Your Nation's Air Force Mark II:

[Keltsvia]

http://www.nationstates.net/nation=keltsvia/detail=factbook/id=351705

[Organized States]

Well, shit. I guess this was to be expected.

Unknown if any of the Hogs have been damaged in such an attack.

It answered your 'fears'

The A-10s have been hit by MANPADs before, its literally nothing new EVER.

I'm simply trying to disprove this myth that is propped up by retard politicians who've never seen a goddamned Hog in their life and think its invincible.

I haven't heard much before about them being hit in operational status. Do you know of any major damage incidents to a Hog caused by ground fire (that resulted in an eject or scrapping of the aircraft)?

Well, shit. I guess this was to be expected.

Unknown if any of the Hogs have been damaged in such an attack.

Your own link said none of the Hogs have yet to be hit by the MANPADS.

Did you even read your article or did you just look at the headline and decided to link it here?

My choice of words was pretty shitty. It was too goddamned early in the morning here.

Apologies.

[United states of brazilian nations]

I wonder if the objection is giving them to the Afghans?

It simply looks a lot more shit compared to the badass-as-all-hell A10.

well, they will be replacing attack helicopters, so it really is a better idea to use a turboprop than to use a jet. even though the A-10 can fly slow, the Super Tucano can fly slower.

and it can fly relatively fast too. it is used as an introduction to jet aircraft in training, because of its great acceleration and decent top speed.

The other thing is, who's gonna take you seriously if you're flying that silly thing? Nobody!

when equipped with a Star SAFIRE III optical device and proper armament (it can carry almost anything a jet can carry too: rocket pods, air-to-ground missiles, air-to-air missiles, unguided bombs, guided bombs, external fuel tanks, pick your choice), it is indeed something to be taken very seriously. in comparison with most other single-engine turboprop aircrafts, it has an armament advantadge in the form of the two wing-mounted .50 cal M3 machine guns, whereas most others mount them in pods; as such, you can carry everything you want on the wings and still have the MGs, instead of having the MGs occupy pylon space that could be used for an extra rocket pod or air-to-ground missile.

of course, it is not the sort of thing you'd expect to survive in actual combat, but neither is the A-10. it was designed for anti-insurgency and anti-narco operations; anti-insurgency is exactly what the A-10 is being used for, and i believe the Super Tucano, or indeed any decend combat turboprop, is superior to the A-10 at this role. but that's just my opinion.

[Crookfur]

Here's the Imperial Reslon Iijstan Air Force (IRIAF):

Fighter/Attack
150 F-14A Tomcat
90 F-4E Phantom II
16 F-5E Tiger II
16 MiG-21bis Fishbed-L

Transports
35 C-130 Hercules

Refueling Aircraft
5 Boeing 737

Trainers
50 MiG-17 Faggots
40 F-5B Freedom Fighters

Note: My timeline is 1986.

Whilst a 737-200 tanker was apparently looked at it never really went anywhere as it simply couldn't match the range or fuel load of a KC-135/707 tanker. IIRC the fuel load for a 737 tanker was very similar to the KC-130.

Honestly i would stick to using KC-135s (or a 707 conversion) unless you have a great desire to have some sort of indigenous 737 conversion program and want to play with the consequences there of.

[Crookfur]

I wonder if the objection is giving them to the Afghans?

It simply looks a lot more shit compared to the badass-as-all-hell A10.

There the big issue that they haven't built an A-10 for donkeys years (sicne the 80s IIRC) and the USAF wont let them go to a second hand user as that would put a lie to thier policy that the A-10 is dead and needs to go away ASAP (to the extent that its now apparently an offense for a member of the USAF to say anything good about the A-10 to a congress critter).

I also doubt the afghan's would want them, they haven't had the best track record supporting what aircraft they have received and a bunch of complex high hour count airframes is exactly what they don't want.

of coruse anyone in thier right mind would take armed super tucanos seriously, its fast, agile and drops bombs (and also would be pretty good at killing helicopters as turbo prop trainers have generally proven better at that than thier zoomy jet breathern).

Nobody cares weither people on forums think something is cool or not they only care that they can afford to buy it, run it and train people to operate it and that it does what they need it to do.

[Crookfur]

It answered your 'fears'

The A-10s have been hit by MANPADs before, its literally nothing new EVER.

I'm simply trying to disprove this myth that is propped up by retard politicians who've never seen a goddamned Hog in their life and think its invincible.

I haven't heard much before about them being hit in operational status. Do you know of any major damage incidents to a Hog caused by ground fire (that resulted in an eject or scrapping of the aircraft)?

Your own link said none of the Hogs have yet to be hit by the MANPADS.

Did you even read your article or did you just look at the headline and decided to link it here?

My choice of words was pretty shitty. It was too goddamned early in the morning here.

Apologies.

IIRC 5 have been shot down in action (4 with SAMs during GW1 and 1 during GW2 although i have idea what shot the GW2 one down) 3 or 4 more received hits from SAMs/ground fire that caused the airframe to be written off despite making it back to base.

[Laywenrania]

So after some thinking about my airforce and some more reading, I was getting the idea to replace my current setup, consisting out of:
MiG-29
MiG-27
IL-76
Berijew A-50 Schmel
Tu-95M3
An-3T-10

With the background of island nation with nearest landmass at all being about 400km away (a single mid sized country) and everything else beeing over 1000km away, to replace the MiG-29 and MiG-27.
The MiG-29 with the MiG-35 (so basically still a MiG-29^^), with it's primary job air superiority over Laywenrania and Ground Attack if needed and the MiG-27 (beeing obsolete with the MiG-35 as more or less true multirole) with the Su-34, which would be more responsible for attacks against enemy ships etc. While not planned as "instant upgrade", more a step-by-step replacement (also of the Su-24, which are currently in reserve).

I would appreciate suggestions for Replacements for my Tu-95 as navy recon/etc and alternatives for the Su-34 and if the whole idea is sound at all.

[Radicchio]

Hey folks,i know its a little apples and oranges here but how does the Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion compare wih the C130 in the tactical transport role?

I am looking for a way to transport medium to heavy equipment into theater where there are few airfields.
Its a descision between utilizing the helicopters (on loan from a neighbor nation) or putting my engineers to work roughing an airfield.

Will the helicopters do the job at all efficiently?
What are some of the drawbacks and advantages to this particular aircraft in this role?
Is there a better aircraft for this that i might look into for future conflicts?

Thank folks.

[Austrasien]

Helicopters are slower, burn a lot more fuel, need more maintenance and don't fly as far. Tankers will likely be needed for flights of more than a few hundred kilometers.

A transport aircraft is pretty much better all around as long as an airstrip is available. If you are moving large volumes of cargo by it is usually better to construct a small airstrip than to try and depend solely on helicopters.

[EsToVnIa]

Name: Volvo J 33
Role: Interceptor (fighter variants produced, later replaced by the Volvo J 37)
Origin: Estovnia
Designer: Elkjær SHS
Length: 19.06 m
Wing span: 10.56 m
Height: 5.6 m
Max Weight: 19,000 kg
Unloaded Weight: 11,500 kg
Speed: Mach 1.6 (Mach 2.2 max speed)
Range: 2,900 km
Powerplant: 1 x Volvo Flugvéta R-70C afterburning turbojet (Dry: 102 kN; Wet: 129 kN)
Armament: 1 x Hagslund 20mm Okan g/60 autocannon
6 total pylons (4 × under-wing; 2 × under-fuselage) with a capacity of 1500 kg of weapons and fuel tanks, including:

• Short-range air-to-air missile
• Nuclear air-to-air missile
• Drop tank (3)

[San-Silvacian]

(Image)

Name: Volvo J 33
Role: Interceptor (fighter variants produced, later replaced by the Volvo J 37)
Origin: Estovnia
Designer: Elkjær SHS
Length: 19.06 m
Wing span: 10.56 m
Height: 5.6 m
Max Weight: 19,000 kg
Unloaded Weight: 11,500 kg
Speed: Mach 1.6 (Mach 2.2 max speed)
Range: 2,900 km
Powerplant: 1 x Volvo Flugvéta R-70C afterburning turbojet (Dry: 102 kN; Wet: 129 kN)
Armament: 1 x Hagslund 20mm Okan g/60 autocannon
6 total pylons (4 × under-wing; 2 × under-fuselage) with a capacity of 1500 kg of weapons and fuel tanks, including:

• Short-range air-to-air missile
• Nuclear air-to-air missile
• Drop tank (3)

2 30mm cannons

or

gay

[EsToVnIa]

all about dat ammo tho

gonna kill more commie mig-15s

[San-Silvacian]

all about dat ammo tho

gonna kill more commie mig-15s

you need less ammo with 30mm guns doe

[Monemvasia]

Online sources say Mirage 2000's operated off the carrier Charles de Gaulle.

http://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/de ... Gaulle-R91

But I can't seem to find much info or pictures of Mirage 2000's operating off carriers and there isn't a specific naval variant that I've found, though the Mirage 2000D is what is listed as operating off the carrier. I know the Rafale has supplanted the Mirage in France.

Any one know any stuff about naval Mirage 2000s?

[San-Silvacian]

Never such a thing iirc.

French navy uses F-8s until they got the Rafales.

[Monemvasia]

Yeah I'm thinking a couple of sites assumed the 6 Mirage-2000Ds used in Mission Héraclès were launched from the Charles de Gaulle based on a mistranslation of the French Wikipedia. Doesn't seem to be any other evidence of it and I hadn't heard of any Mirage 2000 carrier capability before today.

[San-Silvacian]

Most likely meant that 6 Mirages from the air force were attached to the mission, as Mirage 2000Ds are pretty capable aircraft.

[Organized States]

(Image)

Name: Volvo J 33
Role: Interceptor (fighter variants produced, later replaced by the Volvo J 37)
Origin: Estovnia
Designer: Elkjær SHS
Length: 19.06 m
Wing span: 10.56 m
Height: 5.6 m
Max Weight: 19,000 kg
Unloaded Weight: 11,500 kg
Speed: Mach 1.6 (Mach 2.2 max speed)
Range: 2,900 km
Powerplant: 1 x Volvo Flugvéta R-70C afterburning turbojet (Dry: 102 kN; Wet: 129 kN)
Armament: 1 x Hagslund 20mm Okan g/60 autocannon
6 total pylons (4 × under-wing; 2 × under-fuselage) with a capacity of 1500 kg of weapons and fuel tanks, including:

• Short-range air-to-air missile
• Nuclear air-to-air missile
• Drop tank (3)

What a beauty!

[New Visegrad]

I am trying to into MT strategic bomber
I'm not really sure what I'm doing.

[Crookfur]

I am trying to into MT strategic bomber
I'm not really sure what I'm doing.

To be honest for an MT big bomber you have three main looks: uber stealthy with all of the edge alignment most likely of the flying wing style.
Let's go very fast with a bit of stealth so most likely some sort of delta or xb-70 style look
And finally I'm not a jet liner honest.

At the moment you are between one and two so I would either shorten the neck and tail area and align all the leading edges to go more stealth or do much more sweeping things back for more go faster.

[New Visegrad]

I am trying to into MT strategic bomber
I'm not really sure what I'm doing.

To be honest for an MT big bomber you have three main looks: uber stealthy with all of the edge alignment most likely of the flying wing style.
Let's go very fast with a bit of stealth so most likely some sort of delta or xb-70 style look
And finally I'm not a jet liner honest.

At the moment you are between one and two so I would either shorten the neck and tail area and align all the leading edges to go more stealth or do much more sweeping things back for more go faster.

Noted. I think I see a way to make the first option look pretty good. Will update tomorrow.

[San-Silvacian]

I am trying to into MT strategic bomber
I'm not really sure what I'm doing.

a Freudian slip i guess

[New Oyashima]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A2D_Skyshark

I into COIN?

[New Visegrad]

New front end design. Haven't really touched the back yet and I'm not really sold on the window design.
Thoughts?

[New Vihenia]

So..let's make some maritime strike :3

Maritime Strike