Reply With QuoteInteresting that the Rafale fly each mission with three external fuel tanks......
I'm pretty sure I forgot to post these photos from Red Flag 08-04. I believe I only put up the video. A little late but still a great looking aircraft.
Interesting that the Rafale fly each mission with three external fuel tanks......
Last edited by Scooter2; 02-08-2010 at 02:17 AM.
More infos here:Originally Posted by Scooter2
Nice pics Rapier55
From:The first Rafale "Red Flag"
For the Air Force, two years after its official entry into service in Saint Dizier, summer 2008 was an opportunity to assess for the first time the Rafale very strong part in a war game widespread in Nevada, this after a crossing of the American continent achieved after crossing the Atlantic via the Azores.
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The detachment of 85 people, under the command of Colonel Philippe Poireault, head of the device, and Lt. Colonel Fabrice Grandclaudon, commander of the 1 / 7, included in all fourteen pilots, six navigators, an intelligence officer and 39 mechanics operating into two teams, one for daytime flights and one for night flights. S'y ajoutaient des commandos de l'air chargés de la sécurité des avions. Addition, there were air commandos responsible for aircraft safety.
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The Rafale B conducted for ten days in Red Flag four sorties daily for 2 h on average (1 strike daytime + 1 night) in team(Blue Air) with a fifty to sixty aircraft in general .This per day temperatures above 45 ° C almost identical to those suffered in Kandahar, Afghanistan. These temperatures were also more challenging for crews and mechanics than for the aircraft, the reserve power take-off M88 drivers who provided a comfortable starting thrust missions. the planes were routinely fitted with three 1200 liters supersonic tanks to mimic configuration heavy war.
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The Rafale has very well behaved and has fulfilled its part of missions, and even easier with all sensors and systems for data link (Link 16) he has. We can say that for the first time, unlike exercises precedents on Jaguar or Mirage F1 and 2000, the French Red Flag flying on a plane comparable generation that had nothing to envy to those of their American counterparts, Korean and Indian.Given also performed mission profiles to a theater threats saturated soil-air and air-air, the Rafale also clearly demonstrated its ability to penetrate enemy air defenses through a very powerful weapon which the new AASM bomb is not foreign.
While individual participants were not particularly impressed by the capacity "swing role" of the Rafale - the Su-30MKI, the F-15E Strike Eagle and F-15K Slam Eagle have already - its the undeniably sensor accuracy of the Rafale and its air-ground weapons stand-off "who impressed the gallery.. "On the Rafale the fusion of sensors is an extraordinary concept that is very successful. There has never been any differences of slopes between the various sensors" added the commander of 1 / 7. The Rafale was present in all missions main interest including at least two missions as "mission control" ..During the missions of "self escort" or "organic escort," the Rafale/F2 + enabled to present the complete range of aviation capabilities of the new aircraft.
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Asked about the state of the logistics of the Rafale, Lt. Col. Grandclaudon noted that the logistics of his squadron networked computer with the BA113 Saint-Dizier (through arpagon system that can send data via satellite techniques of each aircraft after each flight) allowed throughout the Red Flag to have an improved traceability of spare parts. Now essentially curative rather than preventive, it is then a maintenance lean: it changes only what is necessary, which is cheaper and allows projections logistical lighter.
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http://www.ttu.fr/francais/Articles/rafaleredflag.html
Last edited by Olybrius; 02-08-2010 at 05:20 AM.
just like the Gripen
see here :
http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...=1#post4745838
Great pics pics Rapier55! Do you have any pics from Red Flag of Rafale and Su 30 MKI?
Damn this plane is Sexy as hell!
Yes, because the swedish pilots at that time werent certified for IFR. Since then training have started with the great help of french tankers.
Did the the Rafale pilots also have some kind of restriction on IFR during Red Flag?
http://noticias.r7.com/internacional...-20100208.html
In front of the Security Council of the UN ,France will fight for permanent seat for Brazil
New ambassador said he wants "passionately" that Lula choose french fighters
The new Ambassador of Brazil in France, Yves St. Geours said in an interview with R7 a project of the Presidency of his country in the Security Council of the United Nations (UN) is to fight for a permanent seat in the body of Brazil.
St. Geours, who was president of the French commissariat of the French Year in Brazil, presented his credentials to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday (4) amid the hubbub over the possible choice of government by the French Rafale fighters. The date coincided with the same ceremony for the new United States ambassador in Brazil, Thomas Shannon, whose country also participates in the competition.. The other country race preference Brazilian is Sweden.
The French ambassador said he wants "passionately" that the Brazilian government has chosen the Rafale. About the inauguration, St. Geours said he spoke to Lula about the coordination between Brazil and France to aid Haiti. Check out the full interview: [...]
http://translate.google.fr/translate...ml&sl=pt&tl=en
Rafale for Qatar ?
http://tacticalreport.com/view_news/...ale_issue/1059Qatar: Sheikh Tamim and the Rafale issue
Posted on: Mon, Feb 08, 2010
Crown Prince of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani met with President Nicolas Sarkozy and Defence Minister Hervé Morin in Paris last week. The Rafale issue is said to have been raised during his meeting either with Sarkozy or with Morin. The following 435-word report sheds light on the issue and tells what Sheikh Tamim told about it and how Sarkozy and Morin reacted.
Qatar Emiri Air Force has 12 Mirage 2000-5.
http://www.scramble.nl/qa.htmQatar Emiri Air Force, a brief history
Its ties with Great Britain and France are clearly reflected in the Qatar Emiri Air Force that was formed in 1974. Operating mainly British and French equipment. The first jet aircraft to enter QEAF service was the Hunter of which four were delivered. The UK also delivered Westland built Commando, Whirlwind and Lynx Helicopters while France provided Qatar with AMD Alpha Jets and Sud Aviation SA342 Gazelles. These were, in 1983, supplemented by AMD built Mirage F-1s that were subsequently transferred to Spain after the arrival of the first of twelve Mirage 2000-5s in 1997. These Mirage 2000s now form the fighter-backbone of the QEAF. The delivery of 18 BAE Systems Hawk Mk.100s is delayed due to budget restraints.
This is what was reported by french newspapers after the september meeting.
All this talk about "supporting a seat at the security council" is just a smoke-screen, IMHO... It simply does not make sense. This however:
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Sec...6461254168185/
and:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/brazil/nuke.htm
There are strong forces in Brazil that wants to obtain nuclear weapons. This would probably trigger embargo from the US. Thus Lula would like to avoid military equipment with US components at all costs, and become as independent as possible. That's the real reason for this strong push to work with France.During his winning campaign in January 2003, leftist Workers' Party presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty as unfair. "If someone asks me to disarm and keep a slingshot while he comes at me with a cannon, what good does that do?" da Silva asked in a speech. He later said Brazil has no intention to develop nuclear arms.
The US will probably ask the French some questions when this happens, like: "Did France know about the Brazilian nuclear program" and "did France assist Brazil..."
France is independant (weapons, technology, nuclear ...), France follows her own policy and France generally don't care of US pressures ...Definitively the best choice for Brazil for a strategic partnership.
For people who speak portuguese , here are the 2 main brazilians blog/forums about the FAB and F-X2 :
DEFESA BRASIL
http://defesabrasil.com/site/index.php
http://defesabr.com/blog/
http://defesabrasil.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=1
A big forum with 3700+ members and a huge 2270+ pages F-X2 topic ... Rather pro-Rafale
BASE MILITAR
http://www.basemilitar.com.br/
http://www.alide.com.br/wforum/index...4acbf7ee5654c3
No registration needed here. Big topics about each contender... Rather pro-Gripen.
Last edited by Olybrius; 02-09-2010 at 09:37 AM.
...how about China pressure on France, regarding Taiwan when needing new warplanes for example?France is independant (weapons, technology, nuclear ...), France follows her own policy and France generally don't care of US pressures ...
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