MiG-29N Fulcrum

last SG · 2006-09-12T10:38:22+00:00

ADJ's a malaysian publication ... it has a subtle and sometimes very amusing bias ...

Shotgun SG

Whats the latest then?

duotiga83 SG

MiG-29OVT aka MiG-35 Mr. Green

ferryman2393 SG

Nope. Mig 29 Mothball.

papabear20046 SG

U can say that again.... Laughing

insouciant SG

Well, better than the Indonesia Air Force.. Buy fighters (Sukhois ), but no weopons. Duh!

spartan6 SG

E RMAF has only 15 MIG-29 left due 2 crashes

fudgester SG

They should have ordered LARGE numbers of FEW types of aircraft, not SMALL numbers of MANY types of aircraft that they did. They got their priorities mixed up.

Hawks, Fulcrums, F-5s, Sukhois, Superbugs.... I honestly don't envy their logistics side at all.

Shotgun SG

RMAF doesn't operate Superbugs at all. =D

But yes, they have the hornets.

Black Aces SG

Think after the Flankers are inducted into service, the RMAF aircraft type will be just: (i) Hawks, (ii) Hornets (will be replaced by the Rhino if RMAF decide to procured these), the (iii) Flankers &...(iv) ? Fulcrums (provided they have the pilot numbers).

ferryman2393 SG

the fulcrum was a thumb in the nose to uncle sam for not providing the claws for the hornets. RMAF's hornets are only good for strike purposes rather than air superiority and interception.

so, that's where the fulcrum came in. for interception duty and air superiority. those fulcrums cannot perform strike functions.

not so with the f16s where you could have various models each have different duties.

logistic wise, having different blocks of f16s are better than having different types of aircraft. but rmaf was not in the position to dictate things. see what happened to TNI-AU?

seancannot SG

F18 ..strike role??? I thot Dr M said the hornet do not have the source code to carry out bombing mission of SG ....

We gave away our F16A to thais and scrap our skyhawk after extensive upgrading is this also a case of poor planning ...

duotiga83 SG

they used it as anti-shipping role mainly.....

spartan6 SG

It is rumour tat RMAF has a small number of F-16A/B Neutral

glock SG

Upgrading of RSAF Skyhawk was done is two stages over quite a period of time. First was engine upgrade and second was avionics upgrade. The Skyhawks were with us for quite a while - the life cycle cost must have been pretty low - good value for money. This is quite an achievement considering we received " bare bones " A4s in the beginning & we had about 70 operational aircraft at its peak.They probably have been more than good in their role as "mud movers " - CAS.

Scrapping them was the right move as they are well past their prime and have served their purpose. The " mud movers" job now belongs to the RSAF 's Apache AH64 Ds and perhaps F16s.

I reckon the transitions were well thought out and planned which is difficult to replicate even in some first world air forces - look at the RAF and RAAF.

duotiga83 SG

not true ah.....

ferryman2393 SG

F18 ..strike role??? I thot Dr M said the hornet do not have the source code to carry out bombing mission of SG ....

the hornets main task is anti ship strike. it cannot handle AMRAAM in its present configuration. it can also perform ground attack / close support when required as shown during the one of the exercise with TNI when the Hawks were canned due to the crash off Kuantan.

however, a few months back it was reported that Boeing got the clearance to supply AMRAAM to a few countries including Malaysia. not sure whether this was part of the carrot for a possible FA/18F deal.
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ferryman2393 SG

F18 ..strike role??? I thot Dr M said the hornet do not have the source code to carry out bombing mission of SG ....

the hornets main task is anti ship strike. it cannot handle AMRAAM in its present configuration. it can also perform ground attack / close support when required as shown during one of the exercise with TNI when the Hawks were canned due to the crash off Kuantan.

however, a few months back it was reported that Boeing got the clearance to supply AMRAAM to a few countries including Malaysia. not sure whether this was part of the carrot for a possible FA/18F deal.

Black Aces SG

It's true. The RMAF has the Vipers.

But the MOST IMPORTANT difference of the RMAF Vipers is that KL didn't bought them from LM but from Tamiya (but also rumored from Hasegawa).

Fatum SG

woah ! .... Shocked

must have been a huge barter deal .....

wonder how many tons of palm oil that took ...... Confused

or maybe the japanese wanted rice ? ... Mr. Green

duotiga83 SG

you can self fix also can Laughing

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