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Old 09-05-13, 06:20 AM   #1
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Default RAF Typhoons in near clash with Turkish F-16's

Everything turned out well in the end thankfully.

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British and Turkish fighter planes nearly clashed over the skies of Cyprus yesterday after two Typhoon Eurofighters scrambled from Akrotiri airbase.

Details remain unclear, but informed sources said the Typhoons, which are part of a total of six aircraft sent to the RAF Akrotiri airbase for possible actions against Syria, flew over the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus to intercept unidentified planes.
http://famagusta-gazette.com/breakin...-p20439-69.htm

http://theaviationist.com/2013/09/03/typhoon-vs-tuaf/
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Old 09-05-13, 11:46 AM   #2
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Your Government won't allow you to get involved with Syria, so you go after Turkey instead!?!
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Old 09-05-13, 12:53 PM   #4
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You guys on the other side of the pond are nuts!!(in a nice way!)
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Would be interesting to know what each of the aircraft types were carrying, missile-wise.....both have the capability of carrying the latest technology.
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Its funny they are unaware of each other flights, in that they don't communicate to each other what their flight plans are?
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Would be interesting to know what each of the aircraft types were carrying, missile-wise.....both have the capability of carrying the latest technology.

Well they are both NATO so IFF and their radar would have gone nuts the systems know the radar signatures of various aircraft as well as the signature that each planes radar system emits.The Typhoon is quite a bit more capable than the F-16(though the Turks have some of the best Vipers in the world as well as good pilots) as well being arguably the most capable interceptor in the world.Of course they did not actually encounter each other I think reading the article it was a stretch to call it a near clash the Turks where seeking a bogey not a tango.They would have checked the airspace and evaluated the situation and then acted accordingly.Had they have done all that and nearly engaged I would agree with the title of the article.

Had the Typhoons still have been in the area the turks would have figured out pretty quickly what they where encountering.

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Well the Russians are rotating in a larger force than what is being rotated out of the med now inter NATO jet skirmishes.

Yea I hope this isn't spiraling towards a Fred Thompson level situation.
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I have the sudden urge to get a reverse mortgage.
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Well the Russians are rotating in a larger force than what is being rotated out of the med now inter NATO jet skirmishes.

Yea I hope this isn't spiraling towards a Fred Thompson level situation.
I don't think we're quite in a Fred Thompson situation just yet, but we're certainly crawling towards a potential Scott Glenn, a very bad quality Scott Glenn at that.

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That is from that short film where a war breaks out between the US and the USSR in the Persian Gulf Looks like it anyway.
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This is Richard Valeriani for CNN, reporting from the French aircraft carrier Foch, somewhere in the Mediterranean.
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That is from that short film where a war breaks out between the US and the USSR in the Persian Gulf Looks like it anyway.
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I wonder if they where thinking of Looking Glass the airborne NORAD command and control planes.

Yes they where I just looked it up on youtube at 1 hour 27 minutes it is a very long short film.

You should take a look at First Strike the sequences showing the Air Force and Navy members are real well not really real but the people where not actors they where missilers,pilots and submariners.For example the B-52 pilots have on their line badges which allow you to be on a bases flight line and not have an M-16 in your grill Hollywood would never get that detail.

Kind interesting the US was really worried about the SS-18 back then and the fear that it would allow a devastating first strike.The demo bit is pretty neat but the majority where they talk to experts is fairly interesting as well.

They used some sequences of this film in The Day After.

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I'm sorry. I don't care how good British pilots may think they are, there is no way a Typhoon



stands a chance against an F-16.
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