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Pics of the Indradhanush: Su-30Mk2 FAV:

First image of boeing 787 Abl-1. 747 with laser canon

PC brigade ban pin-ups on RAF jets - in case they offend women and Muslims In killer heels and little else, they have a definite deadly charm. But the risque images of women that have decorated warplanes since the First World War have been scrubbed out. The Ministry of Defence has decreed they could offend the RAF's female personnel. Officials admitted they had no record of any complaints from the 5,400 women in the RAF. But commanders are erring firmly on the side of caution and "nose art", as it is known, has been consigned to the history books. Harrier jump jet bombers currently launching daily airstrikes against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan have been scrubbed clean to comply with the orders. Critics said the MoD should be focusing on more important issues - such as the quality and quantity of equipment available to British forces sent off to war. Nose art first appeared on warplanes during the First World War and enjoyed a golden age during the Second World War when thousands of American fighters and bombers were decorated with pictures of glamorous women. Military commanders tolerated the practice as a morale booster. Famous examples include the Memphis Belle, a U.S. Army Air Force B-17 bomber that was the subject of a 1990 Hollywood movie. Many RAF units picked up the practice from the Americans. During the Second World War it was common to see images of movie stars including Rita Hayworth and Jane Russell on British bombers heading for Germany. Nose art enjoyed another surge in popularity during the 1991 and 2003 Gulf Wars, when risque images appeared on many British warplanes. The decision to ban the images followed a visit by glamour models to southern Afghanistan before Christmas. During the trip they signed paintings of themselves on RAF aircraft. Commanders decided the images were sexist and insisted there was no place for them in the modern armed forces. There was also concern that they could cause offence in a muslim country where until 2001 all women were forced to wear the head-to-toe burkha in public. Glamour model Lucy Pinder, 23, who visited the RAF detachment at Kandahar last November and signed a painting of herself on a Harrier jet, said such images were only "harmless fun". "It's very flattering and it's nice that they get to do something that takes their minds off things for a while," she said from her home in Winchester, Hampshire. Conservative MP Phillip Davies said: "Has the MoD really got nothing better to worry about at a time when there are serious concerns over equipment and resources available to our forces in Iraq and Afghanistan?" An RAF spokesman defended the decision to remove images which he said "cut across" the service's culture of equal opportunities. "If you have women flying aircraft and working on them as engineers then these kinds of pictures are inappropriate," he said. "That's why it's crossed the line and that's why they have been removed."

RKUTSK (RUSSIA), May 25 (Bernama) -- The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) will train 72 of its officers as pilots and weapons system officers (WSOs) to handle its squadron of multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA), the Sukhoi SU-30MKM. Team leader of the RMAF Sukhoi SU-30MKM project Colonel Syed Salim Syed Abu Bakar said they would be trained at the Gong Kedak airbase in Kelantan. "When the first delivery of two SU-30MKM aircraft arrives in Malaysia next month, we will train four pilots and two WSOs to handle them. "After completing the training, they will be tasked with teaching other pilots and WSOs to handle all the 18 SU-30MKM bought by the RMAF," he told Malaysian journalists here. Syed Salim, who has been stationed in Moscow since three years ago to handle the acquisition of the aircraft by the RMAF, said this when met after the handing over of the first two SU-30MKMs to Malaysia at the Irkut Corporation factory here Thursday. The two SU-30MKM jets are the first of 18 ordered by the RMAF in May 2003 at a cost of RM3.42 billion (USD900 million). Syed Salim said there was a possibility that some of the RMAF pilots and WSOs for the SU-30MKM would be sent to India for training. India had agreed in principle to provide MRCA training for RMAF officers, he added. The Indian Air Force also uses the SU-30MKI manufactured by Irkut Corporation. Syed Salim said the SU-30MKM bought by Malaysia were different as they had been integrated with the systems from several countries to coordinate their use with other RMAF aircraft. He said the RMAF SU-30MKM team had been able to integrate the system according to schedule and he hoped that this would ensure delivery of all the 18 aircraft to Malaysia by middle of next year. He said most of the avionics systems used in the RMAF aircraft were from France and that the SU-30MKM's laser and missile warning systems were from South Africa while the cryptography system from the United Kingdom. SU-30MKM pics:

Pantsir S1 was developed by KBP, as an upgrade of the Tungushka, offering extended engagement capability such as the use of both gun and missile on the move (Tungushka can use only gun), on the tracked system. The system also offers faster reaction time of 4 – 6 seconds (compared to 8 seconds for the Tungushka and 5 – 7 for Pantsir S1O). Like its predecessor, Pantsir S1 can also engage two separate targets simultaneously. The Pantsir is offered in a tracked, wheeled versions, installed on APCs such as BTR-80and trucks, such as the 8x8 Ural 5323 truck. The truck mounted version is loaded with 700 cartridges per barrel and twelve 57E6-E missiles (also known as 9M335 or the 9M311). The missile offers high kill probability (0.7 – 0.95) in an expanded envelope with extended range of 1.2 km to 20km, (1.5 – 18 km in Pantsir S1O version) and altitude of 5 m' to 10 km. The guns are designed for operation at a range of 200 m' to 4 km and altitude of 0 to 3,000m'. These missiles use a longer tandem boost motor to reach an altitude of 12,000 m'. The range of the radar was also extended to 30km, with simultaneously tracking of up to 20 targets, and engaging two separated targets at the same time. The launch customer of the Pantsir S1 was the UAE. The Pantsir S1 uses a multi-band radar with effective ECCM and high immunity to jamming. passive, low band IR target acquisition system, utilize signal processing and automatic target tracking. Pantsir S10 uses only one sensor – probably the passive IR system. The SA-19 missile uses SACLOS guidance, effective to a range of min 2,500 – 8,000 m,. 1RL-144M fire control system uses an E-Band search radar with a detection range of 18km and J band tracking radar. India has procured the system.

Pics Ka-52 Su-47 Su-27

Eurofighter Typhoon with Meteor First pakistani JF-17:

Pic of A-400 parts and Beluga transport aircarft.

You are right, those are gripen, a little small compared with Su-30MKI

Su-30MKV Cockpit More photos

I don't know the exact place, but is in India. The air show is for see the future MRCA (Multi-Role Combat Aircrat) for India, it buy 126 unit; winner Mig-35 with 90% possibilities. Su-30MKI with LCA? Mig-35 ELT/568(v)2 for Mig-35. See label and red circle in design.

Mig-35 girl: MRCA India photo:

More Mig-35 photo.

India moves ahead with MiG-29KUB for the Navy NEW DELHI: India will start receiving the first carrier-based MiG-29K multi-role fighters from Russia in 2007, a year ahead of schedule. The first batch of few MiG-29KUB would be delivered towards the middle of 2007, in time for Indian Navy to train the first batch of its pilots, a top official of Russian Aircraft building Corporation (RSK), the manufacturers of the MiG range of fighters, said. He said that RSK would deliver Navy's entire order of 16 MiG-29K by 2009. The Russian team is here to finalise the training schedule for the Indian Naval pilots. While the first batch of naval pilots would be trained in Russia, India is subsequently planning to operate the MiG-29K for training purposes from its shore-based Dabolim airbase in Goa. Under a Rs 3,256 crore (740 million dollar) deal, signed in January, 2004, Navy is to acquire 12 MiG-29k Single seater combat aircraft and four two-seater MiG-29KUB operational trainers. The deal also includes airborne armaments, maintenance, personnel training, plus the supply of simulators, spare parts and servicing. The naval version of the MiG-29 is yet to enter service and India would be the launch customer for the multi-role aircraft, which can operate from ski-jump platform. Russian officials said that the fighters would be fully operational by April, 2008, when the Carrier Gorshkov is scheduled to be delivered. ELTA presents RTP ( Radar Targeting Pod) The EL/M 20600 RTP is a unique Radar Targeting Pod integrating High Performance Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging, Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI) and Precision Target Tracking.The RTP is a complete All-Weather, Autonomous Real Time System. It provides high quality radar images of ground targets and terrain from Stand-Off ranges, even through clouds, rain, fog, battlefield smoke and man-made camouflage. The RTP incorporates ELTA’s multi-year vast experience in the development and manufacturing of a varietyof radars including Airborne Fire Control, SAR, GMTI and Multi-Mission Suites.

The F-18E/F and Typhoon have the control stick in the center still. The Mig-35 continues being a 4++ generation fighter, now include the Zhuk-MAE "first russian radar AESA in development". F-18E/F: Typhoon:

Mig-35 pics.

My version of a VF-1SR.

¿Vityaz o Su-47?

The 2007 bring new helicopter Mi-38: For 2009 Eurocopter and Corporation Industry Aviation Harbin developed the Z-15 / EC-175

The best Su-27 version is without canards and without TVC already they aren't need. Su-30Mk2V with much zoom:

I think that is a focus problem in the camera. More Su-30MK2V:

The new Hind version has twin 23mm canon in move torret. This version also has 80mm rockets, ATM Ataka V and anti humidity motor for tropical climate of Venezuela.

More Su-30MK2V

An image of new Venezuela's Mi-35: