jln115:

You now Negative G, is just another term for flying inverted!! If you said a Negative G pushover maneuver then that another story ( actually not really as small civilian aircraft can also do it)

lionel4power:



what about the current cease fire position? and the deal whereby the govt. and the various rebel groups will work together to flush out ISIS dogs?

jakeporeshenko:

Hehe Aladdin!, his pictures never disappoint, well he's not here to receive the price money for second place, so Ofcourse I'll do the right thing and take it on his behalf without consulting him . Henro I forward account details mek I get alert

Pictures 1&2 AFSF, these guys terrorize the terrorists. In sambisa BH has been knocked down the food chain and is now the haunted.

peterphd:
Hey Henry, great job with this thread. Are you in the armed
forces? You seem to know everything. Err... What do you
know about the Nigerian marine corps. Thanks

Henry240:



If i got a kobo for everytime i get asked this question, i'll have been a billionaire by now. No Sir, i'm not in the armed forces, although some of my family members work for a different arm of our security service. However, i'm not. I am a Nigerian banker, and a full time military nut.



We have no marine corps, what we do have is an Army amphibious unit.

tdayof:


This conversation ends here.

jln115:

Want a video to prove it??

frumentius:
Air Capability Demo at the Roodewal weapons range tonight, and I'm not going !

P.S. 10 internets to whoever can tell me about the 2nd photo!

Henry240:
Even Navy SBS

ssaengine:
Talks about next generation Rooivalk on table

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45056:talks-about-next-generation-rooivalk-on-table-at-aad&catid=35:Aerospace&Itemid=107



Plans to build an upgraded Mk2 Rooivalk combat support helicopter look promising according to Secretary for Defence, Dr Sam Gulube.

Speaking ahead of the opening of the Africa, Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition at AFB Waterkloof today (Tuesday) he said discussions and negotiations were ongoing with potential African partners to both contribute to actual manufacture of Rooivalk Mk 2 and potential users.

“We are looking at about 60 or so aircraft to be used by African air forces as well as their possible sale to BRICS partners, Brazil and India.”

ssaengine:
Talks about next generation Rooivalk on table

http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45056:talks-about-next-generation-rooivalk-on-table-at-aad&catid=35:Aerospace&Itemid=107



Plans to build an upgraded Mk2 Rooivalk combat support helicopter look promising according to Secretary for Defence, Dr Sam Gulube.

Speaking ahead of the opening of the Africa, Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition at AFB Waterkloof today (Tuesday) he said discussions and negotiations were ongoing with potential African partners to both contribute to actual manufacture of Rooivalk Mk 2 and potential users.

“We are looking at about 60 or so aircraft to be used by African air forces as well as their possible sale to BRICS partners, Brazil and India.”

frumentius:

With current global economic conditions, DoD and Denel are at best overly optimistic or at worst naive. Now that they've come out publicly, I can confirm that an upgrade of the current MK1 to MK1.1 has been approved, within the next 5 years. The upgrades include sights and targeting sytems, work on the cannon, acquisition and integration of the FZ275 LGR : Semi-Active Laser (SAL) Guided Rocket (successfully tested on the Rooivalk last October and therefore Denel won't start integration work from scratch), improved payload and somework on the pylons, and better survivability etc.

jakeporeshenko:
pictures taken today Nigerian Air Force personnel in Czech Republic.. Additional Mi-17s loading.

jakeporeshenko:
pictures taken today
Nigerian Air Force personnel in Czech Republic..
Additional Mi-17s loading.

gees9:


First photo is JZ in Burundi? Second is a CSIR pod being tested on a Denel Cheetah, btw how many Cheetahs does Denel have?

rawswag:
A Nigerian soldier recruited to fight for the British during WWII shows off his medal.

frumentius:


1) Correct on the 1st photo; deliberately included to further persuade @Henry240 as to the utility of RDRVs: when your president has to fly to a hot, kinetic and dicey situation in a dodgy capital with 48-hours notice, your SF has to deploy appropriately within that time-frame and with available airlift in mind. How you deploy requisite number of LAVs (Henry's preferred vehicle for SF) with Herc C-130s (still the standard airlift A/C for most militaries on our continent) at such short notice still eludes me.

We got 10 Hornets & trailers from 5Recce in various configurations (C4ISR, personnel carrier, MRL/mortar/AGL/20mm&12.7mm MG) in 48 hours into Burundi (talk about rapid deploment!) with almost 50 operators and ended up protecting and escorting from the airport to Bujumbura State House not only our president, but also those from Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Ethiopia under the auspices of the AU.

Same thing SASFB did in Monrovia, Liberia back in 2003 when those 2 giants of African diplomacy, Mbeki and Obasanjo, forced Charles Taylor to resign and go into exile;

2) Last I was at Denel, there were 2 Cheetahs there;

3) Your answer is not complete - its more than your "run-of-the-mill" CSIR pod. What is it and why is it so important?

Tanzania Air Force Command is still flying their chengdu FT-5 basic jet trainers