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2014-10-10
Lu sur 7s7: Sécurité renforcée à la base de Florennes
Lu sur 7s7: Premier bombardement belge réussi contre l'État islamique
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Lu sur 7s7: La première mission des F16 belges en Irak saluée
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SBAP site update on 05-10-2014
Forwarded message - From: Serge VAN HEERTUM
www.sbap.be
Dear aviation enthusiast,
This week on SBAP web site :
Events:
Roanne 2014Real interesting regional airshow held in south
of France with the last presentation of the Potez CM-175 ZéphirPresented by Paul Rorive
http://www.sbap.be/events/2014/049roanne2014/049roanne2014.htm
of France with the last presentation of the Potez CM-175 ZéphirPresented by Paul Rorive
http://www.sbap.be/events/2014/049roanne2014/049roanne2014.htm
Duxford Airshow 2014The last event at Duxford for the 2014 season
including a World War I tribute and the amazing Lancaster duo
Presented by Jacques Vincent
Pictures: Jacques Vincent and Philippe Decock
including a World War I tribute and the amazing Lancaster duo
Presented by Jacques Vincent
Pictures: Jacques Vincent and Philippe Decock
Museum: Belgian Air Force Tribute @ Savigny
A special corner of Belgian Fighters is positioned in
front of the fabulous Castel of Savigny-les-Beaune
Presented by Paul Rorive
front of the fabulous Castel of Savigny-les-Beaune
Presented by Paul Rorive
Coming soon:Shuttleworth final
Sainte-Maxime flying masters
and much more...
and much more...
Be so kind to share our links with all your interested friends...Enjoy your visit
And don't forget some major events...
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The SBAP team
[Vintage_and_Warbirds_Pictures] Vengeance DB-72 Mk 1 EZ999
Forwarded message - From: Steve Link steven_link
Rare Bird…..
ex Royal Australian Air Force Vengeance DB-72 Mk 1 EZ999.
EZ999 was manufactured by Northrop Aircraft Inc., USA and was the last Mk 1 to be built. It was delivered to 2AD RAAF in June 1943 and was approved as free issue to the RAN in April 1948, but this ordered was cancelled in June 1948. After passing to Department of Aircraft Production for disposal, EZ999 was issued to Sydney Technical College, School of Aircraft Engineering for apprentice training until may 1963. It was acquired by the then proposed Aviation Museum and stored privately until January 1965 then to the Museum and is the only Vultee Vengeance on display in the world. On display at the Camden Aviation Museum.
Aircraft of Australia Aviation Photography:
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L’Afghanistan salue les F-16 belges / Afghanistan zwaait de Belgische F-16’s uit | DEFENCE
Forwarded message - From: Philippe levecq <
La dernière mission des F-16 belges présents sur la base aérienne de Kandahar, en Afghanistan, a eu lieu le dimanche 28 septembre. Ce dernier vol en duo conclut ainsi l'opération Guardian Falcon (OGF), une mission de reconnaissance armée et d'appui des troupes au sol ininterrompue depuis 2008.
La dernière mission des F-16 belges présents sur la base aérienne de Kandahar, en Afghanistan, a eu lieu le dimanche 28 septembre. Ce dernier vol en duo conclut ainsi l'opération Guardian Falcon (OGF), une mission de reconnaissance armée et d'appui des troupes au sol ininterrompue depuis 2008.
http://www.mil.be/fr/article/lafghanistan-salue-les-f-16-belges
De laatste opdracht van de Belgische F-16's in Kandahar, Afghanistan, vond plaats op zondag 28 september. Met die laatste dubbele vlucht is er een einde gekomen aan operatie Guardian Falcon. Die opdracht van gewapende verkenning en steun aan de grondtroepen liep al sinds 2008.
http://www.mil.be/nl/artikel/afghanistan-zwaait-de-belgische-f-16s-uit
De laatste opdracht van de Belgische F-16's in Kandahar, Afghanistan, vond plaats op zondag 28 september. Met die laatste dubbele vlucht is er een einde gekomen aan operatie Guardian Falcon. Die opdracht van gewapende verkenning en steun aan de grondtroepen liep al sinds 2008.
http://www.mil.be/nl/artikel/afghanistan-zwaait-de-belgische-f-16s-uit
The Warthog is back : The USAF's Much Maligned A-10 Warthogs Are Deploying To Fight ISIS
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From: Yves Duwelz <yduwelz@gmail.com>
Date: 5 October 2014 22:39
What does we really need ? A flying bugged computer or a bomb truck ?
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After making its absurd case for retiring the most capable counter-insurgency and close air support platform in existence, the USAF is deploying the Warthog back to Iraq. The Indiana Air National Guard's 122nd FW will be taking the 'Hog on an unprecedentedly large and long deployment to CENTCOM's area of operations this October where it will likely take on ISIS like only the 'Hog can.
For context, make sure you read my widely distributed special feature outlining just how ridiculous the USAF's reasoning is for retiring the entire A-10 Warthog fleet:
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From: Yves Duwelz <yduwelz@gmail.com>
Date: 5 October 2014 22:39
What does we really need ? A flying bugged computer or a bomb truck ?
The USAF's Much Maligned A-10 Warthogs Are Deploying To Fight ISIS
ExpandAfter making its absurd case for retiring the most capable counter-insurgency and close air support platform in existence, the USAF is deploying the Warthog back to Iraq. The Indiana Air National Guard's 122nd FW will be taking the 'Hog on an unprecedentedly large and long deployment to CENTCOM's area of operations this October where it will likely take on ISIS like only the 'Hog can.
For context, make sure you read my widely distributed special feature outlining just how ridiculous the USAF's reasoning is for retiring the entire A-10 Warthog fleet:
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A-10 Warthog lives to fight another day. Months after staving off a trip to the boneyard, the embattled A-10 Thunderbolt II is headed to the Middle East where it could be used to fight Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria. An Indiana Air National Guard unit that flies the Cold War-era gunships, known as Warthogs, is planning to deploy about 300 airmen and an unknown number of its aircraft to the U.S. Central Command region early next month, says a Sept. 17 news release from the unit. The 122nd Fighter Wing, located at Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base, Ind., has 21 aircraft, though it?s uncertain how many will be deploying, a spokesman said Thursday. The Air National Guard release doesn't mention where the group is headed or for what purpose.
The Air Force wants to retire the A-10, an attack aircraft intended for close air support, to pay for its new, and costly, multipurpose F-35 stealth fighters. Retiring the decades-old fleet of about 300 A-10s would potentially save about $4.2 billion over five years, Air Force leaders have said.
But Congress this summer spared the plane from defense cuts. And now some experts say they wouldn't be surprised to see the almost mothballed A-10 pulled into the air war in Iraq and Syria, a possibility that could further heat the debate on the plane?s future.
Designed to shoot Soviet tanks rolling across the open fields of Europe, the A-10 has been the primary aircraft for close air support of ground forces since the mid-1970s. Experts say that capability is well-suited to taking out ground targets in Iraq and Syria.
?When you deploy the A-10, they only have one purpose,? said Dakota Wood, the senior research fellow for defense programs at the Heritage Foundation, and that is ?to kill things on the ground. If the expectation is to defeat ISIS in Iraq and help the Iraqis push them out or do anything in Syria, especially in the border area between Syria and Iraq, you will need firepower well-suited? to targeting armored vehicles and enemy fighters on the ground.
The A-10 flies ?low and slow,? a capability that reduces collateral damage but also makes it more vulnerable to small-arms fire and portable anti-aircraft missiles, experts say.
The threat in Iraq, where Islamic State militants have shoulder-launched, man-portable air defense systems, is manageable, said Gareth Jennings, aviation desk editor for IHS Jane?s Defence Weekly.
Syria could pose more of a challenge for the A-10, Jennings said. It ?would not only be going up against ISIS and other military groups, but you do have the Syrian government to contend with.?
The Syrian government, which has more sophisticated air defense systems, has not interfered with early strikes in the country ?but there?s no guarantee that will continue,? Jennings said. ? ?My enemy?s enemy is my friend? only goes so far.?
Those risks are worth managing, Jennings thinks, because of the distinct psychological advantage the A-10 and its fearsome 30 mm Gatling gun brings to a fight.
?No other aircraft in the world has the reputation of the A-10 in terms of instilling fear into the enemy? he said. ?It can stay over a target; it doesn't come in and drop its bombs and have to leave. It stays over the battlefield, picking off targets at will.?
The A-10 is more adept than other fighters at launching from short, austere airfields, so it could be the aircraft with that versatility gives the U.S. military more options for sortie generation, he said.
?When you look at a map,? he said, the A-10s could possibly deploy ?to Iraq, maybe Saudi Arabia, but there?s a strong option for Jordan.?
Deployment of the A-10s in Iraq and Syria would certainly extend the debate as to the aircraft?s future, Wood said.
It will ?be a win for the A-10 communities and advocates ? one more argument in favor of it.?
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., is among lawmakers who say now is not the time to get rid of the A-10, particularly in light of the current Islamic State threat.
Defeating the Islamic State ?will require effective close air support, not just dropping bombs from high altitude on isolated targets, and there is no better [close-air-support] aircraft than the A-10,? Ayotte said in a statement.
But Wood said the argument still comes down to money.
?Even if you said you wanted to keep the A-10, where does the Air Force come up with the money to retain ...
The Air Force wants to retire the A-10, an attack aircraft intended for close air support, to pay for its new, and costly, multipurpose F-35 stealth fighters. Retiring the decades-old fleet of about 300 A-10s would potentially save about $4.2 billion over five years, Air Force leaders have said.
But Congress this summer spared the plane from defense cuts. And now some experts say they wouldn't be surprised to see the almost mothballed A-10 pulled into the air war in Iraq and Syria, a possibility that could further heat the debate on the plane?s future.
Designed to shoot Soviet tanks rolling across the open fields of Europe, the A-10 has been the primary aircraft for close air support of ground forces since the mid-1970s. Experts say that capability is well-suited to taking out ground targets in Iraq and Syria.
?When you deploy the A-10, they only have one purpose,? said Dakota Wood, the senior research fellow for defense programs at the Heritage Foundation, and that is ?to kill things on the ground. If the expectation is to defeat ISIS in Iraq and help the Iraqis push them out or do anything in Syria, especially in the border area between Syria and Iraq, you will need firepower well-suited? to targeting armored vehicles and enemy fighters on the ground.
The A-10 flies ?low and slow,? a capability that reduces collateral damage but also makes it more vulnerable to small-arms fire and portable anti-aircraft missiles, experts say.
The threat in Iraq, where Islamic State militants have shoulder-launched, man-portable air defense systems, is manageable, said Gareth Jennings, aviation desk editor for IHS Jane?s Defence Weekly.
Syria could pose more of a challenge for the A-10, Jennings said. It ?would not only be going up against ISIS and other military groups, but you do have the Syrian government to contend with.?
The Syrian government, which has more sophisticated air defense systems, has not interfered with early strikes in the country ?but there?s no guarantee that will continue,? Jennings said. ? ?My enemy?s enemy is my friend? only goes so far.?
Those risks are worth managing, Jennings thinks, because of the distinct psychological advantage the A-10 and its fearsome 30 mm Gatling gun brings to a fight.
?No other aircraft in the world has the reputation of the A-10 in terms of instilling fear into the enemy? he said. ?It can stay over a target; it doesn't come in and drop its bombs and have to leave. It stays over the battlefield, picking off targets at will.?
The A-10 is more adept than other fighters at launching from short, austere airfields, so it could be the aircraft with that versatility gives the U.S. military more options for sortie generation, he said.
?When you look at a map,? he said, the A-10s could possibly deploy ?to Iraq, maybe Saudi Arabia, but there?s a strong option for Jordan.?
Deployment of the A-10s in Iraq and Syria would certainly extend the debate as to the aircraft?s future, Wood said.
It will ?be a win for the A-10 communities and advocates ? one more argument in favor of it.?
Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., is among lawmakers who say now is not the time to get rid of the A-10, particularly in light of the current Islamic State threat.
Defeating the Islamic State ?will require effective close air support, not just dropping bombs from high altitude on isolated targets, and there is no better [close-air-support] aircraft than the A-10,? Ayotte said in a statement.
But Wood said the argument still comes down to money.
?Even if you said you wanted to keep the A-10, where does the Air Force come up with the money to retain ...
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Comopsair : Lu sur 7s7: Un C-130 contraint de rebrousser chemin
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2014-10-06
Brussels South Charleroi Airport : Lu sur 7s7: BSCA a sauvé sa crédibilité
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