₦airaland Forum

Nemesis4you:
How many cobras is available with Kenya ?

NTSA:
As far as the hardware is good, in my opinion, Nigeria needs to invest in countering the terrorist ideologies. If the military can win over the hearts and the minds of the Northern populace, Fewer people from there will be willing to join terror or criminal gangs. This will also make intelligence gathering easier since people will actively provide information

Lurker4Long:
Sudanese and Saudi incompetence continues unabated.
Houthis bend them over and molest them, seemingly at will.

Close up video here (warning-graphic content):

https://www.wardiary.net/post/18-houthi-forces-raid-on-saudi-military-positions-may-2021

Salatavor:
Hehehehe battle field air dominance with super Tucano? We are trouble in this country.

You people here must think other nations joke with issues of security and defense... With what we have currently and our shameful show of weakness before an uncivilized and untrained gang of insurgents, any war between Nigeria and an African nation that knows its salt, will be fierce, short and decisive. Propaganda will not save us when we are faced with an enemy that understands our weaknesses.


Super Tucano Air dominance. Haba. You think you will be fighting with a tribe of unexposed Kenyan safari people who are armed with spare? The tucanos will be shot down by even the oldest cold war era air defense systems.

Nigeria is populous and we have crowd, but how mobile is that crowd how mechanized is our army. Can we move 2 divisions of the army from one place to the other without exposing our soft belly?

The Nigerian armed forces is weak, slow and too heavy to move itself.

Baliv254:
alshabaab had been aiming to establish an insurgency within kenyas landmass in boni forest along somali border similar to what happened in mozambique, so far a failed attempt
president uhuru was on ground zero asserting the success in flushing out the small pockets of insurgents by the multi agency team,

video : live fire exercise including the AH1cobras and the MD530f

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL0F1oQyKxI

Lurker4Long:
wait for it...aaand here comes the self-esteem brigade...

NTSA:
kenya airforce F 5 tiger ii

The defence ministry said the incident happened in an uninhabited area near the resort of Melchsee-Frutt in central Switzerland on Wednesday.

The pilot, who was on a training ride as a “sparring partner” for two other air force fighters, managed to eject before the plane went down. Details of the cause of the crash are as of yet unknown.

The plane was a Northrop F-5 Tiger model – one of two types of fighters currently operated by the Swiss air force, along with the Boeing F/A-18.

[b]The Swiss army has 26 F-5 Tigers, purchased in 1978, [/b]and used now only for training purposes, in daylight and in clear weather conditions.

Stargate254:
Leave Kenyans out of this discussion

You think you will be fighting with a tribe of unexposed Kenyan safari people who are armed with spare?

The first helicopters arrived in Kenya in the first week of December 1979 packaged in crates. After assembling the helicopters, the first public and official demonstration of the two helicopters was staged at Moi Air Base (MAB) Eastleigh, where they were put through all manuvers before high – ranking Government officials.The 50th Air Cavalry Battalion was one of the most significant additions to the army, taking delivery of 32 Hughes Defender helicopters in 1980 and 1981. Approximately one-half of the battalion was equipped with helicopters armed with the modern rapid-fire 30mm Chain Gun, while the other half fielded tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW) antitank missiles, produced in the United States. The battalion was composed of three companies, each of which could operate autonomously to support ground forces operations. Some members of the unit, attached to Embakasi Air Base, participated in the coup attempt. But most of its personnel remained loyal, and a TOW missile launched from a Defender is credited with destroying the rebel communications center at the base.The present infantry Brigades of the Kenya Army evolved from regimental units, some of which were inherited from the Kings African Rifles, while others were formed soon after independence.The idea of re-organising the Kenya Army into formations was conceived in 1975 by the then Ministry of Defence, due to the growing instability of some countries within the East African region and the horn of Africa.The first Infantry Brigade was formed and deployed in Wajir town during the Ogaden War in 1977. The Brigade had a specific task of blocking the Western Somalia Liberation Front (WSLF)supported by the Somali National Army (SNA) from using Kenyan soil to cross into the Ogaden

jteku:
Beauty

shadowprimezero:
Two Antonovs landed in Yola, Nigeria today from China. Probably bearing Wing Loong II drones and other goodies.

kikuyu1:
Those things STILL have life in them ! Fyi, even the Swiss still fly them.


[url][https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/fighter-jet-crashes-in-central-switzerland--without-injuries/46650404url]

NTSA:
They serve our needs pretty well since they are easy to maintain and operate. The upgraded ones are armed with AGM 65marverick which are also used on F 16 platforms.

kabe1:
Nigerian Air Force A-29 Super Tucano

Tinfoil:
They look to be more capable then an f5E. Can probably take one down in AtoA combat

RiceProducers:
No they can't

Maximum speed: Mach 1.63 (1,740 km/h; 1,080 mph) at 36,000 ft (11,000 m)
Maximum cruise speed: Mach 0.98 (1,050 km/h; 650 mph) at 36,000 ft (11,000 m)
Economical cruise speed: Mach 0.8 (850 km/h; 530 mph) at 36,000 ft (11,000 m)
Stall speed: 124 kn (143 mph, 230 km/h) 50% internal fuel, flaps and wheels extended
Never exceed speed: 710 kn (820 mph, 1,310 km/h) IAS
Range: 481 nmi (554 mi, 891 km) clean
Combat radius (20 min reserve): 120 nmi (140 mi; 220 km) with 2x Sidewinders + 5,200 lb (2,400 kg) ordnance, with 5 minutes combat at max power at sea level

G-limits: +7/-3.5

Max level speed: 320 Knots Indicated Air Speed (KIAS)

Cruise speed: 281 KIAS

Stall speed: 83 Knots Calibrated Air Speed (KCAS)

Service ceiling: 35,000 ft

Max Takeoff Weight: 11,904 lb

External payload: 3,420 lb

Internal fuel: 171 gal (1,121 lb)

External fuel: Up to 245 gal (1,606 lb)

Endurance (internal fuel): 2.6 hours

Endurance (full external fuel): 7.1 hours

Ferry range (internal fuel): 450 nm

Ferry range (full external fuel): 1,562 nm

kikuyu1:
I've just checked the specs and guess what? Its ACTUALLY possible! Look.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-5

Behold the Super Tuc!



Yes, it can OBVIOUSLY take out an F 5 any day of the week incl. Sundays AND public holidays not to mention Christmas and Idd.

Coolliot:
Stop saying what you don't know with full confidence, you're misleading people.

Odunayaw:
Get used to sarcasm