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(Photo) Su-24 Flanker or MiG-23/MiG-27?
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ry/2008/08/08/ GA2008080802276.html?sid=ST2008080802320 Looks like the Flanker but I could be wrong, I can't quite tell if that is a single or double exhaust. Photo #10. I saw reports of Su-24s in the area before but this is the first photo I've seen from this fighting that looks like one. |
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(Photo) Su-24 Flanker or MiG-23/MiG-27?
On 10 Aug, 17:27, "David E. Powell" wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...08/08/08/GA200... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ry/2008/08/08/ GA2008080802276.html?sid=ST2008080802320 Looks like the Flanker but I could be wrong, I can't quite tell if that is a single or double exhaust. Photo #10. I saw reports of Su-24s in the area before but this is the first photo I've seen from this fighting that looks like one. Fencer not Flanker:-) It seems to have that slightly upturned nose of the Su24 Guy |
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(Photo) Su-24 Flanker or MiG-23/MiG-27?
"David E. Powell" wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...T2008080802320 Looks like the Flanker but I could be wrong, I can't quite tell if that is a single or double exhaust. Photo #10. [...] It looks more like an SU-24 Fencer (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/su-24.htm). Distinguishing marks are the radome, vertical stab, and the external fuel tank mounting. -- George Ruch "Is there life in Clovis after Clovis Man?" |
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(Photo) Su-24 Flanker or MiG-23/MiG-27?
"George Ruch" wrote in message
... "David E. Powell" wrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...T2008080802320 Looks like the Flanker but I could be wrong, I can't quite tell if that is a single or double exhaust. Photo #10. [...] It looks more like an SU-24 Fencer (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/su-24.htm). Distinguishing marks are the radome, vertical stab, and the external fuel tank mounting. Definitely FENCER: single vert stab and variable geometry, no deep ventral strake, the latter ruling out FLOGGER. The thought of regiments of these flying with ARMs kept us air defenders in West Germany awake at night as we updated our estimates and recalculated our ammo expenditure rates. -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) |
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(Photo) Su-24 Flanker or MiG-23/MiG-27?
On 10 Aug, 17:27, "David E. Powell" wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...08/08/08/GA200... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ry/2008/08/08/ GA2008080802276.html?sid=ST2008080802320 Looks like the Flanker but I could be wrong, I can't quite tell if that is a single or double exhaust. Photo #10. I saw reports of Su-24s in the area before but this is the first photo I've seen from this fighting that looks like one. Su-24 Fencer E. It is the dedicated recce variant. TJ |
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(Photo) Su-24 Flanker or MiG-23/MiG-27?
On 10 Aug, 17:27, "David E. Powell" wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...08/08/08/GA200... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ry/2008/08/08/ GA2008080802276.html?sid=ST2008080802320 Looks like the Flanker but I could be wrong, I can't quite tell if that is a single or double exhaust. Photo #10. I saw reports of Su-24s in the area before but this is the first photo I've seen from this fighting that looks like one. Sorry, forgot to add Su-24MR. TJ |
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(Photo) Su-24 Flanker or MiG-23/MiG-27?
On 10 Aug, 17:27, "David E. Powell" wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...08/08/08/GA200... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ry/2008/08/08/ GA2008080802276.html?sid=ST2008080802320 Looks like the Flanker but I could be wrong, I can't quite tell if that is a single or double exhaust. Photo #10. I saw reports of Su-24s in the area before but this is the first photo I've seen from this fighting that looks like one. The Russians retired the MiG-23/27 Flogger during the 1990s. TJ |
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(Photo) Su-24 Flanker or MiG-23/MiG-27?
TJ wrote in news:0f878b65-e29f-4579-8e2c-fcc199819d73@
34g2000hsh.googlegroups.com: On 10 Aug, 17:27, "David E. Powell" wrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...08/08/08/GA200... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ry/2008/08/08/ GA2008080802276.html?sid=ST2008080802320 Looks like the Flanker but I could be wrong, I can't quite tell if that is a single or double exhaust. Photo #10. I saw reports of Su-24s in the area before but this is the first photo I've seen from this fighting that looks like one. Su-24 Fencer E. It is the dedicated recce variant. TJ Thank you both, I've looked several times at that picture and failed to place it. The nose on this one looks a bit longer than on the data in my book--is that a difference in this variant from early ones? |
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(Photo) Su-24 Flanker or MiG-23/MiG-27?
On 10 Aug, 21:53, "Peter A. Stoll"
wrote: TJ wrote in news:0f878b65-e29f-4579-8e2c-fcc199819d73@ 34g2000hsh.googlegroups.com: On 10 Aug, 17:27, "David E. Powell" wrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...08/08/08/GA200... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...ry/2008/08/08/ GA2008080802276.html?sid=ST2008080802320 Looks like the Flanker but I could be wrong, I can't quite tell if that is a single or double exhaust. Photo #10. I saw reports of Su-24s in the area before but this is the first photo I've seen from this fighting that looks like one. Su-24 Fencer E. It is the dedicated recce variant. TJ Thank you both, I've looked several times at that picture and failed to place it. The nose on this one looks a bit longer than on the data in my book--is that a difference in this variant from early ones? Apologies. I've just had another look at it by blowing up the image. It isn't an Su-24MR, but a Su-24M Fencer D. This is the strike version. I was thinking that the pod under the wing was the pod carried by the Su-24MR. The 'pod' on the wing pylon is a munition. The Su-24MR Fencer E has a shortened nose. TJ |
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(Photo) Su-24 Flanker or MiG-23/MiG-27?
On Aug 10, 1:56*pm, "Andrew Chaplin"
wrote: "George Ruch" wrote in message ... "David E. Powell" wrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...08/08/08/GA200.... Looks like the Flanker but I could be wrong, I can't quite tell if that is a single or double exhaust. Photo #10. [...] It looks more like an SU-24 Fencer (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/su-24.htm). Distinguishing marks are the radome, vertical stab, and the external fuel tank mounting. Definitely FENCER: single vert stab and variable geometry, no deep ventral strake, the latter ruling out FLOGGER. The thought of regiments of these flying with ARMs kept us air defenders in West Germany awake at night as we updated our estimates and recalculated our ammo expenditure rates. -- Andrew Chaplin SIT MIHI GLADIUS SICUT SANCTO MARTINO (If you're going to e-mail me, you'll have to get "yourfinger." out.) Thank you guys. I'm sorry, I got so caught in the moment I confused my NATO designations :*( * = Blush Recon Fencer then? For stuff like the long strikes into certain areas I could see them being used. Has a lot of attack missions it can be configured for, everything from naval attack to Maverick-type missiles to laser guided I am guessing. Wonder if the Russians have some sort of JDAM type unit tied into their GLONASS system or even GPS? |
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