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Quelques belles images de l'entrainement au défilé de la victoire.

Un des MiG-29 envoyé en Libye, photo probablement prise à Khmeimim pendant le ravitaillement. source Scramble.

Premières images des Super Tucano avec leur camo.

Le Turkménistan ferait ses emplettes en Italie, 6 M346 Master et 8 AW139. Via Scramble: "Turkmenistan probably ordered six M346 Master combat training jets and eight AW139 helicopters. Our friends of BMPD, the unofficial blog of the Russian think tank Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, reported first that according to the annual military arms export report (from Italy abroad) of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs that was presented to the Italian Senate clears that Turkmenistan will probably become a Master user. The Turkmen only rarely comments on military issues and did not make a statement concerning the AW139 or the M346. Details of the order remain scarce, but a BMPD analyse of the Italian government report resulted that Leonardo was receiving a contract for six M346s and eight AW139s in 2019. Scramble Facebook News (SFN) already reported about this upcoming contract on 18 May 2018 (*) and on 1 August 2019 (**). The SFN 2018 report followed a demonstration of Leonardo products (including C-27, M346) at Mary-2 air base (Turkmenistan), Most probably, this demonstration resulted in a contract for six Masters and possibly eight AW139s. Italy is a traditional military hardware supplier to Turkmenistan. It is reported that from 2007 to 2017, the Italian government issued export licenses for the supply of military products to Turkmenistan in the amount of USD 271 million (247 million euro). While in 2019 this amount was increased to USD 490 million (446 million euro), most probably including the Master and AW139 order. Leonardo has so far delivered a total of 72 M346s (22 for the Italian Air Force, 12 Singapore, 30 Israel and eight (plus eight on order) for Poland). In February 2020, Azerbaijan signed a letter of intent regarding the option to buy ten to fifteen M346s."

Ah la gestion à l'anglaise! La RAF cherche de nouveau à se débarrasser de ses Sentinel R.1. Via Scramble: "UKDJ reports that the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence claims the Royal Air Force (RAF) fleet of Sentinel R1s is “now increasingly obsolescent and will face increasing reliability issues as time progresses”. The Sentinels, since 2008 assigned to 5(AC)sq at RAF Waddington (UK) will still leave service in March 2021, as originally planned. The five modified Bombardier BD-700 (Global XRS) Sentinel R1s (serials ZJ690-ZJ694) have been operationally deployed in support of a number of operations. Some operations are considered to be both conventional and counter insurgency; for example operations in Afghanistan (Operation Herrick) and Iraq (Operation Shader). It has also been deployed on operations in Libya (Operation Ellamy), Nigeria (Operation Turus) and Mali (Operation Newcombe), and currently over Syria and Iraq (Operation Shader) in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. These are all considered conventional operations. A radar and mission system upgrade of the aircraft was expected in the mid-2010s, but this upgrade was cancelled, now resulting in the likely out of service date of the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance aircraft. It is rumoured that the UK government will purchase additional P-8A Poseidons to replace the Sentinels."

Ça avance, lentement mais surement...

Le second CMV-22B en vol.

Livraison du premier GlobalEye http://psk.blog.24heures.ch/archive/2020/04/29/les-eau-receptionnent-le-premier-glovaleye -869128.html

Antonov An-181

Premier vol pour un F-15QA. https://theaviationist.com/2020/04/14/the-f-15-eagles-most-advanced-production-version-performs-its-first-flight/ https://www.air-cosmos.com/article/le-boeing-f-15-qa-ralise-son-premier-vol-22929

Très bonne initiative du Groupe Dassault qui met un 8X et 900 à disposition de l'opération Résilience, carburant compris! http://www.opex360.com/2020/04/06/covid-19-dassault-aviation-met-deux-avions-falcon-a-la-disposition-de-loperation-resilience/

Fiat G.80

Le très joli Polikarpov I-185.

AIDC T-CH-1 Chung Hsing ou un T-28 "turbinisé" à Taïwan.

U-2 et B-2 à la manœuvre en ce moment à Fairford.

Les Péruviens qui possèdent déjà 4 C-27 vont commander 8 exemplaires supplémentaires. http://psk.blog.24heures.ch/archive/2020/03/17/le-perou-prepare-l-achat-de-c-27j-supplementaires -868822.html

Premier taxi runs pour un Rafale EH monoplace indien, bientôt le premier vol. Scramble: "India's first Rafale single seat performing taxi-runs On 17 March 2020, the Bharatiya Vayu Sena (Indian Air Force) first Rafale EH single seat fighter aircraft, serial BS003, made taxi-runs at Dassault's factory airfield Bordeaux/Mérignac (France). The first flight of the aircraft will most probably occur soon. According to the Scramble Magazine database, three Rafale EHs and all eight Rafale DHs have been noted so far. In May 2020 it is expected that a first batch of four Rafales will be delivered to 17 Squadron 'Golden Arrows' at Ambala Air Force Station (state of Haryana). However, aircraft deliveries may be halted because of the current COVID-19 (Corona virus) crisis. Nice to know is that the first flight of an Indian Air Force Rafale DH dual seat aircraft was made exactly eight months ago on 17 July 2019. On this date, Rafale DH serial RB001, took to the skies at Bordeaux/Mérignac *)."

Par rapport à la concurrence j'aimerai bien savoir la raison de son échec, prix, configuration osée?

Petite carrière pour celui là...

Petite galerie des avions rencontré par un Tu-142: Typhoon, MiG-31, IL-78, F-16, F-35.

Des VAB Astride T3 issues du programme Scorpion deployés au Niger https://www.defense.gouv.fr/operations/barkhane/breves/barkhane-programme-scorpion-les-premiers-pas-du-vehicule-de-l-avant-blinde-astride-t3-au-sein-du-groupement-altor

L'USAF va acheter 2 A-29 pour expérimentation, le tout en dehors du programme de l'USSOCOM. Encore des doses homéopathiques, j’espère que l'USSOCOM prendra plus d'initiatives de son coté... https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/us-air-force-buys-two-a-29-light-attack-aircraft-for-continued-experiment/137153.article

Après les Polonais, les Allemands du KSK commandent quelques exemplaires du P20, les Allemands qui achètent français on aura tout vu! https://forcesoperations.com/coup-de-punch-made-in-france-pour-les-forces-speciales-allemandes/

Le CDG en escale à Brest dans la nuit du 13 au 14 Mars, une première en 10ans, spotters à l’assaut! http://lignesdedefense.blogs.ouest-france.fr/archive/2020/03/10/une-premiere-en-10-ans-le-charles-de-gaulle-bientot-a-brest-20954.html

Premiers essais moteurs pour les SEM Argentins.