RAF Poseidon - Not too long to wait?
BBC reports the first Poseidon arrives at Kinloss today.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...tland-51356381
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla...tland-51356381
This marks the end of a very sorry period in British Military History - thank God!
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The RAF Nimrod MR force managed perfectly well with no AAR capability up until 1982 when it had to go a little further south. How often does a MR aircraft need to refuel in mid air?
The RAF Nimrod MR force managed perfectly well with no AAR capability up until 1982 when it had to go a little further south. How often does a MR aircraft need to refuel in mid air?
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Dunnno, I must ask my relative who was a TriStar/Voyager AAR pilot.
Just seems bad planning for your own AAR assets unable to service your own fleet. Presumably penny pitching on the RAF Voyager spec?
Dunnno, I must ask my relative who was a TriStar/Voyager AAR pilot.
Just seems bad planning for your own AAR assets unable to service your own fleet. Presumably penny pitching on the RAF Voyager spec?
Hindsight is 20:20 - how many boom equipped aircraft did the RAF have when the Voyager spec was drawn up? ( 6 (+1) E-3s and 4 C17s, one of which was also equipped with a probe and the other envisioned as a airport to airport airlifter.) I believe the boom was in the early draft for FSTA but taken out as a cost saving.
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I think this is a similar deal as happened with the C17, and all sticking to the same spec. Otherwise if they do their own thing and Boing come up with improvements, any AF that has deviated from the fleet spec will have to do all the testing/certification for any mods on their own.
I see the Times article explains how MAD works and has drawn a MAD boom on the back of the aircraft......
Did they out-source the article to their Indian Defence Correspondent?
Did they out-source the article to their Indian Defence Correspondent?
In The Times today. Article, photo & diagram.
RAF’s new Poseidon sub hunter flies in to thwart Russia
RAF’s new Poseidon sub hunter flies in to thwart Russia
On Flight Global.
US Navy plans to arm P-8A with cruise missiles, bombs, sea mines and decoys
Article intro:-
US Navy plans to arm P-8A with cruise missiles, bombs, sea mines and decoys
Article intro:-
The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is soliciting potential contractors to integrate the Boeing P-8A Poseidon with Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles, as well as several other weapons.
NAVAIR is also interested in outfitting the maritime patrol aircraft with 500lb to 2,000lb-class bombs fitted with Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance kits, Mk62/63/65 Quickstrike sea mines, Raytheon’s gliding Small Diameter Bomb, as well as Miniature Air Launched Decoys, according to a notice posted online 28 January.
NAVAIR is also interested in outfitting the maritime patrol aircraft with 500lb to 2,000lb-class bombs fitted with Joint Direct Attack Munition guidance kits, Mk62/63/65 Quickstrike sea mines, Raytheon’s gliding Small Diameter Bomb, as well as Miniature Air Launched Decoys, according to a notice posted online 28 January.
4 C17s, one of which was also equipped with a probe and the other envisioned as a airport to airport airlifter.)
