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2011-06-29 Arabia

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Posted by tipper 2011-06-29 11:12|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 I think we all know the relative capability of the Iranian Air Force. What's out there on the UAE and Qatar forces?

Posted by Steve White 2011-06-29 11:24|| 2011-06-29 11:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Interesting speculation. Nothing like a bit of live-fire training. What's important is being able to sustain a high operational tempo without running out of bombs, spares, fuel, and crew rest. Takes organization only expensive manuvers can provide.
So, do we have a high operational tempo for the folks in question? Do we have somebody else providing the logistics? How many pilots and front-line maintainers and loggy guys are under some kind of operational pressure?
Still, even having a few guys shot over, as the Brits used to say, is a benefit.
Against Iran? Not by themselves. As a minor part of a bigger op, they might be able to claim some credit, and justifiably so.

Posted by Richard Aubrey 2011-06-29 16:09|| 2011-06-29 16:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Qatar plays is part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (the other five members are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, the UAE and Oman).

Aircraft:

12 Aerospatiale SA342L Gazelle
- AgustaWestland AW139 18 on order
2 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III
3 Dassault Mirage 2000-5DDA
9 Dassault Mirage 2000-5EDA
6 Dassault-Breguet Dornier Alpha
- Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules 4 on order
2 Westland Commando Mk.2
7 Westland Commando Mk.3

Note that the USAF also has a facilities-use agreement with Qatar.

From the State Department: "The [UAE] Air Force has advanced U.S. F-16 BLOCK 60 multi-role fighter aircraft. Other equipment includes French Mirage 2000-9 fighters, British Hawk trainer aircraft, 36 transport aircraft and U.S. Apache and Black Hawk helicopters."

They've also picked up or are picking up C-17 transports.

Posted by Pappy 2011-06-29 16:26|| 2011-06-29 16:26|| Front Page Top

#4 Are Polish maneuvers a dress rehearsal of sorts for a future attack against Germany? - Berliner Zeitung, 1938

Posted by Eohippus Phater7165 2011-06-29 17:56|| 2011-06-29 17:56|| Front Page Top

#5 We're talking Arabs here, not Poles.

Posted by Pappy 2011-06-29 21:53|| 2011-06-29 21:53|| Front Page Top

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