So Gripen/Draken combo for the win?
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by Bulgaria-Serbia » Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:32 am
by Bulgaria-Serbia » Tue Jun 10, 2014 11:41 am
Vassenor wrote:Gripens function perfectly well in the strike role though. So I'm not sure why you'd retain the Drakens after bringing them in.
by Bulgaria-Serbia » Wed Jun 11, 2014 8:55 am
by Bulgaria-Serbia » Wed Jun 11, 2014 1:13 pm
by Bulgaria-Serbia » Wed Jun 11, 2014 5:01 pm
Bulgaria-Serbia wrote:Are there any strike aircraft that would work really well alongside the Rafael?
by Bulgaria-Serbia » Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:02 am
by Bulgaria-Serbia » Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:05 am
by Bulgaria-Serbia » Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:14 am
The Soodean Imperium wrote:Bulgaria-Serbia wrote:I'm considering it, as it has a good payload size but can outrun fighters with its higher speed, meaning less losses in combat
The B-1 can travel no faster than Mach .93 to Mach 1.25 depending on altitude, which modern fighters will have no problem catching up to. And even if you can manage higher speeds (say, with a Tu-160), you're still vulnerable to interception if they approach from in front, and you're not outrunning AAMs or SAMs anytime soon.
There was a growing belief in the 1920s and 1930s that "the bomber will always get through" by outrunning fighters. Even in that era, though, this soon turned out not to be the case.
by Bulgaria-Serbia » Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:50 am
by Bulgaria-Serbia » Fri Jun 13, 2014 11:11 am
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by Celibrae » Fri Feb 06, 2015 11:09 am
by Celibrae » Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:15 pm
by Celibrae » Fri Feb 06, 2015 12:33 pm
Spirit of Hope wrote:Celibrae wrote:F14 is just so damn cool though!
Also, it could be operated off the ground quite nicely. They would be my "close to retirement but still widely used" aircraft, with radar upgrades and electronic updates, along with full on F35 Style 360 degree awareness.
To be fair, the F15 is older than the f14 if I remember rightly (if I'm talking out of my ass then please be gentle)
F-14 is older by 2 years. I'm not saying you can't use the F-14, only that it would be redundant with the F-15 and F-16, and that the continued cost of upgrade would probably make it uneconomical to keep around. The F-15 and F-16 are also starting to hit that point to some extent.
by Celibrae » Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:25 am
Gallia- wrote:The Kievan People wrote:No optics ball? No DIRCMs? No IR shrouds?
1970s plz go.
It's a nice drawing though.
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by Celibrae » Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:46 am
The Corparation wrote:Celibrae wrote:
I do agree with you, but for what I will be using the F14 for, it will be sufficient. Instead of using a Tigershark to boost numbers I can use a modernised F14. It will be a lot cheaper than buying that many F35s, that's for sure!
On another note, what do you think a fully modernised (be as imaginative as you want) F14 Tomcat be able to deal or at least cope with fighter-wise?
Using upgraded F-14s instead of a Tigershark (By which I assume you mean the F-20) to boost numbers is not going to save you any money. In fact I bet the F-14s, as their significantly larger everything and decade older airframes would cost more than a comparable or even greater number of F-20s. Of course that said you have F-16s, and as much as I hate to say it due to my lover or Northrop Fighters, there isn't any reason to look at the F-20 to begin with if you have F-16s. And those F-16s are what you should use to boost your numbers.
by Celibrae » Sat Feb 07, 2015 4:28 am
Atlantica wrote:Celibrae wrote:
The F14s are slowly being phased out and replaced by F/A-18E/Fs and EA-18G Growlers, so not a problem there. They also have longer range than the F20 I beleive, something intergral to my air strategy, and also my F14s were built and bought in the early 80s, so their airframe should have another decade of use in them than the U.S. ones did...
They are also more versatile, have bigger and better radar (AESA with the upgrade), new electronics and no upfront cost because they already were in the service of the airforce.
I do take your point though, like i said, they are being retired in a few years, and have already been supplanted by a fresh batch of F/A-18s Celibrae undertook.
I feel a bit over-jetted. I have around 2000 Tomcats, 2000 F15s, 2500 F16s and a few more thousand various other jets - and that's excluding cargo aircraft and bombers!
Just saying, that's a lot of fighters.
by Celibrae » Sat Feb 07, 2015 8:07 am
by Celibrae » Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:44 pm
by Celibrae » Sun Feb 08, 2015 2:33 pm
Bratislavskaya wrote:Right I am going to do an aircraft rundown, any suggestions would be appreciated:Fighters:
Su-27
MiG-29(Used in Fighter Air Regiments in Tactical Air Divisions which are mixed units that get deployed to foreign nations to support troops)
Above are to be replaced by the Su-35 and MiG-35 respectively
MiG-31
Strike Aircraft:
Su-25
Su-24
Above to be replaced by Su-39 and Su-34 respectively
Bombers
Tu-95
Tu-160
Transport
An-3
An-26
An-12 (to be replaced by Shaanxi Y-9)
Il-76
An-124
An-225
Special Mission
Beriev A-50
KJ-200
Il-78
Trainers
L-39
To be replaced by Yak-130
And Trainer variants of other Aircraft in service.
Seem good?
by Celibrae » Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:28 am
by Celibrae » Sat Mar 14, 2015 7:17 am
by Celibrae » Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:36 pm
by Celibrae » Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:15 am
Padnak wrote:Celibrae wrote:what kind of Air Force should this nation be having?
I'll admit that I took inspiration from Padnak's situation. I was thinking of going for MiG-21s and a few MiG-29s, maybe some old F4s.
Note: If your wondering, I started it as a way to spice up regional RP with my version of Vietnam and create a test range for military stuffs.
What sort of strategic situation is it in? How large is its military budget? What are its relations with the worlds powers?
IS IT A GLORIOUS JUNTA?!??!
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