Aircraft crashes near Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas

[Boris Badenov]

Jinx, you owe me a coke.

 

[///AMG]

hah I like the idea of an L-39 being tarted up

 

[Boris Badenov]

flight suit flown adversaries

I'm a pilot, I can fly. Also, already have my own flight suit. Don't know whether that's a factor.

 

[///AMG]

I'm a pilot, I can fly. Also, already have my own flight suit. Don't know whether that's a factor.View attachment 64234

Approved. You just need a suit, for flight.....easy

 

[bp]

damn y'all really jinxed snort last year didn't ya

 

[Pilot Fighter]

"After years of praise for helping the Air Force fulfill a huge training gap at its most prestigious training installation — Nellis Air Force Base, the home of the USAF's elite Weapons School, a large part of the Operational Test community, and the service's massive Red Flag aerial wargames — Draken International's permanent presence there will end in early June."

The article indicates that adversary capability currently offered by A-4s, L-159s, and Mirage F1s do not meet the need for a near-peer adversary with datalinks and contemporary sensors.

Both Draken and its competitor, "Top Aces," are/were in the process of acquiring F-16s from other countries.

Adversary Air Contract For Nellis Air Force Base Won't Be Renewed

After years of providing Nellis with 'red air' capabilities, Draken International will cease operations at the base in June.

www.thedrive.com

Let Draken contract for no-fly zone enforcement in Ukraine.

 

[MikeD]

Let Draken contract for no-fly zone enforcement in Ukraine.

Blackwater, tactical air forces version?

 

[fholbert]

A friend of mine is retired Navy, F-18's followed by F5's in the Top Gun aggressor squadron at Fallon. He now works for a civilian contractor a Point Mugu flying a Kfir for ATAC. That plane looks respectable too.

 

[///AMG]

Cool legacy of an airplane, but no, the F-21 Kfir is not a capable/useful adversary aircraft in today's environment. The only value it brings to training is that it is a flying piece of metal, that can go kinda fast. They are cool to see at the merge though

 

[fholbert]

They seem to doing the job for Catalina Island.

Last time an enemy was on Catalina Island? - Chicago Cubs spring training, 1930 to 1951.

Aerial view showing the town of Avalon. Wrigley’s Chicago Cubs spring training field (Wrigley Field) is seen in the foreground.