Egyptian Armed Forces

[Gomig-21]

4 beauties escorting the Saudi prince MbS's plane as its approaching Cairo for his 3-day visit to Egypt.

 

[SipahSalar]

4 beauties escorting the Saudi prince MbS's plane as its approaching Cairo for his 3-day visit to Egypt.

Shouldn't they be armed?

 

[Gomig-21]

Since when Egypt was in talk for Mi-24?
And how can they "see" Hind's on this pic...

Seems like it's true. Just like the Ka-52s came and needed their rotors assembled.
In an Egyptian hangar.

 

[HannibalBarca]

Seems like it's true. Just like the Ka-52s came and needed their rotors assembled.
In an Egyptian hangar.

At this rate... I wouldn't be surprised with Mi-28 showing up someday...

No blue belly? strange...
But blue Landing gear... So the refurbished "opinion" seems right...

 

[Gomig-21]

At this rate... I wouldn't be surprised with Mi-28 showing up someday...

No blue belly? strange...
But blue Landing gear... So the refurbished "opinion" seems right...

To be perfectly honest with you, I am a bit skeptical of that particular photo especially the bottom color that you mentioned, but who knows at this point. What makes a bit of sense is that perhaps they went with the refurbished Mi-24 option was not only a cost advantage but also timing, since I can see the use of these against the cretins in Sinai, even more so than the Apaches or Alligators because of the transport advantage. And as far as I know, I don't think the 24 is in production anymore, only the Mi-35 and there's probably a long lead time for those, not to mention cost. Even Pakistan only ordered 4 as far as I know, but not sure if their reason was cost or something else?

There was also a slight mention of these included in the MiG-35 deal way back when, but it was only a mention of interest and nothing more IIRC.

 

[HannibalBarca]

To be perfectly honest with you, I am a bit skeptical of that particular photo especially the bottom color that you mentioned, but who knows at this point. What makes a bit of sense is that perhaps they went with the refurbished Mi-24 option was not only a cost advantage but also timing, since I can see the use of these against the cretins in Sinai, even more so than the Apaches or Alligators because of the transport advantage.

There was also a slight mention of these included in the MiG-35 deal way back when, but it was only a mention of interest and nothing more IIRC.

Well... We will see... Now that is "out there", maybe more info will pass through...
Wait and See.

 

[Gomig-21]

EAF MiG-35s also escorting the crown prince.

 

[HannibalBarca]

EAF MiG-35s also escorting the crown prince.

Do you have the full vid of it?

 

[Gomig-21]

Do you have the full vid of it?

The video only shows stills also. I think they were photographed and not filmed.

https://www.alarabiya.net/ar/arab-and-world/egypt/2018/03/04/مروحيات-عسكرية-مصرية-ترافق-طائرة-ولي-العهد-السعودي-.html

 

[Gomig-21]

https://twitter.com/x/status/970331912270241792

 

[The SC]

Sinai Operation

Statement No. 13 from the Armed Forces

No. 14

 

[Gomig-21]

Can't deny that they're doing an outstanding job in these operations. Gotta give them credit for when they do good work since we bash the heck out of them when they screw up. A lot more of the recent filming of some of the real action is much impressive since they're not being told to act for the camera. Once they start acting for the photo op, they seem to loose all sense of professional decorum. It's a most bizarre phenomenon.

Did you see how they found those weapons, especially that heavy machine gun (looks like a 50 cal)? They dug about 3 meters with a backhoe and pulled out all sorts of these weapons, not to mention all the explosives and drugs. Bakhshakha. This is exactly what the doctor of Sinai ordered and it's going to take a lot longer to really cleanse it out. And they should never say this 3 months operation crap. They need to stay there as long as it takes until there are no more weapons, drugs, or cretins left to grab. Then stay even after that for a longer time to keep it clean. This could easily be a 3-year operation (complete) if it's to be done right.

 

[The SC]

Can't deny that they're doing an outstanding job in these operations. Gotta give them credit for when they do good work since we bash the heck out of them when they screw up. A lot more of the recent filming of some of the real action is much impressive since they're not being told to act for the camera. Once they start acting for the photo op, they seem to loose all sense of professional decorum. It's a most bizarre phenomenon.



Did you see how they found those weapons, especially that heavy machine gun (looks like a 50 cal)? They dug about 3 meters with a backhoe and pulled out all sorts of these weapons, not to mention all the explosives and drugs. Bakhshakha. This is exactly what the doctor of Sinai ordered and it's going to take a lot longer to really cleanse it out. And they should never say this 3 months operation crap. They need to stay there as long as it takes until there are no more weapons, drugs, or cretins left to grab. Then stay even after that for a longer time to keep it clean. This could easily be a 3-year operation (complete) if it's to be done right.

As a matter of fact the army chief has just asked Sisi for an extension of the operation's time ..

 

[Gomig-21]

At this rate... I wouldn't be surprised with Mi-28 showing up someday...

No blue belly? strange...
But blue Landing gear... So the refurbished "opinion" seems right...

Turns out the pic is legit, Barca. If they're stationed @ Borg El Arab airport, I think it's probably safe to assume that their main area of operation is the western border which makes a lot of sense for that type of gunship helicopter.

I really would like to see them use this helo strictly as a designated SAR platform. It's almost perfectly designed for that role.

BTW, when they first developed this massive helicopter, they had some problems with it especially the rotors. During some of the flight test, the pitching motion of the front rotors with the stress/deflection of the tail stem caused the main rotor to hit the tail rotors. I can see that happening when you look at the proximity of the two in this pic.

After those initial tests and problems, they increased the distance from the tip of the main rotors to the tail rotor and strengthened the tail spine so it wouldn't flex too much. Crazy.

It also could carry such heavy loads but it would have a tough time taking off with such heavy weights that one of the tactics for that scenario was to actually perform a rolling take off just like these UN Hinds!

lol, Russians are awesome!

 

[MICA]