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- 😱 If you didn't like it, don't click here 😱 Country of Origin: France. Empty Weight: 7,500 kg, with maximum take-off weight: 17000 kg. Length: 14.36m, wingspan: 9.13m, and height of 5.20m. 1 SNECMA M53-P2 engine. Maximum Speed: 2333 km/h, Cruise speed: 1110 km/h, Maximum altitude: 17060 m, Combat range: 1475 km. Armament: 2 30mm DEFA-554 cannons. For air defense: Missel MBDA MICA IR/RF, Missel Matra R550 Magic-II, Missel Matra Super 530D, For ground attack: Missel AM39 Exocet, 68mm Matra Rockets, AS-30L laser guided missile, and Mark 82 GP bombs My model kit collection, model kit for beginners, model kit building. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

- 😱 If you didn't like it, don't click here 😱 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Country of Origin: France. Empty Weight: 7,500 kg, with maximum take-off weight: 17000 kg. Length: 14.36m, wingspan: 9.13m, and height of 5.20m. 1 SNECMA M53-P2 engine. Maximum Speed: 2333 km/h, Cruise speed: 1110 km/h, Maximum altitude: 17060 m, Combat range: 1475 km. Armament: 2 30mm DEFA-554 cannons. For air defense: Missel MBDA MICA IR/RF, Missel Matra R550 Magic-II, Missel Matra Super 530D, For ground attack: Missel AM39 Exocet, 68mm Matra Rockets, AS-30L laser guided missile, and Mark 82 GP bombs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My model kit collection, model kit for beginners, model kit building. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/military.modeling.3d Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

- Subscribe this channel 👍 Country of Origin: China Empty weight: 8.850 kg Maximum takeoff weight: 20.500 kg Length: 16,03m Wingspan: 9,25m Height: 5,43m Powerplant: 1 × Saturn-Lyulka AL-31FN afterburning turbofan engines 79.43 kN thrust dry, and 125 kN with afterburne Maximum speed: Mach 2.1 Combat range: 900 km Service ceiling: 17.000m My model kit collection, model kit for beginners, model kit building. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

- 😱 If you didn't like it, don't click here 😱 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Crew: 2 Length: 19,446 m Wingspan: 13,045 m Height: 5,64 m Empty weight: 14.379 kg Max takeoff weight: 36.741 kg Powerplant: 2 Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 105,7kN thrust each dry 129.7kN with afterburner each Maximum speed: 2.656 km/h at high altitude 1.448 km/h at low altitude Combat range: 1.272 km Armament: 1 x 20mm M61A1 Vulcan 6-barreled Gatling cannon For air defence: AIM-7 Sparrow AIM-9 Sidewinder AIM-120 AMRAAM For ground ataque: AGM-65 Maverick AGM-84 Harpoon AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER AGM-130 AGM-154 JSOW AGM-158 JASSM Mark 82 bomb Mark 84 bomb GBU-15 GBU-10 Paveway II GBU-12 Paveway II GBU-24 Paveway III GBU-27 Paveway III GBU-28 (Bunker buster) GBU-31 or GBU-38 {8 GBU-31s or 16 GBU-38s} (JDAM) GBU-54 Laser JDAM (LJDAM) GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) B61 or B83 nuclear bomb CBU-87 or CBU-103 (CEM) CBU-89 or CBU-104 (GATOR) CBU-97 or CBU-105 (SFW) CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon BLU-107 Durandal ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My model kit collection, model kit for beginners, model kit building. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

- 😱 If you didn't like it, don't click here 😱 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Specifications F-5E Tiger II General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 14,68 m Wingspan: 8,13 m Height: 4,08 m Empty weight: 4.347 kg Max takeoff weight: 11.192 kg Powerplant: 2 × General Electric J85-GE-21 afterburning turbojet engines, 16 kN thrust each dry, 22 kN with afterburner Performance Maximum speed: Mach 1.63 at 11.000 m Maximum cruise speed: Mach 0.98 at 11.000 m Economical cruise speed: Mach 0.8 at 11.000 m Range: 891 km clean Combat radius (20 min reserve): 220 km with 2x Sidewinders + 2,400 kg ordnance, with 5 minutes combat at max power at sea level Service ceiling: 15,800 m Armament Guns: 2× 20 mm M39A2 Revolver cannon in the nose, 280 rounds/gun Rockets: 2× LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19× /7× Hydra 70 mm rockets, respectively); or 2× LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19× CRV7 70 mm rockets); or 2× LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4× Zuni 127 mm rockets); or 2× Matra rocket pods (each with 18× SNEB 68 mm rockets) Missiles: AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles Bombs: A variety of air-to-ground ordnance such as the Mark 80 series of unguided bombs GBU-24/49/52/58 cluster bomb munitions napalm bomb canisters and M129 Leaflet bomb and laser-guided bombs of Paveway family ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My model kit collection, model kit for beginners, model kit building. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

- Subscribe this channel 👍 The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multifunction fighter jet, developed by a joint program involving the companies Alenia Aeronautica, BAE Systems and ADS (Airbus Defense and Space), former EADS and the governments of the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain. The development of the aircraft effectively began in 1983 with the Future European Fighter Aircraft program, a multinational collaboration between the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Disagreements about the project's authority and operational requirements led France to leave the consortium to develop Dassault Rafale independently. A technology demonstration aircraft, British Aerospace EAP, flew for the first time on August 6, 1986. The first finished Eurofighter prototype made its first flight on March 27, 1994 The aircraft's name, Typhoon, was adopted in September 1998 and the first production contracts were also signed that year. The sudden end of the Cold War reduced the European demand for fighter planes and led to the debate about the cost of the aircraft and participation in the work, in addition to prolonging the development of the Typhoon: the Typhoon entered operational service in 2003 and is now in service in the air forces of Austria, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Saudi Arabia and Oman. Kuwait and Qatar also ordered the aircraft, bringing total purchases to 623 aircraft in 2019. The Eurofighter Typhoon is a highly agile aircraft, designed to be an extremely effective dogfighter in combat. Later production aircraft have been increasingly well equipped to carry out air-to-surface attack missions and to be compatible with an increasing number of different armaments and equipment, including the Storm Shadow and Brimstone missiles. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

- Subscribe this channel 👍 In the 1970s, the Spanish air force had a fleet of obsolete instruction and training aircraft, consisting mainly of Hispano A-200 and A-220 and Lockheed T-32A aircraft manufactured in the United States. The need to renew it led the official authorities to contact the company Construcciones Aeronáuticas, SA (CASA) whose origins date back to 1923 and who have extensive experience in the field of aeronautical design and construction. Starting from the idea of ​​building a machine as economically as possible, the firm's study office studied the feasibility of this project from the summer of 1974. On 10 January 1975, the council of ministers approved the conclusions of the Ministry of Air, which aimed make, based on an estimate for 1980-1990, a basic and advanced instruction and training apparatus that was both economical and easy to maintain, maneuverable at all altitudes, with low specific consumption and with great flexibility. On September 16 of that year, a contract was signed regarding the design and construction of functional models to be studied in wind tunnels, the manufacture of two cells for static and resistance tests and the production of four prototypes for FLIGHT trials. CASA chose the German company Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm, which was responsible for the structure of the rear of the fuselage, and the North American firm Northrop, which was responsible for the design of the reactor and wing air intakes. At the same time, the Spanish company, when considering a solution for the propulsion of the device, became interested in several engines: two models of double flow reactors (Larzac 04 and Garret TFE-731) and two standardized ones (GE 185-4A and Rolls- Royce Viper 540). The latter were discarded because of their high price and consumption. CASA eventually decided on the TFE-731, as the SNECMA Larzac 04 had a lower boost and twice the consumption. The estimated development times were brief, given the good business environment. Tests in the wind tunnel. carried out in Spain, France and Great Britain, as well as the static tests and those related to the operation of the equipment were satisfactory. And so much so that, on May 28, 1977. the prototype P.1 (XE-25-01) was presented to the public at the Getafe factory. A month later, the plane made its maiden flight, with Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel de la Cruz at the controls. On March 17, 1980, the C-101 entered service with the Spanish air force as soon as the first four series were delivered to Squadron 793 at the Air School of San Javier (Murcia). On October 23, 1981, it was the turn of Grupo 41, installed at the base of Zaragoza. From then on, the plane was used in basic education, in the second of the three cycles that comprise the training of Spanish military pilots. Its role has not been reduced to this function. The Aviojet, in fact, also served for elementary and advanced piloting in the scope of subsonic flights. Its cockpit, equipped with two ejection seats Martin Baker Mk.10L zero-zero, offered an excellent visual field. It also had a good autonomy, of about 7 hours, only with its internal fuel, without resorting to supplementary deposits. In addition, it can be equipped with a wide variety of equipment, such as photographic devices, electronic countermeasure devices, a laser illuminator or 30 mm cannons in nacelles. In total, 143 units of the C-101 left the assembly lines. In addition to the Spanish version C-IOIEB, an export model was created, the C-101BB, with a slightly more powerful reactor and greater load capacity. The Chilean air force has purchased a dozen such aircraft, which serve there under the designation T-36 Falcón, and another four have been supplied to Honduras. The specialized light attack variety C-101CC appeared in November 1983, at the suggestion of the Chilean Air Force, which received 23 units, all - except the first - assembled under license in Chile by ENAER. The C-101CC has a wider range of action and a more powerful reactor, in addition to some modifications such as the integration of a new shooting and navigation guidance system, a digital front screen and the ability to transport air / air missiles Shafrir 2 Jordan purchased 16 copies, which are used by its air force training center at King Hussein base. Finally, in 1985, the C-IOIDD variant was performed, with an improved avionics, with a view to participating in a contest of basic instruction and training planes organized by the United States air force. The device, however, was not selected. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

- Subscribe this channel 👍 In the 1970s, in the middle of the Cold War, in order to compensate for the numerical superiority of the Warsaw Pact armored forces stationed in Eastern Europe, the American Army developed the specifications for an advanced attack helicopter, which after more than a decade of development , materialized as AH-64 Apache. The main requirement was the ability to fight both day and night and in all weather conditions. Designed to withstand hard blows, its crew and transmission are protected by a shield made of material composed of boron, kevlar and steel. The rotor blades, which are mounted asymmetrically generate much less noise, can withstand repeated impacts from 23 mm projectiles and the engine's exhaust system reduces the temperature of the gases, decreasing their thermal signature. It is equipped with the TADS (Target Adquisition and Designation System), a combined system of infrared and low light intensity TV cameras, which used in conjunction with the pilot's night vision, allows the helicopter to fly and fight in the dark. Its armament comprises Hellfire and Stinger missiles, 70 mm rockets and the powerful and precise 30 mm M 230 Chain Gun, with a rate of 750 rounds/minute, capable of easily piercing a light armor. This can be controlled by the pilot through the IHADSS, a viewfinder that projects an image directly on the pupil, allowing the gun to be pointed at. Despite its high cost of acquisition and maintenance, the AH-64 Apache proved in the Gulf War, in Kosovo and recently in Afghanistan, to be the most lethal anti-tank system currently in service. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

- Subscribe this channel 👍 FAP nº 15248 from squadron 301 Jaguares with a special painting Tiger Meet from 1996. That year, Squadron 301 was the host of the event, held at Air Base nº 11, in Beja, Portugal. Now stands preserved at BA11. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

- Subscribe this channel 👍 France Air Force Dassault Mirage 2000C Terminator Tiger. Tête de tigre based at Base Aérienne 103 (BA103) Cambrai - Épinoy in the North of France. "Tiger Meet 2009" - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/military.modeling.3d Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum Photos os real mirage: Lewis Grant & Radim Spalek

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- 😱 If you like it, click here 😱 https://bit.ly/3cSRzDz Kfir C2/C7 ~ Israeli Air Force ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ General characteristics: Crew: 1. Length: 15.65 meters. Wingspan: 8.22 meters. Height: 4.55 meters. Empty weight: 7,285 kg. Gross weight: 11,603 kg. Max takeoff weight: 16,200 kg. Powerplant: 1 × IAl Bedek-built General Electric J79-J1E turbojet, 52.9 kN thrust dry, 79.62 kN with afterburner. Performance: Maximum speed: Mach 2.3 above 11,000 meters. Combat range: 768 km Service ceiling: 17,680 meters Armament: Guns: 2× Rafael-built 30 mm DEFA 553 cannon with 140 rpg Rockets: assortment of unguided air-to-ground rockets including the Matra JL-100 drop tank/rocket pack, each with 19× SNEB 68 mm rockets and 66 US gallons of fuel Missiles: 2× AIM-9 Sidewinders or Shafrir or Python-series AAMs; 2× Shrike ARMs; 2× AGM-65 Maverick ASMs Bombs: 5,775 kg of payload on nine external hardpoints, including bombs such as the Mark 80 series, Paveway series of LGBs, Griffin LGBs, SMKBs, TAL-1 OR TAL-2 CBUs, BLU-107 Matra Durandal, reconnaissance pods or Drop tanks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My model kit collection, model kit for beginners, model kit building. - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Game Tic Tac Toe on Play Store 🎮🎮 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.samoreira.jogodogalo 🎮🎮 Thank you for your support 👍 #israel

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- Subscribe this channel 👍 https://bit.ly/3cSRzDz Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter bomber from United States Air Force Empty Weight: 13380kg Maximum take-off weight: 23800kg 2 x General Electric F404-F1D2 turbofans Maximum Speed: 1100 km/h Maximum altitude: 14000 m Combat Range: 760 km Armament: 2 Mk-84 bombs GBU-10 Paveway II GBU-12 Paveway II GBU-27 Paveway III BLU-109 Mk-61 nuclear bomb WCMD My model kit collection, model kit for beginners, model kit building. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

- Subscribe this channel 👍 https://bit.ly/3cSRzDz The Leopard 2 is a German main battle tank built by the German company Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann, developed in the early 1970s and entered service in 1979, and replaces the previous Leopard as the main battle tank in the Bundeswehr. Leopard 2 is the result of the cancellation of the MBT-70 project, in which Americans and Germans were involved, with the aim of creating a tank that could replace the American M-60 and the German Leopard-1, existing at the time in large quantity in Europe. It is the answer to the appearance of the Russian T-64 and T-72 tanks, with 125mm cannons. Its different versions have served in the armed forces of Germany and ten other European countries, as well as non-European countries. The Leopard 2A4, is the most numerous of all tanks in the Leopard family. More than 3480 Leopard 2 have been manufactured. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar - Facebook https://www.facebook.com/military.modeling.3d Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum #modelkits

- Subscribe this channel 👍 https://bit.ly/3cSRzDz The YF-16 project (formerly GD Mod.401) won the competition for the supply of a light fighter to the North American Air Force and the first flight of the F-16 / A took place in 1980. The F-16, in its various versions and derivations, is the most produced combat fighter in the Western world. Initially thought to be a light high-speed aircraft for close combat, the F-16 evolved into an advanced fighter, using the latest weapon systems and devices. Several European countries, together with the United States, created an organization to study the modernization of older F-16A and F-16B fighters, converting them to a standard close to the F-16C and F-16D. These aircraft are called F-16AM or F-16BM. From the very beginning, the F-16 was conceived as a low-cost workhorse that could carry out various types of missions and maintain punctual availability. It is much simpler and lighter than its predecessors, but uses electronic aerodynamics and avionics, (including the first use of fly-by-wire flight, achieving the nickname "electronic jet" ") to maintain good performance. Basically, this is what distinguishes it from its predecessors, many of which were not designed to operate in all atmospheric conditions. Unlike the other fighters, which had specific job characteristics, such as the F-104, which was too expensive, and others, made for exclusive operations on aircraft carriers, such as the (F-14). F-16 BM Fighting FalconThe F-16MLU made its first flight with the national insignia on June 26, 2003. The two Portuguese F-16 Squadrons (Squadron 201 - "Falcões", Squadron 301 - "Jaguares") maintain by mission the Offensive and Defensive Air Fight and Operations against surface targets. The MLU (Mid Life Update Version) program emerged in the early 1990s as a result of the need to keep the F-16 in operation for another 20 years, while maintaining the same degree of efficiency and operational capabilities. Initially with 5 countries (Belgium, Denmark, Holland, Norway and the United States), Portugal would enter the program in 2000, beginning the modification of Air Force aircraft in 2001. The MLU configuration, in addition to new and integrated equipment with new operating software, it allows a significant increase in operational capabilities over the old OCU configuration. In addition, the cockpit layout itself was redefined, approaching the most current versions of the F-16, as is the case with Blocks 40/42 and 50/52. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar - Suport this Channel (My affiliate store): https://samoreira.eu/store/?modelismo Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum #modelkits

The 2nd squadron was the first Belgian Mirage V squadron to be converted to the F-16. These F-16s where from the OCU version equipped with the F100-220E engine and other advanced features. The first F-16s to arrive in the squadron came in the course of 1988. Conversion started quickly and was finished only one year later. Main task of this squadron was a continuation of the Mirage's role, being so-called 'mud-movers'. This meant low-level air-to-ground missions and interdiction. After some time, this tactic was left for a new medium altitude tactic dispersed among other F-16 squadrons within the Belgian Air Force and also the other NATO allies. Besides this 'mud-moving' role, the 2nd squadron was also responsible for day-time intercepts. Besides 349 and 350 squadrons, who where still based at Beauvechain AB at that time and who where responsible for all-weather intercepting, the 2nd squadron was assigned this additional role in case of emergency and to have sufficient intercepting resources available at all times. With the first major restructuring after the end of the Cold War, the squadron lost 6 aircraft of its operational strength. Keeping 12 aircraft operational for NATO duty from 1996 onwards, just as all the other Belgian Air Force F-16 squadrons. In 2001 another reorganization took place called 'Falcon 2000'. Because of the fact that all squadrons had a multi-role task at that time, it proved more efficient to have 18 aircraft in every squadron. What was feared for some months became reality and 2 squadron faced the axe, just after having received their updated MLU airframes. It was finally disbanded on April 20th, 2001, transferring all its assets tot the 1st squadron. Hereby ending 54 years of operations from Florennes AB. The 2nd squadron was also the unit that flew the least number of years with the F-16 within the Belgian Air Force, only accumulating 12 years on the type. - Subscribe this channel 👍 https://bit.ly/3cSRzDz - My website: https://samoreira.eu/photoalbum/?modelkit=22 - My modeling blog: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com/2021/03/lockheed-martin-f-16-comete.html - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar

- 😱 If you didn't like it, don't click here 😱 https://bit.ly/3cSRzDz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Crew: 1 (AMX), 2 (AMX-T) Length: 13.23 m Wingspan: 8.87 m Height: 4.55 m Empty Weight: 6 730 kg Loaded Weight: 10 750 kg Maximum Takeoff Weight: 13 000 kg Engine: 1 Rolls-Royce Spey 807 Turbofan Performance Maximum Speed: 1 020 km/h Range: 3 330 km Service Ceiling: 13 000 meters Armament 2 30 mm DEFA 554 cannons 2 AIM-9 Sidewinder or MAA-1 Piranha air-to-air missiles on wingtip rails 3 800 kg of payload on 5 hardpoints, including general-purpose bombs, laser-guided bombs, air-to-surface missiles, rockets, and reconnaissance pods. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================== 🔗 https://samoreira.eu/links/ ============================== - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

In the mid 1960s, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) commenced studies into an advanced jet trainer which could also be modified to serve in the ground attack and anti-shipping roles. After considering license production of the T-38 Talon and SEPECAT Jaguar, Japan decided to develop its own trainer, the supersonic Mitsubishi T-2, this first flying on 20 July 1971. Cost over-runs in the T-2 program led to the proposed single seat attack version almost being abandoned, but the cancellation of the Kawasaki P-XL, the planned replacement for Japan's Kawasaki P-2J maritime patrol aircraft freed-up funds, while making it important to keep Japan's aviation industry employed, and contracts were awarded for the development of the attack version as the FS-T2kai in 1973. The new aircraft was a minimum change derivative of the T-2, with the rear cockpit being converted to an avionics bay by removing the rear seat, and replacing the canopy with a simple unglazed access hatch. Two additional hardpoints were fitted under the wing to allow carriage of a heavier weapon load, and the avionics were improved, with a new J/AWG-12 radar set, similar to that fitted in British Royal Air Force F-4M Phantom fighter jets. This set provides ranging information. Aside from the avionics changes, deletion of the rear seat, and new one-piece canopy, the only other major change from the T-2 was the strengthening of the airframe to enable it to carry a larger weapons load than the T-2. The F-1 is fitted with an internally mounted 20 mm JM61A1 Vulcan cannon with 750 rounds of ammunition. The aircraft also has seven external hardpoints for the carriage of a wide variety of stores. The fuselage hardpoint and inboard pair of underwing hardpoints are plumbed for external fuel tanks to increase the aircraft's range. The primary weapon of the F-1 is the ASM-1 and the newer ASM-2 long-range anti-ship missile. This weapon is roughly in the class of the American AGM-84 Harpoon or French AM.39 Exocet. Other weapons carried include the all-aspect short-range heat-seeking AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile for air-to-air combat. This weapon is carried on the wingtip rails usually, but it can also be carried on the outboard underwing hardpoints for the F-1's secondary air defense role. Other air-to-ground weapons carried include rocket pods (JLAU-3/A) of 70 mm size as well as bombs of 227 kg and 340 kg in size (Mk82 and M117 respectively). In addition, the Mk-82 and M117 bombs can be fitted with infrared guidance kits, turning them into precision-guided weapons that home in on heat radiation emitted from seaborne targets such as ships or other ground-based targets. When fitted with this kit, the bomb becomes known as GCS-1. The F-1 was replaced by the F-2 (Japan/U.S. developed, based on the F-16C/D), as well as upgraded F-4EJ Kai Phantom IIs. The last six active F-1s, based at Tsuiki in Fukuoka Prefecture, were retired on 9 March 2006, having reached the 4,000 hour limit of their airframes. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar - Suport this Channel (My affiliate store): https://samoreira.eu/store/?modelismo Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_F-1 #modelkits

NRP Corte-Real (F332) is a Vasco da Gama-class frigate operated by the Portuguese Navy. She was laid down by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft on 20 October 1989, launched on 22 November 1991, and commissioned on 1 February 1992. The ship is named in honor of the explorers of the Corte-Real family: João Vaz Corte-Real, Gaspar Corte-Real, Miguel Corte-Real, and Vasco Anes Corte-Real. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar - Suport this Channel (My affiliate store): https://samoreira.eu/store/?modelismo Thank you for your suport 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

When launched in 1975, the "Spruance" was seen as a huge expenditure of money, being only armed with Harpoon missiles and anti-submarine torpedoes. The first eight ships were not even equipped with “Sea-Sparrow” anti-aircraft missile launch systems (which were installed only from David R. Ray). Initially they had as classic objective the hunting of submarines. For this they were equipped with the powerful sonar AN-SQS-53A / B, an evolution of the AN-SQS-26 and the ASROC launch system (8 cells) Mk.16 anti-submarine. With the beginning of the entry into service of the new AEGIS cruisers and destroyers, it was necessary that the “Spruances” were modernized, namely with regard to armament systems. The first changes were the inclusion of the Mk-32 anti-aircraft missile launch system (for Sea Sparrow short-range missiles). From the DD-971 David R. Ray this system started to be included during the construction. Starting with the DD-974 Comte de Grasse, launching systems for Tomahawk missiles began to be installed, with the capacity to launch ASROCs. Initially armed with an eight-seater launch system for nominal sea defense “Sea Sparrow” missiles, it received the VLS (Vertical Launch System) Vertical Launch System Mk41 in the late 1980s, which replaces the old ASROC launch system (8 cells ) Mk.16, allowing the "Spruance" to fire Tomahawk missiles, expanding the operational range of the ship, enabling them to carry out ground attacks. During Operation “Desert Storm”, the “Spruances” fired 112 Tomahawk missiles. All ships were ordered from the same shipyard, with the aim of reducing costs to a minimum, but there were still several accusations of favoritism. The fact that the ships show almost no armaments from abroad, has led public opinion to once again criticize the high cost of the ships. USS Spruance DD-963 Actually the main systems of the Spruance destroyers were hidden, having been later modernized and the weapon systems added The first operation of the USS Spruance was in October 1979 in the Mediterranean Sea, with the Saratoga Battle Group, together with other ships like Biddle, Conyngham, Milwaukee, and Mount Baker. During this operation, Spruance passed through the Black Sea to conduct surveillance on the new helicopter carrier “Moskva”, which sailed from its construction site to the Soviet Red Banner Northern Fleet. The USS Spruance entered its first major overhaul in 1980, at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. During a brief period at the shipyard in 1983, he received CIWIS and the TAS Mk 23 Radar System. Spruance was deployed for a period of six months in January 1983 to the Persian Gulf where for more than four and a half months conducting observations in conjunction with the USS frigate Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) during the Iran-Iraq War. Two LAMPS SH-2F Seasprite helicopters were used to locate and attack contacts detected by long-range onboard sonar. Seasprite was later replaced by the SH-60B Sea Hawk (LAMPS III). The USS Spruance served the Atlantic Fleet, assigned to the "Destroyer Squadron 24" and operating from NS Mayport, Florida, being withdrawn from service on March 23, 2005 and sunk as a target for aircraft that launched Harpoon anti-ship missiles. on December 8, 2006. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar - Suport this Channel (My affiliate store): https://samoreira.eu/store/?modelismo Thank you for your suport 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

HMS Daring is the lead ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy, and the seventh ship to hold that name. She was launched in 2006 on the Clyde and conducted contractor's sea trials during 2007 and 2008. She was handed over to the Royal Navy in December 2008, entered her base port of Portsmouth for the first time in January 2009 and was formally commissioned on 23 July 2009. As the lead ship of the first destroyer class built for the Royal Navy since the Type 42 in the 1970s, she has attracted significant media and public attention. Her name, crest and motto are a reference to the Roman youth Gaius Mucius Scaevola, famed for his bravery. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar - Suport this Channel (My affiliate store): https://samoreira.eu/store/?modelismo Thank you for your suport 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

Ticonderoga air defense cruisers were launched in the late 1970s and constituted a revolution in terms of naval techniques and tactics. As is usually the case with new concepts, Ticonderoga-class cruisers were among the most criticized ship designs in the post-World War II era. The concept of long-range planar radar combined with an expensive computerized combat system was not immediately understood by Public Opinion, by journalists and worse, nor by members of the American Congress, who measured the power of ships by the amount of weapons that were visible. With only two 127mm cannons and two double missile launchers, the Ticonderoga were almost "deserts" for the money they cost. The main characteristic of the Ticonderoga cruisers was the AEGIS combat system, which was developed by the Americans when it became evident that the Soviet tactic to attack American ships in the Atlantic, implied saturation attacks, launching successive waves of great number of missiles and hoping that part of them will succeed. This was the Soviets' anti-aircraft carrier tactic, given that the country's navy was never able to develop an effective capability to confront American aircraft carrier groups. That is why the Soviets tried to balance the "game" by replacing supersonic missiles with airplanes. That is why the AEGIS system was developed in order to establish a defensive shield around the aircraft carriers, which would constitute the second layer of defense for the fleet (the first was the aircraft and the third the short-range missile systems. and CIWS cannons with a high rate of fire). The various sensors, in conjunction with the combat system that gathers all available data, allows you to react in a few seconds as soon as a threat is detected and identified. The hull of the ships is based on the Spruance destroyer class because the configuration of its motive system was considered to be adequate to accompany aircraft carriers. The Ticonderoga were configured from the beginning to operate as a flagship, so they are equipped with a large number of information and communication systems, which allow to know in real time the position of the ships of a battle group, to concentrate received data, to process them and automatically send orders to other ships. The qualities of the Spy-1 sensor system and the combat data management system, removed much of the work from the aircraft carrier's own patrols. - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com https://samoreira.eu/photoalbum/?modelkit - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum

- 😱 If you didn't like it, don't click here 😱 https://bit.ly/3cSRzDz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Country of Origin: United States of America Empty Weight: 8.496kg Maximum Takeoff Weight: 16.500kg Length: 15,03m Wingspan: 9,45m Height: 5,09m Engine: 1 x P&W F100-PW-220E Maximum Speed: 2.124 km/h Cruise Speed: 980 km/h Maximum Altitude: 17.000 m Combat Range: 550 km Radars: Northrop-Grumman/Westinghouse AN/APG 66(V)2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My model kit collection, model kit for beginners, model kit building. ============================== 🔗 https://samoreira.eu/links/ ============================== - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum #f16 #f16fighter #belgium #f16fightingfalcon

- 😱 If you didn't like it, don't click here 😱 https://bit.ly/3cSRzDz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Marder is an infantry fighting vehicle of the West German army and is the main armament of the Panzergrenadier (designation for mechanized infantry in Germany, Switzerland and Austria). Developed in the 1970s, the Marder is a Cold War vehicle that is still in operation in the Bundeswehr after German reunification. The vehicle was in production between 1970 and 1975. Since then, the Marder has been tested as a platform for various types of vehicles, but only one has entered production, the radar version. The known series of this vehicle are as follows: Marder-1 A1(+): Dual-feed cannon, image intensification system and thermal aiming. Marder 1 A1(-): Same as above but without thermal aiming system. Marder 1 A1A: Upgraded in several areas (armor, weapons system, but no change in the night vision system) Marder 1 A2: New chassis and suspension. Marder 1 A3: Upgrade for older versions, including new modular armor and a new arrangement of the upper hatches. The Marder also served as the basis for the Roland anti-aircraft system. Marder IFVO is a logical evolution of German tactics, which had already begun studying the collaboration between infantry and armored vehicles during World War II. It was the first modern infantry fighting vehicle to enter service with a Western army and was the first response to the appearance of the Soviet Army's BMP-1. Designed to transport troops, the Marder gave infantry much better armored protection than vehicles like the M113, and was equipped with a turret armed with a 25mm cannon, as well as night vision systems. As of 2010, the "Marder" began to be replaced by the Puma. 410 units were approved by the Bundestag in 2007. In 2023, some units of the Marder were sent to Ukraine in a military aid package to support them against the Russian invasion. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ============================== Follow: 👉👉 https://samoreira.eu/links/ 👈👈 ============================== - Blogger: https://littledragonblue-modelismo.blogspot.com - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modelismo.militar Thank you for your support 👍 copyright©: Music: Slynk - Doctor Momentum