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Shahed-278 (Marineversion oben)

Irgendwie sieht das Teil nach 80er Jahre US Actionfilm/Actionserie aus.

Fiel mir auch sofort ein. Nur weil man an ein geklautes erworbenes AH-1 Gestell ein paar eckige Platten klebt, hat man noch keinen modernen Kampfhubschrauber.

Der Shahed 285 basiert auf dem Shahed 278. Zu diesem schreibt Janes in der Tat, dass er auf dem Bell 206 basiert.

Bin verwirrt, was ist denn nun der 278 und was der 285? Denn die Bilder zeigen nach arabischen und westlichen Zahlen ja den 285.

Airventure.de - Mangusta

11 Minuten...danke!

Viet Nam

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South Carolina's C Co, 1/151 AVN were deployed to Kosovo under operational control of 1/104 AVN of the PARNG (as were National Guard aviation units from Alabama and Nebraska) during KFOR 5A operations from July 2003 to February 2004. HHC, A, B, and D Companies of the 1/151 AVN were deployed as Task Force 1-151 Aviation during Operation Iraqi Freedom III from October 2004-October 2005, where they gained fame flying their AH-64A Apaches in an experimental two-tone grey scheme in support of the 1st Stryker Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Light), and then supported operations of the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) in Al-Anbar Province. Task Force 1-151 was augmented with National Guard personnel from Tennessee, Missouri, and Maryland and the Individual Ready Reserve of the Army.

sorry, aber das stört mich langsam..

das Land heisst auf Deutsch Vietnam
auf Englisch Vietnam
und auf Vietnamesisch Việt Nam

also entweder korrekt auf Vietnamesisch, oder aber in der gebräuchlichen Form ohne Trennung...
(und nein, das ist kein Admin-Einspruch, sondern gänzlich etwas was mich als normaler leser stört)

HHC, A, B, and D Companies of the 1/151 AVN were deployed as Task Force 1-151 Aviation during Operation Iraqi Freedom III from October 2004-October 2005, where they gained fame flying their AH-64A Apaches in an experimental two-tone grey scheme in support of the 1st Stryker Brigade, 25th Infantry Division (Light), and then supported operations of the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) in Al-Anbar Province. Task Force 1-151 was augmented with National Guard personnel from Tennessee, Missouri, and Maryland and the Individual Ready Reserve of the Army.

Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolin..._National_Guard

Two C-123K aircraft modified in September 1965 under Project Black Spot.^[8] The Black Spot aircraft were to fit under the "self-contained night attack capability" that was Operation Shed Light's primary focus and E-Systems of Greenville, Texas was contracted to complete the modifications. These aircraft featured a variety of new sensors including Low Light Level TV (LLLTV), Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR), and a laser rangefinder.^[9] The aircraft looked radically different visibly from its transport brethren, as the new equipment required lengthening the nose by over 50 inches.^[10] The aircraft also featured an armament system designed to carry BLU-3/B (using the ADU-253/B adapter) or BLU-26/B (using the ADU-272/B adapter) bomblets, or CBU-68/Bs cluster bombs.^[11][12]

The two aircraft, AF Serial Numbers 54-0691 and 54-0698, were first designated NC-123K in 1968 and then redesignated AC-123K in 1969.^[13] These NC/AC-123Ks were first deployed operationally at Osan AB, South Korea between August and October 1968, and flying in support of operations against North Korean infiltrators approaching by boat. The operations in Korea met with a certain level of success and as a result the NC/AC-123Ks were transferred to South Vietnam in November 1968. The aircraft operated there until January 1969, when they were redeployed to Ubon RTAB, Thailand. The two aircraft were then returned to the United States to Hurlburt Field, Florida in May 1969, where a second round of training occurred. Four crews attended a ground school in Greenville, Texas and returned to Hurlburt where they flew the aircraft for the first time.

The fate of the aircraft is still unclear. Sources have missions terminating in early July 1970 and the aircraft flying to the MASDC Yard "boneyard" at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ where they were returned to C-123K standard, then returned to South Vietnam still wearing their camouflage and black undersides for transport duty.^[10] However, the official history states that combat operations ceased on 11 May 1969, with no mention of the second deployment.^[8] While the second deployment is mentioned in associated documentation, the only dates are of the arrival in Thailand and there is no information as to when they departed or where their destination was.^[14]

Ist dort vor 2-3 Wochen Notgelandet und hatte auf ein Ersatzteil gewartet.

A Grumman F-14A Tomcat (BuNo 160391) of fighter squadron VF-84 Jolly Rogers, Carrier Air Wing Eight (CVW-8). VF-84 flew the F-14A from 1976 until the squadron was disestablished on 01 Oct 1995. From December 1977 to July 1987 VF-84 was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68). The paint scheme displayed by the F-14A was typical of the 1970s. VF-84 also became famous when its Tomcats appeared in the movie The Final Countdown (released 1980). It had been filmed on the Nimitz with CVW-8 during the first half of 1979 in the Caribbean.

Nil Mi-26, heute in Eggenfelden fotografiert. Wurde grad von nem Probelauf zurück zum Standplatz geschleppt.
Ist dort vor 2-3 Wochen Notgelandet und hatte auf ein Ersatzteil gewartet.