New screensaver! Yeah baby !
Nice Tiger Meet scheme !
It is curious that they are carrying Sidewinders on the outer wing pylons and not on the wingtips. Any reasons ?Originally Posted by signatory
CzAF at Plasy 'Den ve Vzduchu' Air Show this weekend.
Photos: Daniel Beran, MF DNES
I just noticed that CzAF Gripens also have the pylon under the air intake to mount a targeting pod. Are the Czechs using their Gripens in the A2G role now too ?
Yeah Czechs don't do A2G with Gripen.. afaik that pylon is there because there were no covers for the underlying electrical interface etc available at the time and Sweden who owns the jets had no interest in getting any of those anyway. Maybe there's also a cost involved I dunno. Kind of guessing. It's a bit silly to have it there that I will say. The AIM-9M.. well it's a good placePossibly easier handling with the hoists. They have shot live rounds from the wingtips in training though and didn't miss so it's not like they dont work there or so.
Sidewinders is known for causing quite bad vibrations when mounted on wingtips.Swedish Airforce Gripens often carried dummy and simulation Sidewinders without fins.
AFAIK IRIS-T does not have these issues.
Hungary otoh flies the Diehl sidewinder AIM-9L/I-1 on the wingtips for their live QRA's. It has several changes in electronics and seeker.
Swedish military has an interesting story with good photos.
Photo: Louise Levin/SAF
Damage to forward canopy shield's anti-radar coating from 'unknown weather phenomena' #FL01 #OUP first reported as sandstorm. No sand has been found so far and they have never seen this damage before. Theories include some freak upwind thunderstorm that brought with it particles but so far they don't really know. Happened on two jets at the same time and there's no other damages to be found. The thin coating contains the metals gold and indium tin oxide.
Article in Swedish
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Ex 'Arctic Fighter Meet' this Mon-Fri;
8x FAF F-18 #Hornet, 3x #Hawk, 6x SwAF JAS 39 #Gripen http://bit.ly/k0Trdr #AFM11 #Sweden #Finland
Last edited by signatory; 05-08-2011 at 11:22 PM.
Sounds to me like accelerated thermal and UV degradation of the plastic film due to the intense Mediterranean sun.
But it happened on two planes at the same time.
Interesting, and IMHO quite accurate article about India's MMRCA at Aviation Week.
Key Quote:
"The unusual procedure has some questioning what lies ahead. An official with one of the losing vendors says that “if the Typhoon and Rafale won this round on technical compliance and performance grounds, who says it’ll play out the same way on price? These planes are not cheap.”
With the defense ministry opting to choose between two of the most expensive fighters in the competition, there is a sense that negotiations could still fail, in light of the Indian defense establishment’s legendary sensitivity to unit price. “The known prices of the two final contenders could throw budgetary allocations for the MMRCA acquisition completely out of gear. The finance ministry won’t like that one single bit,” agrees an Indian air force officer who observed field trials of the six aircraft at the Leh air base in the Himalayas.
Saab CEO Hakan Bushke is even more explicit. “We are still offering the Indian government the Gripen,” he said after the company noted it was not selected. In these processes, there can be changes of direction, he added."
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gener...tions%20Remain
Lots of "entertainment" left in this one folks...
Sorry, no time to do this pretty.. just adding the tweets. Follow links.
South African Air force completes Air Capability Demo http://bit.ly/kH3W6r www.saairforce.co.za http://twitpic.com/4wrk8q #military #gripenLDP-images of parked #Libyan jets near #Tripoli. Taken by #Gripen #OUP (c) SAF (lores) http://twitpic.com/4wrngc http://twitpic.com/4wrnljTake it easy GNT'ers.Sweden: Resources tied to #Libya + deficit forcing SwAF to cancel major exercise week 20 http://bit.ly/mCmQxz #underfunded #EU #defense #BS
Pretty sweet...
Photos 211.Sqn
OUP update
Between April 7 to May 12 the Gripen unit has flown 104 missions, producing 65,000 images.
Nearing Libyan coastline Photo: FL 01/Försvarsmakten
Over Libya Photo: FL 01/Försvarsmakten
Article
David Cenciotti wrote a photo-article with some very nice photos abt NATO Tiger Meet 2011.
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Ah yeah @ Swedes.. can't help but comment on TV4 using that SANIP agreement as evidence on SAAFs Gripen/Hawk selection by saying the consultant Fana Hlongwane were tied to Defmin Modise.
Seen that info before in British media so not new to me anyway and shouldnt be new to SAAB.. TV4 used it differently and said it was a direct link to Modise on winning the deal in the first place.
Hm well the doc was signed 4 years after Modise left office and covers the tranche 3 (19 jets) so if Fana Hlongwane acted as a lobbyist to make sure those jets were not cancelled he must have done so towards the MoD successor. But there's no talk of him in this piece of news. So a bit puzzled. The new MoD came from a rival party too so I dunno how well he was tied with the consultant.
Sanip is used for the offsets so I guess they wanted a consultant with insight and as boardmember of Denel and involved in politics that guy probably fit in nicely. Offset-corruption is a global phenomena and maybe there's something there but I just thought the info got a bit mixed up in the news report...
The follow-up story will be interesting to watch. Apparently SA dont need an airforce 'cos a Swedish nurse says so.
Saab receives order from FMV regarding development of existing Gripen system
18 May 2011, in Press Release
Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) regarding development of the existing material system 39 (edition 19). The order amount is 152 MSEK.
The order consists of development work in Gripen C/D, for example enhanced working environment in the cockpit. The work will be carried out in 2011 and 2012.
link
fap...
Swedish industry vision FAPS (Future Air Power System)
NRAFlyg
Now all they need is money!
Basically Swedish industry will do two things, support Gripen in near and long term. And next to that continue with demonstrator work for UAS and future unmanned fighter to secure a strong position in these fields. Work will blend across lines when possible.
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