orestespf escreveu:soultrain escreveu:Só agora estive a ler o artigo, é natural já que a LM foi contratada em 2006 para integrar os lançadores, aqui vai uma parte:
Weapon capability (quer dizer capacidade, não que a FACH opere, um pouco diferente da sua versão Degan) includes AIM-120C AMRAAM, Python 4, AIM-9L/M, GBU-10 and GBU-12 laser guided bombs, AGM-84 Harpoon, GBU-31 joint direct attack munitions, and AGM-65 Maverick. Advanced systems include the APG-68(v)9 radar, fully integrated datalink, advanced friend/foe interrogator, joint helmet-mounted cueing system, onboard oxygen generating system, and electrical and cooling systems designed to accommodate additional systems. The aircraft are equipped with a drag chute as well.
"Some weapons and systems are still arriving at the base," Moraga continues. "Only half of our pilots have more than 200 hours in the F-16, but we are gaining experience quickly. Our primary mission is to get up to speed as a squadron. We haven't dropped live bombs in Chile, for example, but we should start doing that from this base later this year."
"Our goal is to reach an operational level as soon as we can," adds Mann. "We have some advanced systems in our F-16s. We have to be able to use them operationally, not just carry them around. The targeting pod is a good example. We start flying with the pods this month [July 2007]. We have been flying with them in our simulators already. Our friends in Squadron 8 at Antofagasta were trained with the targeting pod in their MLU jets. So we exchange a lot of information with them.
"We are already flying with the joint helmet-mounted cueing system," Mann continues. "The helmet is integrated with several systems in the aircraft. We can slave the radar with the helmet, and it works with the targeting pod as well. We use the normal helmet for some specific F-16 missions, but we usually f ly with the JHMCS. Every pilot has both helmets. We conduct a wide set of missions from this base: offensive counter air, defensive counter air, strategic missions, and close air support. So we have to train in all of those areas. The wide-ranging capabilities of the F-16 are well suited to these needs."
Olá Soultrain,
talvez o Degan quis dizer que os F-16 não são "capados", ou seja, que os mesmos estão aptos para operar os AIM-120, sugerindo que seria um caminho natural obtê-los (se já não os têm).
Abraços,
Orestes
Os processos no BRASIL, acabam culminando em PRÓ a força aérea chilena ter obtido/obtendo (parece que já mesmo) os AIM-120.
Depois do caldo que tomei com o acordo com os FRANÇUA, eu to pé atraz com os passarinhos, MAS se o amigo continua botando fé nos seus canários, tudo indica que o DEGAN em BREVE vai ter que escutar MUITOS PEDIDOS DE DESCULPAS POR AQUI, bem, estamos cheios de user´s PREPOTENTES que não conseguiriam pronúnciar a frase: ""ME DESCULPE, EU ESTAVA TOTALMENTE ERRADO""", mas vamos aguardar.