chkil0:
algeria

Samurai!

ActivateKruger:

Good God, that's bloody scary.. Why would someone want to fly so low.? Is it tactical?

Nope. The pilot decided to fly that low.

Why? ADRENALINE RUSH!!!!

lionel4power:
where is this? Nigeria?

US

Algerian navy Corvette

jln115:

Probably the most insane Rooivalk video ever!! Yanks have been calling it fake/photoshoped since it went viral!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gPVLhNA90w

Aiayayaya!! What time was that vid taken? Judging from the sand it seems like a desert or semi arid environment and when the ground heats up you get strange updrafts,cross currents and thermals that can REALLY REALLY REALLY mess up high speed low level passes. Usually that effects starts around noon.

Pardon my mega pixel, I came across this aggressive police guy escorting the fully tinted hilux at a mechanic village.
What amaze me was the shade of camouflage he was wearing , I only thought it was strictly Russian trained SF.
Does any one know what unit of NPF uses such

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MikeCZA:
Nope. The pilot decided to fly that low.
Why? ADRENALINE RUSH!!!!

Although he might face a disciplinary hearing but he's good, damn he is.

kikuyu1:


Aiayayaya!! What time was that vid taken? Judging from the sand it seems like a desert or semi arid environment and when the ground heats up you get strange updrafts,cross currents and thermals that can REALLY REALLY REALLY mess up high speed low level passes. Usually that effects starts around noon.

Don't know the exact time but it was at de brug training area in Bloemfontein somewhere around mid to late May....not sure if it was before or after the Armies capability demo......anyway winter in SA starts around mid May so it was pretty chilly in Bloem also it just rained a day or two before the video was taken.

MikeCZA:
Nope. The pilot decided to fly that low.

Why? ADRENALINE RUSH!!!!

apparently they were testing radar systems.......as you know Bloem is so flat you can check your dog running away for 3 days, thus pilots have no cover thus they have to fly as low as possible to avoid radar detection

ActivateKruger:


Although he might face a disciplinary hearing but he's good, damn he is.

also heard that.....but then again I heard the hearing was with regards to the video being taken and not the Pilots flying.

ActivateKruger:


Although he might face a disciplinary hearing but he's good, damn he is.

He did!

NAF REAPS FROM CAPACITY BUILDING INITIATIVE

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) is already directly reaping from its human capacity building drive, being one of the key drivers of the vision of the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar. The revelation came to the fore during the recent tour of operational facilities embarked upon by the CAS to the NAF unit in Kainji. While on the visit, Air Marshal Abubakar was briefed by the NAF technicians who had just successfully repaired 6 Alpha Jet aircraft engines.

The NAF Team that repaired the aircraft engines comprised one officer and 2 airmen, all of who, in December 2016, attended a 12-day Alpha Jet Aircraft Engine Assembly and Disassembly Course in Canada, as part of the NAF's capacity building efforts. It is noteworthy that foreign vendors had earlier quoted the sum of $400,000 to recover each of the engines, amounting to $2.4 million to repair the 6 engines. However, the NAF team was able to repair the engines by using spare parts available in the warehouse. As a result, the country was saved the sum of over $2.4 million that would have otherwise been used to recover the engines. This is besides the usually huge cost of freighting the engines to and from overseas repair facilities and the associated delay.

Meanwhile, the engines have already been installed on 3 Alpha Jet aircraft and deployed for air operations in the ongoing counterinsurgency operations in the northeastern part of the country. According to Air Marshal Abubakar, the capacity building efforts of the NAF had been made largely successful due to the unflinching support the NAF was receiving from the Federal Government, especially through timely releases of needed funds.

DOPRI

Nigerian Police APC

jteku:
Pardon my mega pixel, I came across this aggressive police guy escorting the fully tinted hilux at a mechanic village.
What amaze me was the shade of camouflage he was wearing , I only thought it was strictly Russian trained SF.
Does any one know what unit of NPF uses such

Here. Nigerian police special forces.

newafricaken254:
unconfirmed report say Egypt is about to acquire 400 to 500 T90MS tanks, some of which will be assemble in Egypt

For what? Don't they already have a gazillion tanks?

jln115:
apparently they were testing radar systems.......as you know Bloem is so flat you can check your dog running away for 3 days, thus pilots have no cover thus they have to fly as low as possible to avoid radar detection

EW systems.

With facilities like the ASCARI(Automated System for the Capture and Analysis of Radar Information), the Multi Emitter Environment Simulator (MEES) and the Infrared Mobile Laboratory (IRML) and more.

ssaengine:
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If many wasn't an issue this would have been Rafale armed with A-Darter SRAAMs, T-Darter BVRAAMs and some local air to guided munition.

This guy has actual vedios of AH-1 biend tested in Kenya



https://twitter.com/fkariuki/status/874505323750580224

10 of NAFs youngest pilots receive their wings after a One year training program at Westline aviation SA
https://www.naij.com/1109847-10-flying-officers-officially-winged-by-naf-year-training.html?pk_campaign=ush

frumentius:

You would assume correctly that 4 Special Forces Regiment does that.

A micro uzi and internally supressed MP5?

80's as fvck

MikeCZA:
If many wasn't an issue this would have been Rafale armed with A-Darter SRAAMs, T-Darter BVRAAMs and some local air to guided munition.

According to the 1998 defence review we had a requirement for 16 light fighters and 32 medium fighters......so I think it's a pretty fair assumption that we would've gone for the Gripen regardless of the budget albeit only 16 units.

tdayof:

Here. Nigerian police special forces.

Exactly

Thanks man.

Denel/South Africa - long range standoff weapons delivery capability. Umbani/Al Tariq bomb kit dropped off SAAF Hawk.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwbTabCqNsI

partially off topic


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2_aMM_M3wo

Nigerian navy SBS

Fidha254:
This guy has actual vedios of AH-1 biend tested in Kenya



https://twitter.com/fkariuki/status/874505323750580224

also saw video of their arrival from the same guy

lionel4power:
more importantly why are some spotting red stripe while some spots yellow stripe?

I think the bombs with yellow strips are high explosives while those with blue strips are incendiary? might also point out varying sources.

off topic :Myanmar air force soon to be delivered JF-17M

MikeCZA:
EW systems.

With facilities like the ASCARI(Automated System for the Capture and Analysis of Radar Information), the Multi Emitter Environment Simulator (MEES) and the Infrared Mobile Laboratory (IRML) and more.

these r some serious capabilities in terms of test facilities