New Decal
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It would be really nice to see this in game.
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That would be scrapping the barrel so hard.
According to Janes, Bell has held talks with Ukraine over a potential transfer of its latest version of the 407M light attack helicopter.
The result of the talks is currently unknown, but it will be interesting to consider this as a possible addition to the UAF helicopter tree in the distant future. This option appears to be the most realistic one, as Apaches are far too expensive.
Bell 407M features a Garmin G1000H NXi cockpit with TekFusion Global Pathfinder mission and weapons management systems, has a night-vision goggle (NVG)-compatible cockpit, an electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensor turret, and a CFD International two or four station weapons wing. With a 6,000 lb (2,722 kg) external maximum gross weight, the platform’s weapons include 12.7 mm and 7.62 mm gun pods or pintle-mounted guns, 70 mm Hydra unguided rockets, BAE Systems Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) guided rockets, and Hellfire or Griffin air-to-surface missiles.
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Ukrainian MIG-29AS with two pairs of GBU-39B bombs
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Fun
wait till you see Brimstone mk2 and 3. also kh-38 aren’t ATGM
Ukrainian L-39M on exposition
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Infographic showing four Ka-29 helicopters, currently serving in Ukrainian Navy (fifth was turned into a monument). I’ve added translations to the text captions.
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Ukrainian Su-27S with GBU-39 on a BRU-61 pylon.
Source: Ukrainian Air Force 20th Anniversary video
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F-16MLU with AIM-9X Sidewinder and AMRAAM 120C air-to-air missiles on the pylons. The aircraft also received yellow and blue wing rondelles and a small Ukrainian coat of arms on the keel as insignia.
Source: Telegram: Contact @mag_vodogray
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There is a suspicion and probability that the first image is a former Danish Royal Air Force plane with a pylon with a built-in infrared missile warning system from the Israeli company Elbit
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Are the Sidewinders 9Ms or 9Xs? I have seen reports of both!
So far I’ve only seen mentions of aim9x
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Your footage does not include AIM-9X, rather a AIM-9M.
Here’s couple pictures of how 9X looks:
And here’s 9M, you can see the difference by the tail fins.
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Every source I’ve seen says it’s 9M, and it looks like 9M.
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Good that here are you, who understads a difference
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Attentive people have noticed that one F-16 (in the video from the president) differs from all the others in small details.
First of all, it has a yellow canopy. This is done by using a small amount of gold to reduce radar visibility.
But let’s get to the main point.
The part is called the “Upper IFF antenna array”, and it differs from the same antennas of a typical F-16AM/BM (Photo 2).
They were installed on the F-16 ADF - Air Defense Fighter. Much is not known about these aircraft, but it is known that the modernization included improvements to the AN/APG-66 radar. The main requirement for F-16 ADF aircraft was the ability to use medium-range air-to-air missiles with semi-active homing radar heads.
This type of F-16 was in service with the United States, Jordan, and Thailand, but none of the countries reported any transfers of the aircraft. What does this mean? It means that we are likely to have received aircraft from “somewhere”
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