I’m really not sure. I saw it on flightglobal months ago under the article about the AC-130 that was written off because it attained an accidental inverted attitude. Not sure if this is a picture of that event or just a picture somebody spun around. Google AC-130 inverted and you’ll find the same pic spun around. But,…

I gotcha. Just wanted to post that picture :)

“A10 > any gunship.”

“I don’t think that losses would always make a nation steadfast and resolute to endure and win, it might lead to exactly the opposite results.”

What’s your point?

I hear you. I just can’t ever condone the losses of people that have absolutely nothing to do with the big picture. Of people that are simply trying to do what is right in their opinion. I mean hell, they still conscript large swaths of their military. Americans enlist or are commissioned with a very good idea of what…

Not really. If for whatever reason they needed to drop down it would only be momentarily until weapons release, then they’d get back to altitude. They’ve been aware of the potential for MANPADs since day one, and as a result, they aren’t risking the aircraft or crew anymore than absolutely necessary. Accuracy doesn’t…

Eh don’t buy that crap about that system. It’s literally a CCRP bombing mode that has been around for decades in almost every modern strike fighter. The CEP isn’t any better than its counterparts being used by other countries.

Eh i suppose. Doesn’t seem like an issue as they’d both be paying a lot of attention to the instruments anyways. Especially at night. Nobody has ever voiced that as concern in the myriad of rotary wing aicraft with side-by-side seating. Tell your copilot to look out the window if you need to. More likely they’d have…

Might as well swing for the fences and post that meme with Fred Thompson while you're at it...

Don’t care about the aircraft but I don’t want to see any more pilots killed in cold blood. They’re just like our pilots. Young, dumb and full of cum. They’re proud, patriotic, and undoubtedly are little more than pawns for Putin. Id assume most of the Russian military believes what the Kremlin tells them.

Really?

Hahah. Best comment I’ve seen in awhile!

Hmm, when I go to reply it says Im responding to Tyler, not Col. Thomas?

I think it’s clear by now that the Russians consider “something” to be anything and everything that their bombs land on.

Bare minimum, we’ll see how good their defensive suite is. Definitely worth paying attention to.

We’ll see but I doubt they’ll be used for CAS. Odds are they just use them for security near their installations. Maybe a little CAS if it’s close and in an area that isn’t too hot.

The Havoc has already been in Syria for months.

Kamov has always maintained that having the crew side by side is more efficient and makes all their tasks easier. I’m inclined to agree.

I’d bet that these helicopters won’t be all that exposed. Feels as though they’ll be using them just for security near essential Russian bases and airfields.