Moderadores: Lepanto, poliorcetes, Edu, Orel
Reuters Staff
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Defence Ministry spokesman Colonel Holger Neumann told reporters the German air force was able to meet its military requirements despite the issue with components needed for the warplane’s self-protection system.
The component issue, first reported by Spiegel Online on Tuesday, centres on a so-called “grease nipple” that is part of the system that cools the wingtip pods that house elements of the self-protection system, which was designed by BAE Systems.
Supplies of the component have been restricted while the primary supplier, a U.S.-based company, is recertified after a change in its ownership, industry sources said.
“We hope to get this problem under control in several weeks or months,” Neumann told a regular German government news conference. He declined to give any details about how many of Germany’s Eurofighters were affected by the spare parts logjam.
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One industry source said the consortium was not aware of other countries affected by the component issue.
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Sources familiar with the issue said the German government was notified about the issue at the end of March, and faulted BAE for failing to provide further advance notice of the issue, which would have allowed preemptive orders of needed parts.
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Supplies of the component have been restricted while the primary supplier, a U.S.-based company, is recertified after a change in its ownership, industry sources said.
“We hope to get this problem under control in several weeks or months,” Neumann told a regular German government news conference. He declined to give any details about how many of Germany’s Eurofighters were affected by the spare parts logjam.
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One industry source said the consortium was not aware of other countries affected by the component issue.
champi escribió:Por cierto, los británicos que operan sobre Oriente Medio parece que no llevan AMRAAM.
Orel escribió:111, 112 y 113 escuadrones. Los tres tienen T2 P1Eb usables en AS, porque el Grupo los tiene. Un escuadrón no posee aviones. De hecho, el 113 también usa los biplazas T1, aunque no con las capacidades P1Eb, para entrenar modos y perfiles de vuelo AS.
En efecto, el rol de los monoplazas T1 de todo el Grupo es casi únicamente AA. Cuando el CLAEX les incorpore a T1 mono y biplazas el software OFP-02E, previsto a partir del año que viene, les añadirán rol AS entre otras mejoras (a las GBU-16 y GBU-10 actuales sin pod, sumarán la GBU-48, la MK.83 y el pod Litening III).
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On the night of Wednesday 5 April, two Royal Air Force Typhoon FGR4s, based at Akrotiri and supported by a Voyager air refuelling tanker, were dispatched to the western deserts of Iraq, some 40 miles south-east of Ar Rutbah, where a surveillance aircraft was tracking a group of terrorists. An initial strike by the Tornados, armed with Paveway IV guided bombs, saw one aircraft attack several of the extremists, whilst the second aircraft destroyed their truck, parked some distance away. Within the hour, further members of the group had been successfully identified nearby, and were struck by a third Paveway IV.
A further attempt by Daesh to resume operations in Iraq was frustrated by two Tornado GR4s on Monday 23 April. Iraqi security forces had identified a group of terrorists at large in the north-west of the country. The Tornados, conducting an armed reconnaissance patrol over Syria, were duly retasked to deal with them. The terrorists were camped on a ridgeline some ten miles south-east of Tal Afar, and their location was accurately struck by two Paveway IVs. Immediately following the attack, a number of extremists were spotted attempting to disperse over the hillside, but they were successfully eliminated by further attacks with two Brimstone missiles and a third Paveway.
On Monday 30 April, two Tornado GR4s based at RAF Akrotiri were tasked with the destruction of a tunnel complex which had been identified on a wooded island in the Tigris River, a few miles south of Mosul. Two Paveway IV guided bombs were utilised to penetrate and collapse the tunnels.
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