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Tupolev Tu-160 nuclear supersonic bomber, know in the west as the “Blackjack”, and in Russia as the “White Swan”.
Lancaster dambuster lanzando bomba.
La imagen original es de 4609 x 2985.
HAL Naval Light Combat Aircraft (N-LCA) takes off for the first time from the ramp of the Indian Navy’s Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) at INS Hansa
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What niche is this plane supposed to fill? Anti-ship attack? Recon?
The LCA is a multi-role 4.5+ gen fighter able to carry out air-air, air to ship and air to ground tasks.
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Against what though? The plane seems awfully small and not able to be armed well. I’m genuinely curious because there must be something that makes this little guy viable to use in actual combat.
The N-LCA can broadly be compared to the SAAB Gripen E/F (both single engine, dimensions are practically the same, so is MTOW and they even use the same engine). The LCA has a decent weapons load capacity and a wide range of air to air and air to ground weapons have been integrated with the aircraft along with a laser designator pod.
Yes, the N-LCA has limited utility and this is why the Indian Navy’s primary carrier fighter is the much heavier, larger and more capable MiG-29K. But the LCA project as a whole aims to make India more self-sufficent in the aerospace sector and this project is a necessary stepping stone to much more ambitious projects like the Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) that is being worked on as we speak. As such the AMCA will be a larger and far more capable aircraft that will fly from India’s aircraft carriers. India can’t just build a F-22 from day one. These things take time and a vast amount of development.
This is India’s first home built (and designed) carrier fighter, it’s capababilties are modest but this is just the start…..
The business end of a BF-109.
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2014 comes to an end and it was a bad year for Aviation…
We have lost many planes and even more people. All relatives, family members and friends of the victims have my deepest sympathy I hope that 2015 will be better.
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A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft banks toward Soldiers with the 5th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division and Air Force joint terminal attack controllers with the Air National Guard at the Yukon Training Area in Alaska Aug. 21, 2014, during Red Flag-Alaska 14-3. Red Flag-Alaska is a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed field training exercises for U.S. and partner nation forces, providing combined offensive counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment training in a simulated combat environment.
DoD photo by 2nd Lt. Michael Harrington, U.S. Air Force/Released
JTAC bringing in the rain
