Henry240: I absolutely hate the K-8 Karakorum. Either we get back our MB 399C/D or we go for the L-15/Yak-130.
The L15 is a yak 130 playing dress up, the Chinese really designed it with the map of Africa next to it on the board, so naturally Nigeria should get a copy
The Alpha jets got to go, but the F-7s can still serve as Interceptors.
F-7s are fantastic daytime linear interceptors (short legged if i may add) Ah!! The love affair between the NAF and the alpha jets is like a union bound in hell, all the right reasons and all the wrong reasons.
If they can't stand cutting the alphas, then creating an October 1st aerobatics display team out of the alphas shouldnt be a bad idea. Just don't fly them into battle no more.
tdayof: Yea I consider them to be good. Not in battle warfare but for her class she's good to go technologically. I can guarantee you after dismantling the Mig 21, we will be able to manufacture a proper UAV.
chinese8107: only Russian plane emphasizes the supper maneuverablity eg Su30 series , most western plane can not do like pugachev's cobra.As western plane have better BVR missle and brobably better rader,they don't have big chance to have close combat.
nemesis2u: lol i am also saying the same thing except that 1-2 of the shown tricks ( in the posted picture ) have combat utility according to my knowledge/info.
i would have really enjoyed discussing the combat air tactics but last few days my brains tensed with real life problems.
on a better day i hope to enjoy discussing the same with u and M14A1 i hope 2 of u will join again
why would i have TVC installed in my fighter jets in-spite of the penalties of weight , maintenance , cost ?
i know 2 countries who employ hundreds of TVC equipped aircraft's , now why would they do that ? for airshow 20-30 TVC equipped aircraft's are enough.
combat maneuvers and tactics run by a fighter aircraft are one of the most closely guarded secrets of an airforce , not shared even with closest allies .
Combat maneuvers yes!!! But speed dumping maneuvers in a multi bogey theatre? Axial thrust pushes the jet (and wing) through the air at a speed required to maintain lift. Take away forward thrust, take away speed and lift. Go back to the video here
What's happening? The Flanker is dropping like a rock at slow speed (no lift is being produced by the wing). If the Flanker pilot does not kill me now, the other edge of the sword is about to fall. He's automatically building in vertical turning room for me and it's going to take an unacceptable amount of time for him to get enough smash back to take it away due to his low airspeed. If I'm still alive I'm turning him into a strafe rag.
There's are time for thrust vectoring and a time to leave it in the bag, with the latter always being the 1st choice.
by the way where is Chinese?? Haven't seen his post on this thread for a while now
andrewza: And how many fights need a back flip? It a trick that shows off the agility not a manouver meant for combat
Maybe you got me wrong the first time.
Not the number of fights that need a backflip, but the number of airplanes that can actually pull it off in a tight loop, Agility maneuver, that's all semantics.
chinese8107: I am not bashing anying,simply something technical. This is mainly a trainer but not a fighter I think ,though it do have some attack ability.
I am not even in disagreement, the alpha is a trainer, countries like Nigeria are just leveraging on its light ground attack abilities