Showing posts with label air force. Show all posts
Showing posts with label air force. Show all posts

2011-03-14

About the damage F-2 of JASDF in Matsushima AB

I am sure most people have already known that near 18 F-2 fighters damaged in the serious tunami in the north east Matsushima AB Japan, some people said after earth quake until tsunami waves touch the beach, is there any time for fighter of the the base to evacuate and take off?

See below picture, is the kill marks which sank South Korea KD-2 real? will it make Koreans angry?

About the F-16 fighter turnaround time

I have heard that the average turnaround time of F-16 is 5hr 10min to 5hr 30 min for 1 sorty, is there anyone who have comments? will be appreciate.
Here I find an information from F-16.net http://www.f-16.net/varia_article6.html
about Daily ground operations with the Viper, about turnaround, it said:

Integrated Combat Turnaround

An integrated combat turnaround is the simultaneous munitions loading, fuel servicing, and the quick turnaround inspection of the aircraft in wartime situations.
The team consists of a Crew chief "A man", a Crew chief "B man", a weapons "1 man", "2 man", and "3 man". Also there is a POL specialist (the person that drives the fuel truck).
The aircraft is first marshalled into the ICT area.
The Crew chief "B man" is responsible for chocking, checking the aircraft brakes for overheated conditions, checking the aircraft tires for serviceability, and doing an overall check for aircraft battle damage.
After the initial checks are done and the aircraft is thought to be serviceable for it's next sortie, the weapons crew is then cleared in to start loading munitions.
The Crew chief "A man" is responsible for inspecting the engine inlet and the front frame of the engine for foreign object damage and for being the supervisor for the refuel operations.
The Crew chief "B man" is responsible for inspecting the entire aircraft, servicing, overpressure indicators (delta P's), and checking oil chip detectors are just some of his duties.
After the munitions are loaded by the weapons crew and the Crew chief "A man" finishes signing off the inspections in the aircraft forms, the jet is ready for it's next combat sortie.

2010-12-19

Mil Avia Press

A very good website with PDF files of international airforce magazines.
http://www.milaviapress.com

What kind of aircraft does Gambia air force have?

Just a silly question pop out from my brian, What kind of aircraft does Gambia air force have?
Answer is:
BN Defender
AT-802
Short Skyvan 3M
IL-62
Puma
SU-25 Frogfoot

 2x           AT-802           crop dusting
1x           Su-25 Frogfoot           ground attack







































































2x   AT-802  
1x   Su-25 Frogfoot   ground attack