Anatolian Eagle' 19 - Thunder to roar in Turkey !

Source?
@Windjammer

 

bhai aisi harkatain hi kiyon kartay ho

 

Great news not going to ask your sources never but Sir confirm one thing its addition come later on request by other Air forces who wanna see its performances from up close?

 

Hazrat your are our ACM here Interesting theme

 

Our F-16 are currently participating in Anatolian Phoenix where as JF-17 are expected to join in Anatolian Eagle 2019. since PAF F-16 units get chance to participate in various international exercises, the need was felt to let the JF-17s to flex muscles.

 

@airomerix I try to stalk all your posts, they are so informative, it is educational for me. I hope we can get some updates on the performance of the JFT in realistic exercises.

 

I already posted this news many days ago in the other thread you started of Anatolian Phoenix...calm down

 

Thanks, much appreciated. The main problem I see with the JFT from an air dominance perspective, which we can assume to be focused on BVR first and foremost, is the kinematics and aerodynamics.

The JFT was designed as an all rounder, but what we basically need for air dominance are fast bowlers. Viz - high altitude, high speed BVR platforms that can extend the range and effectiveness of the BVRs it carries. With a decent AESA radar and EW in play. And a good load of BVR AAMs. The JFT simply was not made for this game.

 

Problem is, most of these scenarios are played out with a fixed set of range for the missile. While, in reality, your missile's range is a complicated affair. The higher you are and the faster you are flying, the greater the range of the launched missile.

Now, imagine a scenario where an enemy fighter is flying at 50,000 feet and you are at 35,000. The enemy fighter goes for a sprint and reaches mach 2 while you are stuck at Mach 1.6. If we are considering equal BVRs, the enemy fighter will be able to get the first shot(s) and f-pole. You could get into his NEZ (no escape zone) while he simply escapes yours.

Now imagine this in grand scale of many BVRs, and the enemy having medium and heavy fighters, with large loads of BVRs at play.

Suddenly, the JFT doesn't seem that great anymore, and we are reminded of @MastanKhan who kept saying that the JFT should have been 20% more...

 

Thing is for that we already have 76 F16,
However indo pak scenario is such that 100s of Indian Strike aircraft would be escorted by hundreds of Indian fighters , these would be picked by awacs so you already know where the enemy is , you can get in a good comfortable position and launch bvrs ,
The type of aircraft you mentioned is basically for finding the enemies it self at long range and engaging from long range too ,
The thunder being our back bone would also have to hunt the 100s of low flying strike aircraft with CBU105 lest they mince our armoured regiments , for that high alt is a disadvantage and a aircraft which is designed for high alt warfare is very bad for such combat , you can even try this in simulator games like war thunder where regardless of being a jet or prop WW2 plane , the 3 different aircraft , air superiority ( high alt, find enemy and kill ) , interceptor ( high or medium alt strike packages hunter , usually have a clue where the enemy will come from ) and air interdiction ( Hunt CAS and fighters bombers at low alt , as the enemy won't use SOW for every single target like infantry and mobile artillery positions) these planes perform bad if you use them for a different role,
A all rounder balances that escpailly since we have no dedicated air superiority or interceptor craft ( F7PG by modern standards are outraged )