[Lusitano89]

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Aqui está a Airbus a concorrer com a Boeing !!

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/airbus-evaluates-a320neo-for-maritime-patrol-aircraft-and-multi-mission-platform-roles/

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[typhonman]

Apaches para Marrocos?

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/22826/Boeing_Apache__Turkish_ATAK_Compete_in_Moroccan_Helicopter_Program#.W1y6GdJKhPY

[Lusitano89]

Aviões "farejadores" belgas monitorizam poluição no mar do Norte

[mafets]

A frota da Draken já é maior que algumas forças aéreas que por aí andam... 

https://www.facebook.com/drakenintl/

Meanwhile in South Africa: Draken’s Cheetahs are in full production mode. Batch one to fly in a few weeks for return to service quals in SA. Then, we ship these beauties to Lakeland, FL. (Photos of jets # 3 & 4 on the production floor) Shout out to Denel Aeronautics and their team of pros getting our jets ready.

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Belgium to take over Baltic Air Policing lead and Germany to augment




The 48th rotation of detachments contributing to NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission is imminent, say the Alliance.
From September 2018, the Belgian Air Force will take the lead over the mission at Šiauliai, Lithuania, while the German Air Force will augment out of Ämari, Estonia.

This is the seventh time the Belgian Air Force will deploy to the NATO mission with F-16 fighter jets, airmen and equipment. The detachment will come from both fighter bases at Florennes and Kleine Brogel and stay until the end of the year. In March 2004, Belgium was the first nation to be responsible for safeguarding the airspace of the three Baltic States since their accession to NATO.

The German Air Force is going to augment the mission from Ämari Air Base, Estonia with Eurofighter Typhoons and its personnel from 74th Tactical Air Force Wing at Neuburg, Germany. It will be the German Air Force’s fourth time as augmenting nation and their ninth contribution to the mission over all. For the second time after 2016 the German Air Force is going to execute the NATO mission for two rotations in a row, from September 2018 to April 2019.

The rotation will replace detachments of the Portuguese, Spanish and French Air Forces which have been conducting the mission since May 2018.

NATO say Air Policing is a 24/7 collective peacetime mission overseen by Allied Air Command and tactically controlled by two Combined Air Operations Centres at Uedem, Germany and Torrejon, Spain. For all Allies that don’t have their own Air Policing capability, like the three Baltic States, agreements exist to maintain a standard of airspace security ensuring the integrity and protection of Allies’ airspace.


https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/belgium-to-take-over-baltic-air-policing-lead-and-germany-to-augment/

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[mafets]

https://www.janes.com/article/82543/us-tanker-refuels-iraqi-f-16s-for-syria-strike

he Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) released a video on 21 August showing what it said were its F-16 fighters being refuelled by a US-led coalition tanker during a strike mission against Islamic State targets in Syria a week earlier.

The footage showed an unarmed IqAF F-16D linking up with the tanker’s boom refuelling system and then two F-16Cs carrying Paveway guided bombs, Sniper targeting pods, and Sidewinder air-to-air missiles doing the same.

The IqAF said on 16 August that F-16 jets had carried out a successful airstrike inside Syria that targeted Islamic State militants planning suicide attacks in Iraq.

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Indonesia develops gunship variant of CN-235 aircraft

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly  29 August 2018

Key Points

 - PT Dirgantara has confirmed plans to market a gunship variant of the CN-235 turboprop aircraft
 - Work on a demonstrator platform is currently under way, and the company aims for its first flight in 2019


An Indonesian Navy CN-235-220 maritime patrol aircraft on display at Singapore Airshow 2016. PTDI is working on a gunship variant of the aircraft. (IHS Markit/Ridzwan Rahmat)

 Indonesian state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara (PTDI) has begun work on a gunship variant of the CN-235 twin-engine multipurpose aircraft, the company has confirmed to Jane’s .

 The aircraft, which is based on the company’s CN-235-220 airframe, is being developed as a demonstrator platform, and will be marketed to potential customers in the Middle Eastern, African, and Central and Southeast Asian regions, said the company.

 The aircraft is being modified to carry one single-barrelled 30 mm DEFA 553 aircraft cannon on the portside aft of its fuselage.

 The weapon has been salvaged from a retired Douglas A-4H Skyhawk that was formerly in service with the Indonesian Air Force (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Udara: TNI-AU).

 The DEFA 553 cannon has a muzzle velocity of 810 m/s, and can fire up to 1,200 rds/min at both air and surface targets.

 There are also plans to complement this weapon with electro-optical targeting systems and a laser designator. However, the company has yet to decide on systems that will be selected for these roles on the demonstrator.

 Other differences that the gunship demonstrator will feature over earlier versions of PTDI’s CN-235 include using General Electric (GE) CT7-9 turboprop engines, instead of the older CT7-7. The aircraft has also been built with wingtip devices to improve the aircraft’s overall fuel efficiency.

http://www.thefifthcolumn.xyz/Forum/viewthread.php?tid=59&page=2

PS Um sistema de armas que até daria muito jeito para a RCA............ quando chegar a altura.

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[Vitor Santos]

US extends Super Tucano procurement contract for Afghanistan

Gareth Jennings, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has extended the indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract it has in place with Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to deliver SNC-Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light attack turboprop aircraft to Afghanistan.

The DoD announced on 4 September that it is extending the ID/IQ contract by a further five years from August 2019 to the end of December 2024, and raising the ceiling from USD1.043 billion to USD1.808 billion. Work will be performed at Moody Air Force Base (AFB) in Georgia, as well as at Kabul, Kandahar, and Mazari Sharif air bases in Afghanistan.

With 26 Super Tucanos already contracted for the Afghan Air Force (AAF), 22 had been delivered as of May. Nine of these are being used by the United States Air Force’s (USAF’s) 81st Fighter Squadron at Moody AFB to train AAF pilots and maintainers, with the remainder flying combat missions in Afghanistan.

The Super Tucano has been active in Afghanistan from early 2016, since which time it has served as the AAF’s only fixed-wing combat aircraft. The Super Tucano’s range, speed, service ceiling, and availability (coupled with its ability to dispense precision-guided munitions), enables it to operate effectively throughout Afghanistan.

Powered by a single 1,600 SHP Pratt & Whitney PT6A-68/3 turboprop engine, the Super Tucano carries two 12.7 mm machine guns (200 rounds each) in the wings, and can be configured with additional underwing weaponry such as 20 mm cannon pods, additional 12.7 mm machine guns, rocket pods, precision-guided munitions, and/or ‘dumb’ bombs of up to 1,500 kg. It has a seven-hour endurance and can operate from semi-prepared air fields.

FONTE: https://www.janes.com/article/82790/us-extends-super-tucano-procurement-contract-for-afghanistan

[mafets]

http://www.drakenintl.com/blog/blog/news-and-press/draken-international-pays-tribute-to-senator-john-mccain-at-nas-fallon

Fallon, NV (September 4, 2018) Draken International paid tribute to the late Senator McCain this week by personalizing one of their Douglas A-4 Skyhawks with the late senator’s name on the fuselage.  As a Navy Captain, John McCain flew Douglas A-4 Skyhawks during the Vietnam War.  On his twenty-third bombing mission during Operation Rolling Thunder in October 1967, he was shot down over Hanoi and subsequently endured five and a half years as a prisoner of war.

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[tenente]

https://www.janes.com/article/83844/us-donates-uh-60m-helicopters-to-croatia

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[mafets]

Começa a pesar a idade dos F5... 

http://www.cavok.com.br/blog/menos-um-f-5e-na-tunisia/?fbclid=IwAR1_BACTmkVQPdNkRZvW092dky3I4_hU6leEJn_Duo1Qp_VeNC5CYm3foSs

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