

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[brocola]

FORTE12 nosing about in Black Sea

 

[brocola]

Aussie C17 on its way home after visiting Ramstein, Germany, one hell of a flight.

Update: looks like it’s stopping off Dover Air Force Base, Delaware for a pee and snack.

 

[brocola]

Blinken on the move again, Romania this time

 

[brocola]

Saw this earlier forgot to post - a Rivet Joint seemed very interested in Persian Gulf this morning

 

[brocola]

Hungary - Saab Gripen 4.5 gen multi role fighter roughly comparable to Typhoon (but cheaper?)

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[brocola]

GORGONs over Romania, left Fairford this morning.

 

[brocola]

3D approximation of GORGONs looking out over Moldova, Black Sea, Southern Ukraine and Crimea.

Trialling an app called “Planefinder” to see these

 

[brocola]

Here’s the Wikipedia definition for a gorgon - I wasn’t sure myself so looked it up. Wondering whether there’s a 3rd B52 loitering somewhere.

Most commonly refers to three sisters who are described as having hair made of living, venomous snakes and horrifying visages that turned those who beheld them to stone. Traditionally, two of the Gorgons, Stheno and Euryale, were immortal, but their sister Medusa was not and was slain by the demigod and hero Perseus.

Gorgons - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Silver-Fox]

GORGONs over Romania, left Fairford this morning.

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Do you know why it’s flagged as Kemble

 

[brocola]

Do you know why it’s flagged as Kemble

Not sure, they always seem to show as Kemble rather than Fairford (code EGVA)

I wonder if FR24 tries to approximate the start based using the nearest civilian airport. Can imagine some heart attacks if they tried to land at Kemble.

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[Silver-Fox]

Not sure, they always seem to show as Kemble rather than Fairford (code EGVA)

I wonder if FR24 tries to approximate the start based using the nearest civilian airport. Can imagine some heart attacks if they tried to land at Kemble.

You can drop a 747 into Kemble but don’t know if this would need the grass as run off

 

[brocola]

Two RAF Beechcraft Shadow R1s over Jordan, looks like they might be heading back to Cyprus?

 

[brocola]

Feel a bit naughty posting this link so apologies in advance.

SEAD is jargon often used to describe the first activity when attempting to take control of an airspace “Suppression of Enemy Air Defence”

Ukrainians have invented a whole new level of “Stealing Enemy Air Defence”. There’s been so much Russian equipment abandoned and then recovered that the government has felt it necessary to tell farmers they won’t need to declare recovered assets on their tax returns

In this case I think it might be a "Tor" SA15 Gauntlet SAM launcher. Several million £££, if not more.

 

[Silver-Fox]

Here comes a stupid question.

If you are towing a tank, presuming there is a neutral for each track, do you need some “steering” it

 

[brocola]

If you are towing a tank, presuming there is a neutral for each track, do you need some “steering” it

I'm guessing so, otherwise its a huge dead weight. Can just about see someone sat inside this one through the flap, maybe occasionally putting on the brakes to help turn...

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[Phill D]

Here comes a stupid question.

If you are towing a tank, presuming there is a neutral for each track, do you need some “steering” it

If it is being towed by a flexible tow device then yes to make big turns easier.
It is possible to drag it around once it's mobile but you need some grunt to do that effectively.

A rigid A fame tow bar no driver necessary.

 

[monzer]

Feel a bit naughty posting this link so apologies in advance.

SEAD is jargon often used to describe the first activity when attempting to take control of an airspace “Suppression of Enemy Air Defence”

Ukrainians have invented a whole new level of “Stealing Enemy Air Defence”. There’s been so much Russian equipment abandoned and then recovered that the government has felt it necessary to tell farmers they won’t need to declare recovered assets on their tax returns

In this case I think it might be a "Tor" SA15 Gauntlet SAM launcher. Several million £££, if not more.

Have you got the selfie video of the farmers riding on top? Their faces are priceless.

 

[Realist]

Two F15s and two Tythoons.

 

[Silver-Fox]

If it is being towed by a flexible tow device then yes to make big turns easier.
It is possible to drag it around once it's mobile but you need some grunt to do that effectively.

A rigid A fame tow bar no driver necessary.

Thanks I just had no idea having never towed a tank

 

[brocola]

One of the F15s off Norfolk is squawking 7700 - one of the ones that diverted to Fairford instead of Lakenheath the other day

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