Tunisian Armed Forces ( Pictures & Videos )

[HannibalBarca]

Is it me, or does it look like the rocket launcher is perfectly positioned to take out the thermal imaging camera?
Looks like maybe they were just testing the camera and it and would eventually mount it somewhere else.

rocket launcher is never used...

 

[fachfouch]

Is it me, or does it look like the rocket launcher is perfectly positioned to take out the thermal imaging camera?
Looks like maybe they were just testing the camera and it and would eventually mount it somewhere else.

Yeah I noticed too XD,or it was just installed to show PM

rocket launcher is never used...

yes it was used I saw a video in Shaambi the UH1 was using it

 

[HannibalBarca]

yes it was used I saw a video in Shaambi the UH1 was using it

Well... Rarely then... maybe once or twice in the year...

 

[Gomig-21]

The F-5s are really sweet and very well maintained. Interesting spine antenna.

During Exercise Circaete in 2014.

Looks like a T-38 Talon also.

 

[fachfouch]

The F-5s are really sweet and very well maintained. Interesting spine antenna.

During Exercise Circaete in 2014.

Looks like a T-38 Talon also.

yeah they got upgraded in 2014 I think they're trying to keep it running until they raise funds for new one the air force is funding an upgrade program in the united states.

Well... Rarely then... maybe once or twice in the year...

or maybe after the Kiowa arrival they intend to remove it and return the UH1 main role

 

[Mootaz-khelifi]

the F5 is nice fighter but is too old i give it with recent upgrade it will b replace by 2020 that what i would do if i where in command and get JAS 39s good low cost per flight hour fighter 12 or 24 max would be great

 

[HannibalBarca]

the F5 is nice fighter but is too old i give it with recent upgrade it will b replace by 2020 that what i would do if i where in command and get JAS 39s good low cost per flight hour fighter 12 or 24 max would be great

Gripen is an interesting choice...even thou' I hope we don't choose it ( if they want to change)... Bc there is too many subcontractors in it... that could, in the future, be problematic... (If anything happen)
Rafale, is a little expensive, but even if we take less.. I think it's still interesting.
Or Even Used uptodate F-16...

Another Choice will be Russian Migs...But I don't think we will swim that way... so not happening.

Or, betting on numbers and think about a Good size fleet of Armed KAI T-50... and then little by little, jumping on more advanced ones, and we get to already have trainers... and a good chunk of trained pilots in the process... 2in1 purpose. (And delivery could be done in one year or even less)
The Iraqi gov got 24 for 1.1Bil$ for the Latest most advanced version...

 

[Gomig-21]

the F5 is nice fighter but is too old i give it with recent upgrade it will b replace by 2020 that what i would do if i where in command and get JAS 39s good low cost per flight hour fighter 12 or 24 max would be great

True about the F-5 but man is it a beautiful jet. It's been one of my favorites forever and the Tunisian ones are so well maintained and also look like they went through an upgrade in some avionics and possibly an MLU as well.

Gripen is an excellent choice. South Africa enjoys their fleet of 26 Gripens although I believe they've lost a few and are down to 17 or 18 of them if I'm not mistaken. They're outstanding and the SAAF fly those things around like it's no-one's busy and handle the parts & maintenance without any issues at all.

Also, the Swedes, according to @A.P. Richelieu are a bunch of snotty, noses up in the air snobs who won't sell the aircraft to any non-democratic country (no offense, Rich.) Their standards are finicky like that but in this case, with a wonderfully fledgling democracy like Tunisia, I bet you SAAB would jump at this opportunity in a heart beat. And with Tunisia's good relations with the US, parts for the Gripen engine and weapons and other things shouldn't be an issue at all. I actually like that choice.

Start out with 12 Gripen JAS 39Cs possibly @$40 million per and keep the 12 F-5s (they haven't lost any of those, right?) and have that compliment of 24 fighters working together I think is an excellent way to start.

 

[HannibalBarca]

True about the F-5 but man is it a beautiful jet. It's been one of my favorites forever and the Tunisian ones are so well maintained and also look like they went through an upgrade in some avionics and possibly an MLU as well.

Gripen is an excellent choice. South Africa enjoys their fleet of 26 Gripens although I believe they've lost a few and are down to 17 or 18 of them if I'm not mistaken. They're outstanding and the SAAF fly those things around like it's no-one's busy and handle the parts & maintenance without any issues at all.

Also, the Swedes, according to @A.P. Richelieu are a bunch of snotty, noses up in the air snobs who won't sell the aircraft to any non-democratic country (no offense, Rich.) Their standards are finicky like that but in this case, with a wonderfully fledgling democracy like Tunisia, I bet you SAAB would jump at this opportunity in a heart beat. And with Tunisia's good relations with the US, parts for the Gripen engine and weapons and other things shouldn't be an issue at all. I actually like that choice.

Start out with 12 Gripen JAS 39Cs possibly @$40 million per and keep the 12 F-5s (they haven't lost any of those, right?) and have that compliment of 24 fighters working together I think is an excellent way to start.

Thai Gripen cost them almost 1Bil$ for 12 pcs... They are not that cheap...

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

True about the F-5 but man is it a beautiful jet. It's been one of my favorites forever and the Tunisian ones are so well maintained and also look like they went through an upgrade in some avionics and possibly an MLU as well.

Gripen is an excellent choice. South Africa enjoys their fleet of 26 Gripens although I believe they've lost a few and are down to 17 or 18 of them if I'm not mistaken. They're outstanding and the SAAF fly those things around like it's no-one's busy and handle the parts & maintenance without any issues at all.

Also, the Swedes, according to @A.P. Richelieu are a bunch of snotty, noses up in the air snobs who won't sell the aircraft to any non-democratic country (no offense, Rich.) Their standards are finicky like that but in this case, with a wonderfully fledgling democracy like Tunisia, I bet you SAAB would jump at this opportunity in a heart beat. And with Tunisia's good relations with the US, parts for the Gripen engine and weapons and other things shouldn't be an issue at all. I actually like that choice.

Start out with 12 Gripen JAS 39Cs possibly @$40 million per and keep the 12 F-5s (they haven't lost any of those, right?) and have that compliment of 24 fighters working together I think is an excellent way to start.

We have a feminist government (at least they like to say so), so we’re playing hard to get.
Tunisia would probably have the best chance of buying Gripen of any North African country.

I have not heard about any losses of Gripen in South Africa.
Hungary has lost two, and Thailand lost one. That is all (outside Sweden)

Thai Gripen cost them almost 1Bil$ for 12 pcs... They are not that cheap...

Aircraft deals typically involve a lot of other things except the aircrafts.
$1B/12 = $83M/aircraft.
Similar deals for Rafale are way more expensive.
India: $8,7B/36 = $241M/aircraft.

Gripen C without anything else is probably around $40M.

 

[Gomig-21]

We have a feminist government (at least they like to say so), so we’re playing hard to get.
Tunisia would probably have the best chance of buying Gripen of any North African country.

That's what I figured, and I'm glad you took my comments as friendly chop-busting.

I have not heard about any losses of Gripen in South Africa.
Hungary has lost two, and Thailand lost one. That is all (outside Sweden)

Wiki should update its page then. I thought that a count of 17 aircraft out of 26 ordered reflected too many loses, or even non-operational aircraft. 9 seems too much for either case.

Gripen C without anything else is probably around $40M.

That was the figure I quoted, so add start-up contract inclusions and it'll probably jump to $60 mill. Still very affordable for Tunisia and 12 aircraft, and especially one of that quality and caliber.

 

[Gomig-21]

 

[Mootaz-khelifi]

That's what I figured, and I'm glad you took my comments as friendly chop-busting.



Wiki should update its page then. I thought that a count of 17 aircraft out of 26 ordered reflected too many loses, or even non-operational aircraft. 9 seems too much for either case.



That was the figure I quoted, so add start-up contract inclusions and it'll probably jump to $60 mill. Still very affordable for Tunisia and 12 aircraft, and especially one of that quality and caliber.

Yeah 12 aircraft as start good deal and it will be around the same budget of Tunisian 12 UH60M Black Hawk from Sikorsky ( US Army as middleman between TUN and the company ) so it cost us with logistics and training 700 mil $

Tunisian Pilot in USA training on the F16

 

[Gomig-21]

Tunisian Pilot in USA training on the F16

Now that I thought about it some more, in light of the austerity measures taken by the Tunisian government, it might not be a good idea to go out and spend $1 billion on any type of fighter jets and wait until things calm down and the economic downturn improves a little bit.

That said, like I was telling Barca earlier in the thread, a small procurement of used F-16s from the US at a severely discounted rate wouldn't be such a bad move but the only problem that would come with that is a heavy list of conditions from the US which would hamper Tunisia's ability to move to another source at a later point. This is what the US excels at doing. F-16s would be fantastic and that platform is here to stay as a workhorse for many AFs for several more decades to come.

Speaking of US equipment, naval patrol boat donated from the US.

 

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During PM visit to Remada air base near the Libyan border
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That’s a FLIR Pod.