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Sounds like very fake news. MiG-29's have insufficient range to make it to Libya without stopovers in hostile areas. They would have to be shipped in secret, along with the personnel and material that is needed to support them.

En dan te bedenken er spotters zijn die bekeuringen hebben geincasseerd om voor de laatste keer een KLM 747 op de plaat te zetten

Stratofreighter wrote: ...well, the A-10 Warthog undercarriage
actually was designed for incidents like this...

True, but I'm sure that Maverick missile wasn't.

Reaper wrote:without the payload you really need

Well...

payload F-15C: 16,000 lb
payload F-35A: 22,000 lb (in beast mode that is)
payload B-2A: 40,000 lb

SBGrad wrote:What is Airbus putting up to take over the electronic attack mission?

EADS pitched a SEAD/ECR-version of the Typhoon, which would have to be developed first. AFAIK, the Growler is the only off the shelf solution on the western market.

michel N wrote:Only single seaters allowed

Fascinating story, thanks for sharing. With things heating up between Greece and Turkey, I can imagine security forces and locals will be even more strict at the moment.

Op de A27 van Hilversum naar Utrecht zag ik gisteravond een F-16 op een dieplader.

Let op, het gaat om de reserveveld functie en niet dat er totaal geen fighters meer zouden mogen komen. Het artikel is eigenlijk niet zo heel eenduidig te interpreteren. Er staat dat fighters geen noodlanding meer mogen maken en als dat al niet eens meer mag zie ik ook niet zoveel ruimte om nog op ...

Flightline UK wrote:The Chinese National Team, August 1st, have arrived in Singapore.

Remarkably, the supporting Il-76's came from an airbase in Hubei province (yes, that's the one where the virus started)...

michel N wrote:“hit a boom”. Good translation...

TD73 wrote:I saw 1 Sea King, 1 Beech 200 and 3 Havocs.

Mi-28 Havocs would be unlikely. Do you mean Ka-52 Alligators or AH-64 Apaches perhaps? Two weeks ago a nationwide exercise called "Kader" was held in Egypt.

pjotrtje wrote:Yes there are. Multiple! For western winds position yourself somewhere on the road to the official spotterslocation.

And bring enough mm's, because often the jets tend to be rather distant...

April 13th is Easter Monday, so I suppose the real start will be on the 14th.

Does anyone know what kind of modifications are included in this contract?