EF-2000 EFA Eurofighter Typhoon

[Roberto]

Normalente no es una disposición normal para 4 misiles . La que tenemos en ese despliegue es una de 2 Iris-T mas 2 Aim 120B subalares.

Yo creo que la usamos para demostrar en las interceptaciones visuales que estamos armados por eso en la peninsula es mas fácil verlos
con Aim120 semiencastrados.

[Chorbis]

No me puedo creer que aviones de primera línea en Fuerzas Aéreas de primer orden, se estén ya canalizando los Tifones con apenas 15 años de antigüedad

http://www.defensa.com/otan-y-europa/ra ... rofighters

[Orel]

No me puedo creer que aviones de primera línea en Fuerzas Aéreas de primer orden, se estén ya canalizando los Tifones con apenas 15 años de antigüedad

Ya estaba puesto. RU empieza el año que viene (no están ya) y lo anunció hace varios años debido a los grandes recortes que tuvieron, por ello también dieron de baja prematura los Harrier (Sea, Gr.7 y Gr.9) y los Nimrod (MR.2 y R.1). Firmaron retirar toda la Tranche 1 pero tras la revisión de 2015 decidieron retener dos escuadrones, 36 T1.

[champi]

Últimos Eurofighters para la Fuerza Aérea de Omán: https://theaviationist.com/?p=50531

RAFO Typhoon 215 (NS006, ZR406) and 216 (NS007, ZR407) parked at Malta on Feb. 5, 2018. (Image credit: Ruben Zammit).
Photographer Ruben Zammit took the photos of the latest Omani Typhoons that you can find in this post.

[champi]

El Ala11 despliega sus eurofighters en Zaragoza para la semana de tiro aire-suelo en el Polígono de Tiro de Bardenas: https://twitter.com/EjercitoAire/status ... 8137201664

[Chorbis]

El Tifón tiene una escalerilla escamoteable??!!!!!

Pues primera noticia para mí.

[champi]

Resumen de la actividad de los Eurofighters británicos en Oriente Medio, mes de enero: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/upda ... inst-daesh

Saturday 6 January: Two Typhoons conducted a night attack on an isolated building some seven miles north-east of Abu Kamal, used as accommodation by Daesh extremists, including local commanders. A pair of Paveway IVs destroyed the target.

Sunday 7 January: A Reaper once again worked with coalition fast jets over the Euphrates, in support of the SDF. The Reaper observed a group of terrorists assembling under a tree, around twenty miles south-east of Mayadin, allowing a prompt and effective strike by another coalition aircraft, then delivered a further attack using one of its own Hellfire missiles. Following the defeat of Daesh in Iraq, coalition aircraft have remained on-call to support the Iraqi security forces as necessary to prevent any attempts by the terrorists to mount further operations in the country, and on Sunday a Typhoon flight was tasked to deal with a group of extremists who had been tracked to a cave some twelve miles north-east of Bayji. A direct hit was achieved with a Paveway IV, killing several terrorists in and around the cave entrance.

Monday 8 January: A Reaper tracked terrorists manoeuvring to the north-east of Abu Kamal and conducted four successful attacks, with three Hellfire missiles and a GBU-12 guided bomb, against extremists on foot and a Daesh pair moving at high speed on a motorcycle across the desert. Two Typhoon FGR4s were also active over the area on the same day, and they used Paveway IV guided bombs to demolish a building which had been identified as a terrorist command post.

Tuesday 9 January: Reaper operations over the Euphrates valley continued, when one of our aircraft spotted a group of armed terrorists on a rooftop north-east of Hajin, observing Syrian Democratic Forces’ positions through binoculars. A Hellfire missile successfully struck the group, and a second missile was later used to eliminate another Daesh group who had taken up position within a building.

Wednesday 10 January: The following day, another Reaper worked closely with coalition surveillance aircraft and fast jets in a series of strikes in support of the SDF advance. Our aircraft supported coalition air attacks on a Daesh-held building and a mortar position, and conducted three attacks with its own Hellfire missiles, destroying an armed truck parked under cover of a vehicle shelter, and hitting two groups of terrorists on foot. A flight of Tornado GR4s also took part in this operation, and targeted an armed truck positioned within a compound; the use of a Brimstone missile allowed the vehicle to be destroyed without posing a risk to nearby buildings.

Thursday 11 January: a Reaper again patrolled north of Abu Kamal, the crew using the aircraft’s long endurance and sophisticated surveillance sensors to provide overwatch for the SDF on the ground. Three groups of terrorists were successfully attacked with Hellfires, and a fourth missile was employed to kill a Daesh extremist spotted on a rooftop, controlling a small drone of the type used by the terrorists to attempt to spot opponents and conduct harassing attacks with improvised weaponry.

Friday 12 January: Another Reaper continued support to the SDF in this area on Friday 12 January, and its crew conducted attacks with Hellfire missiles on a Daesh-held building and a terrorist moving at speed on a motorcycle.

Saturday 13 January: A Reaper worked very closely with another coalition armed reconnaissance aircraft, again to the north of Abu Kamal. Our aircraft spotted a second terrorist drone team launching a quadcopter from a rooftop, and kept close watch on them whilst the coalition aircraft manoeuvred into a suitable firing position from which it successfully attacked the drone team. The Reaper supported a further two successful attacks by its coalition companion, and also delivered five attacks with four Hellfire missiles and one GBU-12 guided bomb. These weapons struck four buildings and a defensive berm, from which fire had been directed by extremists at the Syrian Democratic Forces.

Sunday 14 January: a Reaper spotted the third terrorist drone team identified during the week; on this occasion, the extremists attempted to conceal themselves in a building, but could be seen controlling the drone from the top-floor window. A Hellfire was directed accurately through the window.

Royal Air Force aircraft have continued to support operations by the Syrian Democratic Forces to liberate the Euphrates valley in eastern Syria from the brutality of Daesh. A Reaper remotely piloted aircraft patrolled north of Abu Kamal on Monday 15 January. An armoured truck had been spotted parked on a main road, ahead of the SDF advance, and was assessed to be a probable lorry-bomb. The Reaper’s crew used a Hellfire missile to attack the vehicle and safely eliminate any threat it might pose; the very large explosion that resulted confirmed that it could indeed have posed a very dangerous risk to the SDF and the local civilian population. Later in the patrol, terrorists were spotted interacting with a truck, well concealed under trees. A second Hellfire missile was fired, and guided with great precision through the treeline to score a direct hit. Multiple secondary explosions followed as the truck’s cargo detonated.

The Syrian Democratic Forces encountered a Daesh-held building as they cleared a village on the east bank of the Euphrates, north-west of Hajin, on Wednesday 17 January. A mixed pair of a Tornado GR4 and a Typhoon FGR4 came to their assistance and, despite the close proximity of the SDF to the target, successfully demolished the building with a Paveway IV guided bomb. Our aircraft then inflicted further casualties on the terrorists in the area, using Brimstone missiles to strike two groups of extremists manoeuvring on foot.

SDF operations north of Abu Kamal on Thursday 18 January were supported by two RAF Reapers as well as other coalition aircraft. One of our Reapers used a Hellfire to knock out an armed truck that was firing on the SDF, then pursued a second such vehicle as it drove away and destroyed it with another Hellfire. A third Hellfire was used in a successful attack on a Daesh-held building. The second Reaper also conducted three attacks; a Hellfire missile silenced a mortar spotted firing from beneath some trees, and a further missile and a GBU-12 guided bomb took care of two truck-bombs. As well as conducting their own attacks, the Reapers also provided targeting and surveillance support to seven attacks by coalition aircraft, against a range of terrorist positions, including two engineering vehicles being used by Daesh, and a large group of terrorists mounted on motorcycles, whom our aircraft tracked to a compound, where they were successfully targeted by a fast jet.

The Euphrates valley was blanketed by cloud on Friday 19 January, but two RAF flights of Typhoons and Tornados nevertheless continued to provide effective air support to the SDF. Six attacks were delivered with Paveway IVs through the cloud onto terrorist positions with which the SDF were engaged in close combat; all six Daesh positions were reported by the SDF to have been destroyed, along with a truck-bomb. The following day, a Reaper used a GBU-12 guided bomb to demolish a Daesh-held building north-west of Abu Kamal, and provided targeting and surveillance support to four coalition air strikes, including one which destroyed a munitions stockpile detected when the Reaper spotted terrorists delivering weapons to the building. A flight of Typhoons were also active over the area, and they used a Paveway to destroy a further Daesh-held building.

On Sunday 21 January, a Reaper identified a group of extremists setting up a probable ambush position in and around a small building in the Euphrates valley. A Hellfire missile scored a direct hit, killing the terrorists and causing a large secondary explosion, likely from weapons concealed inside the building. The Reaper then conducted a further two Hellfire attacks on terrorist positions, and supported a successful coalition air strike.

[Orel]

Zanjado el tema de Austria. La fiscalía alemana, al igual que ya concluyó la investigación austríaca, ha concluido que no hubo soborno. Sólo le pone una pequeña multa administrativa a Airbus:
http://www.leparisien.fr/economie/affai ... 550934.php
https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... y-i-445797
http://www.defensa.com/industria/fiscal ... urofighter

El Ala11 despliega sus eurofighters en Zaragoza para la semana de tiro aire-suelo en el Polígono de Tiro de Bardenas:

Alguna foto más:

[Ramón]

Ya te digo yo que la gente de tierra esta semana en Zaragoza no va tan ligera de ropa en la linea de vuelo.

[Orel]

Ésas se me han colado. Ando recopilando, como cada cierto tiempo. Ya moví.

[Orel]

Pilotos alemanes se entrenan en nuestro 113 escuadrón, OCU de Eurofighter:
https://twitter.com/EjercitoAire/status ... 0607286272

[champi]

Pequeña reseña sobre las decisiones a tomar por el ministro de defensa austríaco, en la revista European Security & Defense: http://www.euro-sd.com/esd/current-issue/

...
Keep and Upgrade or Abolish the Eurofighters?

In his opening speech, Mario Kunasek emphasised the military character of the Austrian armed forces, which he wants to prioritise by making disaster relief secondary. His most important decision in the near future will be the fate of the 15 Austrian Eurofighter jets. The system was deliberately mutilated and downgraded in 2007 by the predecessor Darabos (SPÖ) and poorly maintained by Kunasek’s predecessor Doskozil (SPÖ). Minister Doskozil had suggested retiring the TYPHOON from 2020 on – only six years after paying the last instalment for the aircraft which should have in service for 40 years. However, it is possible to upgrade the modular aircraft and to correct Mr Darabos' 'saving mistakes‘. There already is a relevant letter from Airbus and EF-GmbH to the MoD. A few additional T1 two-seaters of the German Air Force could also be possible in the context of TORNADO replacement. Mario Kunasek wants to forward all these issues to (yet another) commission of experts, who should report to him until early summer.

The fate of the Bundesheer depends on Minister Kunasek and whether he can assert himself against the similarly unknown finance minister and former insurance giant UNIQA‘s CEO, Hartwig Löger. The new government claims it targets to increase military spending from the current record-low level of 0.6% to 1% of GDP (~€3.5Bn) by the end of 2022. But nobody has two billion to buy new fighter planes. Quite the contrary, it would be helpful if the officers could defend their 2017 budgets at least in the financial planning for the next two years.
...

[champi]

El Ejército del Aire volverá a la operación ‘Policía Aérea del Báltico’: http://www.ejercitodelaire.mde.es/EA/ej ... l-Baltico/

12/02/2018

Por cuarto año consecutivo, nuestra aviación militar se prepara para una nueva participación de España en la operación militar de la OTAN ‘Policía Aérea del Báltico’ a partir del mes de mayo.

Está previsto que sea el Ala 11, ubicada en Morón de la Frontera (Sevilla), la unidad que forme el contingente español, desplazando cinco o seis de sus Eurofighter hasta la Base de Siauiliai, en Lituania.

El destacamento del Ejército del Aire será liderado por el teniente coronel Manuel García de Veas y contará con la participación de 135 militares, que permanecerán cuatro meses en Lituania.

Nuestros Eurofighter compartirán la misión con F-16 de la Fuerza Aérea portuguesa. Completarán la operación los Rafale franceses desde la Base Aérea de Amari, en Estonia.

La operación ‘Policía Aérea del Báltico’ comenzó en 2004, año en el que las tres repúblicas bálticas (Lituania, Letonia y Estonia) entraron en la OTAN, y su objetivo es la vigilancia del espacio aéreo de estos países que no tienen aviación de combate.

Las aeronaves de la OTAN suelen llevar a cabo misiones ‘scramble’, que consisten en interceptar aeronaves que no informan sobre la trayectoria de sus vuelos y que generalmente suelen pertenecer a la Fuerza Aérea de Rusia. En el despliegue del año pasado los cazas españoles realizaron 18 salidas de este tipo.

[Orel]

a partir del mes de mayo.
...desplazando cinco o seis de sus Eurofighter

Esta vez en época de buen tiempo, y si llegan a ser 6 cada vez enviamos más aviones.

[champi]

Artículo de la revista Aerospace Testing International sobre las pruebas de campos de alta radiación (HIRF, High Intensity Radiated Fields): http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/656 ... 5620be3/34