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| UFO hits Romanian fighter jet |
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On the 30th of October 2007, the Romanian
presented a damaged fighter jet to the
astonished public: According to the Romanian
military, it must have been an unidentified
flying object. More info:
http://hbccufo.org/modules.php?name=News&file
=article&sid=3294
Tags : UFO Romania military |
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| Iranian Fighter jet Saegheh |
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IRANIAN FIGHTER JET SAEGHEH.
Saeqeh (Persian (Arabic) "thunderbolt",
alternative spellings: Sa'eqeh; Saegheh), or
Saeqeh-80, is an Iranian single-seater
fighter jet. It is the second generation of
the Iranian Azarakhsh fighter and (like the
first generation) appears to be based on the
US F-5E. The Saeqeh is a joint product of the
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force and the
Iranian Ministry of Defense. Official
announcements claim that the Saeqeh is
domestically-built.
The first prototype of the jet was shown on
state television making a test flight in July
2004. According to the translation by the
Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)
of a broadcast on Islamic Republic of Iran
News Network (IRINN), the Saeqeh became
operational on September 6, 2006, when it
participated in an Iranian military wargame
exercise called "Blow of Zolfaqar". In that
exercise, which began August 19, 2006, the
new fighter carried out actions described as
"a mission to bomb virtual enemy targets",
and "a mock bombing mission" Two prototypes,
which appeared to differ from the one that
had been shown previously, conducted a
fly-past at Tehran's Mehrabad Airport on 20
September 2007. Three prototypes took part in
a military parade on 22 September 2007.
Iran has announced that it will test fly the
other variants of the Saeqeh in the near
future which will differ from the previous
aircraft due to major changes in its weapon
system, aerodynamics and operational range.
Little information on the specifications of
the Saeqeh has been released. The Commander
of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force,
Brigadier-General Ahmad Mighani, said that
the Saeqeh is up-to-date in terms of
aerodynamic balance and in possessing missile
and radar systems. The Managing Director of
the Aviation Organization of the Ministry of
Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces,
Majid Hedayat, described the Saeqeh as a
logistic and combat plane with high
maneuvering capability and an ability to
bombard close targets. This suggests that the
Saeqeh is largely intended to perform a
ground-attack role.
The Saeqeh has been optimistically compared
with the US F/A-18 fighter, although it is
unclear whether it is claimed that the jets
have a similar performance capability or
whether they are simply similar in
appearance. As with many previous indigenous
Iranian developed weapons, no performance
data has been released to verify "official"
claims
The Iranian Minister of Defense,
Brigadier-General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar,
announced that the Defense Ministry had
started to design such a jet on 6 August
2007, which could not be the Saeqeh because
it had already flown by that date
Tags : iran fighter jets saegheh military planes russian aircraft Airplane |
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