Eurofighter Typhoon for Turkish Air Force

Eurofighter, a consortium of European aircraft makers, wants to sell 40 Eurofighter Typhoon 2020 jets to the Turkish Air Force, senior company officials said . "We are offering to Turkey the opportunity to jointly develop the Eurofighter 2020, the next version of the Eurofighter," said Marco Valerio Bonelli, head of public relations and communications at Eurofighter. "It wouldn't be parts production, but joint development."

Eurofighter Typhoon of Turkish Air Force flies with TAF F-16 over Aigan sea.

"We would like to provide two squadrons of Eurofighters to Turkey," said Giorgio Zappa, director general of Finmeccanica, an Italian conglomerate, whose subsidiary Alenia Aeronautica is one of the makers of the Eurofighter. Two Eurofighter squadrons consist of nearly 40 aircraft.

"Our cooperation [with Turkey] had been based mostly on industrial and commercial cooperation. Now we need to carry this cooperation to the strategic level, for 30 to 40 years," said Guido Crosetto, Italy's deputy defense minister.

"Today we are making together a helicopter, tomorrow we can move to another helicopter type, and then we can move to an aircraft," Crosetto said. "This matter will be one of the subjects I and [Turkish procurement chief] Murad Bayar will be talking about during my visit." All three officials spoke to the Hürriyet Daily News & Economic Review at the opening of Finmeccanica's Ankara office. Senior Turkish and Italian officials attended the opening ceremony.

French jet Rafale bags $20bn IAF fighter order

French jet Rafale bags $20bn IAF fighter order; India 'briefs' losing European countries

The Rafale jets will replace India's ageing fleet of Russian MiGs, with the French company entering exclusive talks with the Indians to finalise the deal by March

 

NEW DELHI: First, the Americans, Russians and Swedes were ejected out of the hotly-contested race. And now, the Europeans too have been shot down in the dogfight, leaving only the French flying high in the Indian skies.
After an exhaustive technical and commercial evaluation spread over five long years, India on Tuesday selected French jet Rafale over the Eurofighter Typhoon for the gigantic almost $20 billion MMRCA ( medium multi-role combat aircraft) programme to supply 126 fighters to IAF - the largest such "open-tender" military aviation deal in the world.

Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4 Described

Secifications for Eurofighter Typhoon FGR4.

Pakistan's MMRCA : Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon Or Fc-20

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Once india's MMRCA winner is announced will the losers offer Pakistan with alternatives to the J-10/FC-20? You bet!

As per Indian media reports Dassault Rafale has slight advantage in price, Air to Ground arsenal and AESA radar. If we add this to the fact that Indian air force is already using Dassault Mirage-2000 and seems to be more then happy, Rafale should win Indian MMRCA competition provided Dassault doesn't do its typical marketing job which resulted in introduction of Eurofighter Typhoon in UAE competition which was thought as a done deal for Dassault  .

PAF F-16A clean sweep Typhoon

A special feature posted on the PAF Falcons web site provides a fascinating transcript of a one-on-one interview with an anonymous, although apparently very senior, Pakistani Air Force F-16 pilot. It reminds me of YouTube Terry's infamous indiscretions.

The Pakistani pilot manages to embarrass the pride of the Royal Air Force, candidly describe Israeli air-to-air prowess and explain how the US keeps the F-16 Block 52's secrets away from the Pakistanis and -- by extension -- the Chinese.

On the RAF Typhoon:

On one occasion - in one of the international Anatolian Eagles - PAF pilots were pitted against RAF Typhoons, a formidable aircraft. There were three set-ups and in all three, we shot down the Typhoons. The RAF pilots were shocked.

Q: Any particular reason for your success?

A: NATO pilots are not that proficient in close-in air-to-air combat. They are trained for BVR engagements and their tactics are based on BVR engagements. These were close-in air combat exercises and we had the upper hand because close-in air combat is drilled into every PAF pilot and this is something we are very good at.

On the Israelis:

Q: What are the Isrealis afraid of?

A: What they fear most is that we might learn about their tactics, especially BVR countermeasure tactics, which they have mastered.

Q: I heard a rumour that the TuAF once gave PAF pilots the opportunity to fly with and against the Israelis in A. TuAF F-16s pretending to be Turkish pilots - even letting them sit in the Turkish-Israeli ACMI de-briefs?

A: No comments.

On US concerns about the Chinese:

To recall an interesting little story: soon after the first F-16s were delivered to Pakistan in the mid-80s, the PLAAF Chief visited Sargodha. The Americans were there as well. As a gesture of courtesy, the PAF showed the PLAAF Chief one of the F-16s and let him sit in the cockpit. Some US technicians were there looking on. As soon as the PLAAF Chief sat in the F-16 cockpit, the first thing he did was to start measuring the HUD with his fingers, you know, when you extend your little finger and thumb to measure something? This worried the Americans.

On US export control practices:

They have ways of keeping an eye on the Block 52s without being personally present. The main concern is the transfer of cutting-edge technology - the avionics and radar, the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) the Sniper pod. They have put digital seals all the sensitive technologies, which can only be opened via a code, which only they know. If there is a malfunction or these parts need to be serviced, they will be taken out of the Block 52s and shipped back to the US for repairs/servicing. If we try to pry open these systems without the codes, inbuilt alarms will be relayed to the Americans, which will be a breach of the contract.

Q: Will the Americans be able to track the locations of the Block 52s through some sort of tracking devices hidden inside the aircraft?

A: If there are tracking devices then they will be inside the sealed systems, like the avionics suites or the sniper pods because we will not have the ability to look inside. If their Predator and Reaper drones are transmitting their GPS locations via satellite so can a Block 52 F-16.

Even though Turkey produces the F-16, there are some components that are manufactured in the US and only come to Turkey for the final assembly. In one incident, a Turkish Block 50 crashed and the pilot was killed. They salvaged the wreckage and laid it out in hanger and started putting together the pieces to find out the cause. They found a piece of sealed equipment which had cracked open and inside they found some device that looked like a bug. Upon inquiry, it turned out to be a tracking device.

Su-30 mki vs Ef-2000

'British Typhoons Whacked India's Sukhois in Joint Exercises'

RAF Fairford (Britain), Jul 24 (IANS): Britain's frontline fighter jet Eurofighter Typhoon, shortlisted for India's $10.4-billion combat jets tender, whacked the Indian Air Force (IAF) warhorse Sukhoi in one-on-one dog fights during bilateral air war games, if Britain's air chief is to be believed. "Well, they lost," was Stephen Dalton's response when IANS asked how the Russia-developed India-manufactured Su-30MKI air superiority jets performed against the Royal Air Force's (RAF) Typhoons when they matched their wits during the joint exercises in recent years. However, he was quick to add that the two aircraft are different in technologies, and that Typhoons are next generation, and hence there is no comparison. Dalton was interacting with IANS at the recently held Royal International Air Tattoo military air show at the RAF base here. The two aircraft were pitted against each other during 'Indradhanush' exercises in 2007 at Waddington in Britain and in 2010 at Kalaikunda in India. Interestingly, the IAF had claimed in 2007 that Sukhoi's performance against Typhoon had convinced the RAF of its superiority. "The RAF pilots were candid in their admission of the Su-30 MKI's observed superior manoeuvring in the air, just as they had studied, prepared and anticipated," an Indian defence ministry release had said during the July 2007 Indradhanush. It was, however, fair to Typhoon, saying the IAF pilots were impressed with its agility in the air. Dalton was also all praise for the IAF for training its pilots to put any aircraft they fly to best use. "The issue is you are comparing technology and people. So, more often than not, technology can give you a great edge, a great lead. But actually it is always the people (behind the machines) who make the difference at the end of the day," he said. "It is not just how the aircraft did in the air. It is also about how the individual thinks, how they work, and their willingness to develop and to experiment. "I have always found the IAF to be extremely good. Yes, technology is a significant element, but also the individual is really important in this," he added. Dalton also indicated that the IAF inventory of Sukhois, MiGs and Mirages are no match to the Typhoons. "Nothing that India has got is anything anywhere near this (the Typhoon). I would say that absolutely. This airplane is phenomenally different in both performance and technology in anything they (IAF) got right now," he said. But, he added, it was not criticism, as Typhoon is the product of next generation technology. "I would say the IAF crew that I have worked with and seen are every bit as clever as any other air crew in the world, and in many cases better. It is all about the man as the machine that they operate," he added. Dalton said the cooperation between the RAF and the IAF will continue, as Britain valued this relationship. "IAF has a lot of experience and I would like to suck that out and use it, quite frankly," he added.

Examining the Eurofighter Typhoon to Understand What Makes It Special

Funny Photoshopped Pictures | Forward this Picture The Eurofighter is a highly maneuverable multirole Military fighter presently being developed by a 4 nation consortium consisting of Nice Britain, Germany, Italy, and Spain. In the late Nineteen Seventies, quite a lot of European air forces had been confronted with the fact that their fighter fleets had been beginning to appear outdated in the face of new American machines, such because the F-15 and F-sixteen, and more to the purpose new Soviet fighter designs, such as the MiG-29 and Su-27. These scorching new machines would certainly be adopted by improved designs, and so the Europeans needed to keep pace. In March 2006, the Eurofighter lastly entered service in the RAF, with the first operational Hurricane squadron fashioned on March 31st. In the present day the RAF's new Eurofighter Typhoon has the excellence of being probably the most controversial European fight aircraft since the stillborn TSR.2. Lauded by its proponents and trashed by its opponents, the aircraft seems to have a unprecedented means to generate public argument. In evaluating the Eurofighter Typhoon towards the only different fighter in its weight class, the F/A-18A/C, the benefits of using later generation know-how show very clearly. The Typhoon outperforms the F/A-18A/C in BVR weapon system functionality in addition to aerodynamic performance. While this Military Aircraft is significantly better than the F/A-18A/C in operating radius and agility, its optimum operating radius will not be in the class of the F-15 and Su-27/30. The notion that the aircraft is “virtually nearly as good as an F-22” shouldn't be supportable, indeed upgrading the F-15 with engines and a radar/IRS&T/AAM package of the identical generation as that of the Eurofighter Typhoonwould equalise almost all benefits held by the Typhoon over older F-15C/E variants. By the identical token, no upgrades performed on the F/A-18A/C would equalise the efficiency advantages of the Hurricane over these aircraft. The energy of the Hurricane is its very modern and comprehensive avionic bundle, particularly that in the RAF variant, and its excellent agility when operated round its optimum fight radius of about 300 NMI (a determine to be present in older Eurofighter literature, which has since disappeared with the export drive to compete against the larger F-15 and F-22). The Hurricane's weaknesses are its F/A-18C class weight and thrust and the implications of this in combat at extended operational radii, and the long term sensitivity of its BVR weapons benefit to equal technological developments in opposing fighters. In terms of where to position the Storm within the present menagerie of fighter plane, it can be best described as an F/A-18C sized fighter with BVR programs and agility efficiency better than older F-15 fashions, much like development F-15 fashions with identical era techniques and engines, however inferior to the F-15 in useful working radius. The Storm isn't a stealth aircraft, regardless of varied assertions to this effect, nor is it a real supercruiser like the F-22. Its design incorporates not one of the features seen in very low observable varieties, nor does the EJ200 incorporate the unique design options of the F119 and F120 powerplants. The Hurricane is actually not a lemon, although the knowledge of mass producing a excessive efficiency conventional fighter of its ilk in a period where stealth is about to hit mass production within the F-22 and JSF packages might be seriously questioned. It represents what is more likely to be the final main evolutionary step in the teen sequence design philosophy. For additional information, about this and other topics make sure you continue to explore internet resources around the web such as Military Family Preparedness . There are infinite assets available on this and similar content.