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German Eurofighters intercept Russian transport, surveillance aircraft

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RecceJet:

--- Quote from: AVIATOR on October 25, 2009, 07:28:07 AM ---What would they get out of testing response times? If they ever tried anything with the allied air forces most would be blasted from the skies by superior aircraft and pilots. The rest would have engine failure.

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It's one way of finding out true early warning radar ranges as opposed to what Janes states. There will be a lot more involved in it, but testing response times will draw up a picture of NATO's command and communication structure.

RecceJet:

--- Quote from: Gripen on October 25, 2009, 07:42:01 AM ---yellow missiles.. are they warshots?

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The yellow-black weapons are laser-guided munitions. Bombs of the Paveway series.

Gripen:
Oh right.

Is it just me or are the underside of the canards yellow to?

F-111 C/C:

--- Quote from: RecceJet on October 25, 2009, 09:09:22 AM ---
--- Quote from: AVIATOR on October 25, 2009, 07:28:07 AM ---What would they get out of testing response times? If they ever tried anything with the allied air forces most would be blasted from the skies by superior aircraft and pilots. The rest would have engine failure.

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It's one way of finding out true early warning radar ranges as opposed to what Janes states. There will be a lot more involved in it, but testing response times will draw up a picture of NATO's command and communication structure.

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Russian subs used to move in close to the Northeastern seaboard to where we would have to scramble our Nuclear-laden Alert aircraft and they would 'time' our response times. We had to ensure we could get our planes airborne BEFORE their Nukes could hit the base. Sometimes they would get so close, we would have to stay on 'cockpit' alert which meant staying right in the plane for as long as they were close. Ah, I miss those Cold War 'games'.

Webmaster:

--- Quote from: AVIATOR on October 25, 2009, 08:17:00 AM ---Er what they are Gripe is an 'add on' photo to the story and an opening for Niels to shoot me down and say that those aren't used by the Luftwaffe.

Don't want that bloody AVIATOR saying stuff about military aircraft.

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--- Quote from: Gripen ---Oh right.

Is it just me or are the underside of the canards yellow to?

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It's clear that it isn't a QRA configuration and that's it not an operational bird, but one of the test&development aircraft complete with Eurofighter logo on the tail, and as you might have noted a two-seater as well. To be precise it's IPA3 (Instrumented Production Aircraft) on heavy-load trials, operated by EADS Germany. But it's all good Aviator, it's officially owned by the Luftwaffe and seen here carrying the IRIS-T the story mentioned. So I can't complain, especially not after the other two pics  :o
 
Next time, try posting a picture of the BAe EAP if you want to trigger me.  :P  Or better yet, a Rafale.

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