Egyptian Armed Forces

[joker88]

Egypt is used to get weapons, but deal 35 is realistic
f15 is just a statement swearing an oath to the sheikhs and no one talks about it after that

 

[Ghostkiller]

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When? Which channel? Seems like an old picture @Gomig-21 right?

 

[joker88]

When? Which channel? Seems like an old picture @Gomig-21 right?

The photo was shown on the official Egyptian TV, Channel One, from 2017.

 

[Hydration]

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woahh thats just epic

 

[Gomig-21]

the hell is this tom guy mumbling about?Su-30??????????

Yeah I have no idea where he got that info from.

and how did u make it as of a 2nd hand avionics?

Look carefully, especially to the right side where there's that rounded bottom of that canopy hinge and it's all black and looks used. Plus the coloration looks dilapidated and old seems like a used cockpit. Remember the Algerian MiG-29 SMTs?

Should look a little closer to this.

iam starting to doubt the su35 deal.

Yeah, the more that Rafale SPECTRA story keeps surfacing, the more the nails get driven into the coffin. Although I've been convinced since the minute I heard General McKenzie make that statement.

When? Which channel? Seems like an old picture @Gomig-21 right?

Yes that's pretty much the same one that @The SC had mentioned, I think. It was way back in early 2017. He was 100% right and we all doubted him and I bet him pizza and I lost! lol

The problem is the reference to the Su-30. Now that I don't think even SC recalls ever hearing. So not sure where Tom Cooper gets that info from, especially to claim that it was originally sought after rather than the MiG-29M/M2/35 and they had to settle for the latter. That's just plain silly.

Did anyone else hear of them interested in the Su-30 before the MiG-29/35?

@Buschlaid , stumbled on this pic and thought of you. This is in Luxor and has both elements you like, the T-55 I think (don't think it's a T-62 but not sure) and notice that horrible egg splatter camo uniform they were wearing? That was in the 90's that you were interested in.

Kol sana wentum tayebeen ya katakeet!

 

[Ghostkiller]

@Gomig-21 @The SC do you think with the cooperation of UAE and funding the SU-75 will bear fruits or no? Or it will be like the SU-57?

Anyone have news about the project?

 

[Buschlaid]

@Buschlaid , stumbled on this pic and thought of you. This is in Luxor and has both elements you like, the T-55 I think (don't think it's a T-62 but not sure) and notice that horrible egg splatter camo uniform they were wearing? That was in the 90's that you were interested in.

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It is T-62E Model 1960, it has 115mm gun with bore evacuator closer to middle of the barrel rather than end of the barrel like on T-55 with it's 100mm gun. It's E as "Egyptian" model because it has smoke launchers, numerous boxes and some other changes. Anyway, this picture is from Luxor, but from 2011, I think January or February. Milinme Blog has a more photos of this one. The egg splatter camo uniform was a common sight back in 2011/12 in some of the units, mainly those equipped with T-55E MkII, T-54E and T-62E tanks.

 

[The SC]

It will.. because Russia needs it too..

 

[Ghostkiller]

It will.. because Russia needs it too..

You are talking to whom?

 

[Gomig-21]

@Gomig-21 @The SC do you think with the cooperation of UAE and funding the SU-75 will bear fruits or no? Or it will be like the SU-57?

Anyone have news about the project?

That's a very interesting question because according to a Russian source that I read last month (pls don't ask me to find it lol as it is really hard to locate because it is in Russian and I forget how I came across it lool) , the Checkmate's maiden flight is scheduled for sometime in 2023 and its serial production is scheduled to begin in 2025.

That means its first test flight is possibly next year and production 2 years after that which doesn't tell us much about the funding process, or how the Ukraine war will affect things and if it creates any tension with the UAE, which also has to be weary of the US and CAATSA. So many factors involved that it's impossible to tell unless we get some official announcement.

What do you think?

 

[Ghostkiller]

That's a very interesting question because according to a Russian source that I read last month (pls don't ask me to find it lol as it is really hard to locate because it is in Russian and I forget how I came across it lool) , the Checkmate's maiden flight is scheduled for sometime in 2023 and its serial production is scheduled to begin in 2025.

That means its first test flight is possibly next year and production 2 years after that which doesn't tell us much about the funding process, or how the Ukraine war will affect things and if it creates any tension with the UAE, which also has to be weary of the US and CAATSA. So many factors involved that it's impossible to tell unless we get some official announcement.

What do you think?

As we can see, KSA UAE are relying less on USA because the restrictions, the critics, putting their noses in their internal affairs, Iran nuclear deal etc... So I think that UAE will still help Russia despite CAATSA because UAE is a major ally for USA (oil Abraham Accords etc...). UAE was talking Russia about 5th generation aircraft since 2017

Russia's Rostec to co-develop 5th-gen fighter with UAE

Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Russia defense heavyweight Rostec, spoke to Defense News about the deal, as well as hopes to expand cooperation with the United States under the Trump administration.

www.defensenews.com

U.A.E. to Build Russian Warplane as Mideast Tensions Rise

The United Arab Emirates signed an outline agreement to buy Sukhoi Su-35 warplanes and will work with Russia to develop a next-generation fighter that could enter service in seven or eight years, according to Moscow-based industrial conglomerate Rostec Corp.

www.bloomberg.com

Next-generation fighter jet deal signed by Russia and UAE

Despite low oil prices, Arab Gulf states are ramping up military spending due to growing Iranian influence in the region

www.middleeasteye.net

Coincidently a new 5th generation project saw the light and showed that it will be mass produced in 2025.

 

[Ghostkiller]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1521152882418102272

Turkey to normalize Egypt ties after ‘progress’ with Saudi Arabia, UAE: Cavusoglu

Turkey is working to normalize relations with Egypt after “progress” has been made with Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu

english.alarabiya.net

@Gomig-21 I am sure you will like this news

 

[joker88]

Egypt boosts navy amid Turkish threats in the region

Differences and conflicts between Egypt and Turkey have intensified, while Turkish threats became clear in the Mediterranean, which disturbed Cairo and prompted it to conclude armament deals for the Egyptian navy to face any military dangers from the Turkish side.

www.al-monitor.com

 

[Hydration]

Didnt know they do chemical warfare trainings

 

[Gomig-21]

@Gomig-21 I am sure you will like this news

Shameful begging to renew a horrible so-called friendship. Pathetic.

Nice pic of EAF F-16C Block-52 taking off in Greece. Notice one of the lights is out.

AAR qualifications from Bright Star 21.

Carrying AGM-65 Mavericks.

F-16C & D block 40 escorting US B-1B Lancer off to the Mediterranean Sea.

Blue Flag India October of 2021, EAF Mirage 2000s, Rafales and MiG-29M/M2. Indians maintain their jets very nicely and check out the hard clay runway! You don't see that every day.

AAR with IAF IL-76 tankers. I always wondered why the EAF never bought a few of these from Russia. It seems they could have done that 2 decades ago but waited until now to buy the MRTTs. Pretty sure they can be hooked up with a boom and not just a drogue & chute, otherwise it wouldn't be very useful considering all the F-16s in the EAF. Never understood that.

That Ilyushin is in tip-top mint condition.