Henry240:

I find the whole situation in Southern-Africa during white minority rule to be quite confusing.

I only just learnt that Black South-Africans served as volunteers, not conscripts in South-Africa during apartheid. In-fact only whites were conscripted. Looking at footage during 16 years of fighting in Angola, I see a lot of Black soldiers. Contrary to what was everyday Nigerian public knowledge.

My question is why?

Henry240:

In light of this information contained in the budget, it seems to me that the Nigerian Air Force is procuring 6 units of JF-17 fighter jets.

This is part of Nigeria's national budget for 2018.


@nganduh

SternProphet:


Pls add up all outlays for JF17 from the 2015 or 2016 budget to 2018. If you get N60bn to N65bn in total, Nigeria is getting three if they add up to N130bn then it's six units.
I think we have paid up for only three units.

Henry240:

With the JF-17 fighter jet, the Nigerian Air Force has purchased over 46 aircrafts in the last 3 years.

12 x MI-35M
10 x Super Mushak
6 x Leonardo A109 utility helicopters
12 x Super Tucano (USA)
3. X Super Tucano (Brazil)
6. X JF-17
Unknown number of Yahbon flash UAV


That's impressive by any account.

ViceAdmirlAgain:


@Gottfried am very impressed by our easterly neighbors, those SK-105 tanks are a threat to the WZ 523 IFV's/APC's..Did we ever receive the Kornet ATM's? I wont even mention the ATMOS 2000 arty

ViceAdmirlAgain:
#repost

An old time favorite of mine

Zimbabwean and Namibian K-8 trainers at Ondangwa

medic555:

at all its just a grand parade like president like soldiers only zims can come up with statements like that

Hrmnn:
Apologies for the poor photo quality. This column of vehicles was photographed by the side of the road near Harare.

Check that vehicle behind the Cascavel.

Looks like some of the Rhodesian relics are coming out of storage in Zim.

nemesis4u:



what about the possibility that it is not a requirement for them , present or in future or they will be installed during MLU

flight certification for IFR is still pending , if that feature is not pressing for the customer, then why let it hold up the production when it can be included during MLU if needed.

Myanmar does not have mid air refuellers , buddy refueling is still not an option for FC1 till now but everything can be included during MLU if these r available and desired

IMO its a smart decision , they went by their needs/requirements/capabilities and the option always exists

Patchesagain:


So you are saying the JF-17 and FC-1 are one in the same?

Fidha254:
But we grounded ours long time ago... Last 1 to be grounded I think 2001...even went as further as selling the spare parts to Zimbabwe due to sanction from UK prohibiting them to acquire dpares from the manufacturer..

Fidha254:
people like to photoshop flags in to stuff nowadays

For Farnborough 1994 BAe decorated several Hawks with special markings with the name and flag of every customer.

jakeporeshenko:

I wonder what countermeasures these presidential jets carry, if at all they do.

Moroccan VIP Jet Gets LAIRCM
Oct 16, 2007 15:45 UTC by Defense Industry Daily staff

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation of Rolling Meadows, IL received a firm-fixed price contract modification for $15 million, pursuant to a letter contract for foreign military sales case number MO-D-QAD for one Moroccan Head of State Aircraft Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) system. LAIRCM has become a popular way to protect large transport aircraft; it uses sensors to detect incoming infrared-guided missiles, then throws it off course using targeted laser pulses. The exact aircraft was not specified, but based on the Alkowat al malakiya al jawiya’s order of battle , our bet is on the transcontinental Falcon 50 business jet based at Rabat Sale.

Elbit Offers Missile Countermeasures
Oct 19, 2014

With the growing concern, demand for military type countermeasures is increasing, as business jet operator demand the best protection hitherto available only to VVIPs of the wealthiest of nations.

As one of the leaders in the area of missile countermeasures, Israel’s Elbit Systems has recently completed the certification of its MUSIC Directional Countermeasure System (DIRCM) on commercial aircraft, and has installed such countermeasures on the first VIP aircraft. More installations are in progress, awaiting final configuration certification says Dany Slasky, vice president Airborne, EO and Lasers at Elbit’s ElOp subsidiary.

“With threats becoming realistic, operators and owners and business people are concerned, demanding instant solutions. We are witnessing a growing awareness to the threat, and demand to protect aircraft,” he  notes.

How much protection do such DIRCMs provide? “MANPADS is by far the No.1 military threat to aircraft, representing 95% of all threats,” he says. “With DIRCM on board, the platform’s survivability improves dramatically.”

Elbit Systems, of Israel, has also developed a DIRCM system for the protection of civilian aircraft against MANPADS called the Multi-Spectral Infrared Countermeasure (MUSIC), a nacelle-mounted, fully automatic system that detects, acquires, tracks and counters an incoming missile. It has been installed on governmental or VIP aircraft thus providing protection against MANPADS, including the most recent ones, some of which were simulated during EMBOW XIII, always in combination with droppable IR flares for improved all-aspect protection.

tdayof:
Even my school will say her UAV is better than the the Global hawk

frumentius:
Air Capability Demo at the Roodewal weapons range tonight, and I'm not going !

P.S. 10 internets to whoever can tell me about the 2nd photo!

lionel4power:


is it still active??

lionel4power:
South Africans please explain..?

ViceAdmiral:


I first thought it was the Walvis coastal fog playing with my eyes or the camera lenses

Out of curiosity what missiles are 'our' F7's and K8's armed with i only eva see the Centerline gun pod and rockets

Henry240:


However, i still wonder why the Air Force used the MI-17?