PDA

View Full Version : These guys want to take on the USAF and IAF?

TLAM Strike
04-17-11, 01:06 PM
The Iranian Air Force is looking worn out...

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2604/n10056311689804.jpg (http://img228.imageshack.us/i/n10056311689804.jpg/)

http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/6456/277456.jpg (http://img859.imageshack.us/i/277456.jpg/)

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7070/379001270573l600.jpg (http://img69.imageshack.us/i/379001270573l600.jpg/)

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/4823/n10056311689815.jpg (http://img716.imageshack.us/i/n10056311689815.jpg/)

http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/1728/309001270573l600.jpg (http://img42.imageshack.us/i/309001270573l600.jpg/)
nikimcbee
04-17-11, 01:11 PM
:haha: yeah, good luck with that. I hope their SAM network is good, the IrAF doesn't stand a chance.
Fish In The Water
04-17-11, 01:25 PM
The Iranian Air Force is looking worn out...

Yah, it looks like the old gal could use a maintenance overhaul... :nope:
Ducimus
04-17-11, 01:28 PM
Aircraft in the first picture looks to be in the same condition as a static model at some air museums.
Jimbuna
04-17-11, 01:58 PM
Aircraft in the first picture looks to be in the same condition as a static model at some air museums.

LOL...my thoughts as well :DL

My diecast collection is in better nick.
MH
04-17-11, 02:12 PM
Aircraft in the first picture looks to be in the same condition as a static model at some air museums.

Sexy airplane stoned to death?:D
DarkFish
04-17-11, 02:16 PM
Sexy airplane stoned to death?:D
:haha::haha::haha:
gimpy117
04-17-11, 02:25 PM
if we would have gone to war in 79' those tomcats would have been a match..but this is 2011. I'm surprised those airframes are still in one piece. Secondly, Im surprised they haven't reverse engineered new tomcats.
Jimbuna
04-17-11, 02:29 PM
if we would have gone to war in 79' those tomcats would have been a match..but this is 2011. I'm surprised those airframes are still in one piece. Secondly, Im surprised they haven't reverse engineered new tomcats.

What's to say they can still fly? :DL
Oberon
04-17-11, 02:37 PM
What's to say they can still fly? :DL

Put enough thrust behind something and it'll fly...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YniKlbPh29k/SVYsPDHnt5I/AAAAAAAAC5g/kroRMNIGkH4/s400/f4_phantom2_solo.jpg
gimpy117
04-17-11, 02:40 PM
Put enough thrust behind something and it'll fly...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YniKlbPh29k/SVYsPDHnt5I/AAAAAAAAC5g/kroRMNIGkH4/s400/f4_phantom2_solo.jpg

yep, "The tiumph of thrust over aerodynamics"

"The Sailor Inhaler" was by far the best nickname to come out of Vietnam though

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3064/2894638002_48e982f761.jpg
MH
04-17-11, 02:40 PM
if we would have gone to war in 79' those tomcats would have been a match..but this is 2011. I'm surprised those airframes are still in one piece. Secondly, Im surprised they haven't reverse engineered new tomcats.

F=14 is a very complex airframe AFAIC.


They copied f18 you know...........


http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuHpYNuueuBNmRoEuIvcyOQwZ37noMq FZObmb460O2qz6EUnK8Kg
Jimbuna
04-17-11, 02:47 PM
Put enough thrust behind something and it'll fly...



Yeah but are they up to combat worthiness?....I'd like to see 'recent' film of them as opposed to a still shot....hell, we could do that with the Harriers in a year if we ever get clearance from the US to part with them 'electronically intact'.
Oberon
04-17-11, 02:56 PM
Yeah but are they up to combat worthiness?....I'd like to see 'recent' film of them as opposed to a still shot....hell, we could do that with the Harriers in a year if we ever get clearance from the US to part with them 'electronically intact'.

Oh god no, the missiles are probably taped to the launch rail, but since the Iranians know that they'll never need to use them, they don't need to worry. :03:
Jimbuna
04-17-11, 03:04 PM
LOL :DL
MH
04-17-11, 03:08 PM
Oh god no, the missiles are probably taped to the launch rail, but since the Iranians know that they'll never need to use them, they don't need to worry. :03:


Poof....

http://img3.visualizeus.com/thumbs/08/07/02/army,bomb,missiles,war,iran,photoshop-e9a86ebd5d7d54bca299fec455f4465e_h.jpg
TLAM Strike
04-17-11, 05:29 PM
F=14 is a very complex airframe AFAIC.


They copied f18 you know...........


http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuHpYNuueuBNmRoEuIvcyOQwZ37noMq FZObmb460O2qz6EUnK8Kg
I wouldn't call that a copy of the F/A-18. Its really a modification of the old F-5 Tiger, and there are only a couple of those jets in service.

Yeah but are they up to combat worthiness?....I'd like to see 'recent' film of them as opposed to a still shot....
Your wish is my command... (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=456_1302558540)
MH
04-17-11, 05:47 PM
I wouldn't call that a copy of the F/A-18. Its really a modification of the old F-5 Tiger, and there are only a couple of those jets in service.


I wouldn't either but the double tail and paint job does the thing.:DL
BW
Did not Iranians say its more capable than f-18?
TLAM Strike
04-17-11, 08:40 PM
Did not Iranians say its more capable than f-18?

They also say it evades Radar and that their patrol boats are "Destroyers". :roll:
kraznyi_oktjabr
04-18-11, 04:42 AM
They also say it evades Radar and that their patrol boats are "Destroyers". :roll:
:haha:
Jimbuna
04-18-11, 06:41 AM
I wouldn't call that a copy of the F/A-18. Its really a modification of the old F-5 Tiger, and there are only a couple of those jets in service.


Your wish is my command... (http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=456_1302558540)

Thank you sir....that just about sums up my suspicions :DL