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@foolsball But how often are the Il-76s still seen flying around, for example at different airports? We can consider their time as over by the end of 2026?

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@RupprechtDeino

[Alex Luck @AlexLuck9]

Chinese state media does elephant walks now. And they are all Y-20B with WS-20 engines.

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Oder, wie immer, massives Tagträumen! Am Ende steht man ohne Flugzeug da oder es verzögert sich halt um ein paar Jahre, wieder einmal... 😶

[Björn Müller @Bjoern__M]

#Rafale #Export #Indien - die gewünschten Konditionen.

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Just start to order well in time nd not at the very last second!

[Javaria Rana @javariaranaa]

Tejas Mk1A stalls again. The sixth GE F404 engine delivered in May has failed acceptance parameters, leaving HAL with just five serviceable engines. Rectification sought from GE; radar integration progress due by September.

https://t.co/lWUcg2Mvy1

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@foolsball Hopefully, you will be right. But as mentioned, we will face a heavy wave of nonsense post, making it harder to get our fact-based stuff to be seen.

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@foolsball Let's hpe, you will be right! No matter, there will be some tough times ahead.

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@foolsball @AlexLuck9 Yes, it is actually two training carriers and one active one. To really operate in two theatres, it will need about six fully operation ones. Still a long way to go...

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@foolsball Used by Army Aviation only or not at all since 2024?

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This incident has been reported in great detail many times before. Very early, it has been published here: https://t.co/vXaw1LxP58

[alex @africaken1]

on August 7, 1988. An Angolan Air Force MiG-23 fired two R-60 (AA-8 Aphid) missiles at the British Aerospace BAe-125 carrying Botswana President Quett Masire, crippling the aircraft before the pilot managed a successful emergency landing in a bush airstrip at Cuito Bie,angola

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Yes, China has way more to offer, but
a, will China export to Iran and the later being able to pay for it?
b, will Iran accept Chinese transport aircraft like Y-20BE?

[Aᴍɪʀ @AmirIGM]

As we've already said Iran will need to rebuild the air force significantly, even more than before with these losses. Personally think China and its massive production capacity has more to offer than Russia.

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@RupprechtDeino mentions the lack of any new Western tactical aircraft in a nice chart at his Y-20 Kunpeng eBook (https://t.co/V0M71NdnzR).

[Alex Luck @AlexLuck9]

Usual tired reminder that production "restarts" are not a thing, in defence or elsewhere. There is no line where you just flick bunch of switches back on.

You are building a new line, for what is essentially a new product.

With the corresponding cost.

https://t.co/W3ye4iSzJy

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@HawkJay40215 Of course not. It is basically irrelevant.

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Yes, a valid comment! A production line being closed for 10+ years means, it is a whole new project!
And as a gentle reminder, right now the West does not offer any transport aircraft in this class! Only the smaller C-130J and KC-390 are in production.

[Alex Luck @AlexLuck9]

Usual tired reminder that production "restarts" are not a thing, in defence or elsewhere. There is no line where you just flick bunch of switches back on.

You are building a new line, for what is essentially a new product.

With the corresponding cost.

https://t.co/W3ye4iSzJy

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@AlexLuck9 OK, I always tend to 'forget' the A.400M! 😜

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@Infiltrator1100 @GarethJennings3 And a serious lack of political will! Now it is in many ways too late! Just money and no plans are still not enough.

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@GarethJennings3 OK. But how sad as the EF EK is ages too late and why buying again US? Because, everybody in Europe has been way too slow, again!

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Ich würde sagen, lang erwartet und typisch Europa! Bravo!

[Christian Mölling @Ce_Moll]

FCAS- Aus

vor der ILA -

sichert Gesprächsstoff über den Bereich der Flugzeugbauer hinaus

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Leaving out Sweden...

[Difndkxohwb @Fifongirmfo]

@HarpiaP Indeed. Ideally we’d have an Airbus for fighter aircraft. Could just be Airbus. But France is the huge stumbling block. Germany and Spain should join GCAP - no matter the deal they get in terms of industrial policy and workshare.

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The point is will there be a real European one? As long as most EU countrie buy American (F-35), the market is simply too small to make it economic.

[Difndkxohwb @Fifongirmfo]

@HarpiaP Germany is out of the fighter-aircraft-building game. If it was ever really in it. That’s ok tbh. We can always just buy a few hundred GCAP fighters off the rack. As long as there’s one non-American, non-Chinese product on offer we can live with that.