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Gary C said:
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Anyone see what I think was an F15 or F14 over Morecambe bay today ?
It had the diamond shape of the swept back wings and that curious, almost cantilevered look of the cockpit so it certrainly wasn't a Eurofighter or a lightning.
No F-14's flying apart from a few Iranian ones, so don't think it could have been one of them....Anyone see what I think was an F15 or F14 over Morecambe bay today ?
It had the diamond shape of the swept back wings and that curious, almost cantilevered look of the cockpit so it certrainly wasn't a Eurofighter or a lightning.
If not a F-15, possibly a Mig? The German & Polish AF's still use them I think.
Gary C said:
Oh
Anyone see what I think was an F15 or F14 over Morecambe bay today ?
It had the diamond shape of the swept back wings and that curious, almost cantilevered look of the cockpit so it certrainly wasn't a Eurofighter or a lightning.
There's an old fighter based at Blackpool that has been up recently, could be that. I can't remember what it was it now, trying to find out! Anyone see what I think was an F15 or F14 over Morecambe bay today ?
It had the diamond shape of the swept back wings and that curious, almost cantilevered look of the cockpit so it certrainly wasn't a Eurofighter or a lightning.
HM-2 said:
Think Poland and Germany retired all their MiG-29's a while back. Other than something french (Mirage/Rafale) not sure what else to guess.
Yes you are right, thought that some other NATO AF's might still have some & a quick Google found that just 2 weeks ago, NATO Mig 21's (I didn't think they were still front line aircraft!) intercepted Russian aircraft "The Russian formation included Tu-22 long-range bombers and fighter escorts. Romanian Air Force MiG-21 aircraft scrambled to intercept the group. Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 fighters were kept ready on stand-by and Turkish Air Force F-16 aircraft took off to fly a pattern ready to respond at any given time. The NATO interceptors returned to their respective base after the Russian military aircraft had left the area."
Also found the current NATO fighter force still includes
"The use of Soviet-era combat assets among European NATO nations continues to dwindle rapidly, now standing at just 111 aircraft: 6% of the active fleet. This total also includes 46 MiG-29's, 32 Su-22's and 29 MiG-21's, in the inventories of Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia."
The MIG 21's scrambling would have been a sight to see, now in there 8th decade of service !!!
Edited by Total loss on Monday 1st March 22:19
Total loss said:
Yes you are right, thought that some other NATO AF's might still have some & a quick Google found that just 2 weeks ago, NATO Mig 21's (I didn't think they were still front line aircraft!) intercepted Russian aircraft
"The Russian formation included Tu-22 long-range bombers and fighter escorts. Romanian Air Force MiG-21 aircraft scrambled to intercept the group. Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 fighters were kept ready on stand-by and Turkish Air Force F-16 aircraft took off to fly a pattern ready to respond at any given time. The NATO interceptors returned to their respective base after the Russian military aircraft had left the area."
Also found the current NATO fighter force still includes
"The use of Soviet-era combat assets among European NATO nations continues to dwindle rapidly, now standing at just 111 aircraft: 6% of the active fleet. This total also includes 46 MiG-29's, 32 Su-22's and 29 MiG-21's, in the inventories of Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia."
The MIG 21's scrambling would have been a sight to see, now in there 8th decade of service !!!
I'm old enough that the phrase 'NATO MIG 21s intercepted Russian aircraft' reads like something out of a parallel universe."The Russian formation included Tu-22 long-range bombers and fighter escorts. Romanian Air Force MiG-21 aircraft scrambled to intercept the group. Bulgarian Air Force MiG-29 fighters were kept ready on stand-by and Turkish Air Force F-16 aircraft took off to fly a pattern ready to respond at any given time. The NATO interceptors returned to their respective base after the Russian military aircraft had left the area."
Also found the current NATO fighter force still includes
"The use of Soviet-era combat assets among European NATO nations continues to dwindle rapidly, now standing at just 111 aircraft: 6% of the active fleet. This total also includes 46 MiG-29's, 32 Su-22's and 29 MiG-21's, in the inventories of Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia."
The MIG 21's scrambling would have been a sight to see, now in there 8th decade of service !!!
The MIG 21 is still a front line aircraft for the Indian Air Force, as witnessed by the one downed by an F16 AMRAAM across the Pakistan border a couple of years ago. I was in India at the time and it was a rolling news story for the best part of a week until the pilot was repatriated in a very public display.
Dr Jekyll said:
I'm old enough that the phrase 'NATO MIG 21s intercepted Russian aircraft' reads like something out of a parallel universe.
I recall teaching aircraft recognition, and wondering why the juddering f
k we had to teach the "NATO reporting names" of all 'their' aircraft. How hard is it to say "Mig-21", ffs? Why is it any easier to say "Fishbed"?I also recall the regular 'Threat' magazine we used to get issued in units to keep us updated with developments in Soviet Bloc equipment. And how it morphed into 'Thriend' magazine when we were warned off for the 1991 Gulf War. Silhouettes of friendly forces and enemy forces kit were suddenly largely identical, which made life interesting out in the desert.
Gary C said:
towser44 said:
tedmus said:
Not that L-39 that flies out of Blackpool?
That's what I was thinking of yes. On fighter control there were F15E's reported off Blackpool at 2,500 feet a week or so ago. It certainly looked like one.
LotusOmega375D said:
The MIG 21 is still a front line aircraft for the Indian Air Force, as witnessed by the one downed by an F16 AMRAAM across the Pakistan border a couple of years ago. I was in India at the time and it was a rolling news story for the best part of a week until the pilot was repatriated in a very public display.
They aren't alone either! A surprising number of third-world airforces were still operating them as of Dec 2018 according to Wiki.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG...
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