Comments by "ricardo kowalski" (@ricardokowalski1579) on "Military Aviation History" channel.

  1. If you go so far out of your way to knock down an MQ9 over the sea, it means you are moving something by boat.
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  2. Yep. It got interesting for me when the japanese started talking about the Izumos... "honest to god, not offesive, NOT an aircraft carrier" 😉🤞
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  3. If you have air superiority, the AC130 is better than the A10. ( I see your 30mm and raise you a 105mm). If you DO NOT have air superiority, then anything that can fire a Maverick is not "better', just less risky. The A10 made sense when missiles were crap, and you knew you had to go into contested airspace, expecting to get hit. In the future, grunts will call upon swarms of expendable cheap ,unarmored UAV to deliver better/cheaper munitions in close quarters. There is nothing wrong or hyped about the gun, it is just that time waits for no one.
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  4. Perun rules.
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  5.  @BeKindToBirds  "irreplaceable" is what they used to say about battleships.
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  6. Parshall rules
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  7. IMO The F4 Phantom was the high tide of the FighterMafia vs the Heavy Jet Mafia They were both wrong at that time The F4 had no gun, because the heavy jet mafia argued that missiles had already eliminated close in dog fights. That was a mistake, the missiles at that time sucked big time. The fighter mafia took the early development stage of missiles as evidence that dog fights ruled and that they were right. As a reaction to poor missile performance, Fighter mafia's idea of a high thrust to weight ratio, small(ish), light(er), armed with cannon and not much else won the day, we all got the F16. A few years go by and missiles improve greatly. By the time the AIM9L and the AMRAAM mature, there is no need for agility or dogfighting. Hell even helicopters are capable of shooting down jets (J CATCH results) At this time the original error of Fighter mafia to keep dogfighting as a key requirement is revealed. Then Stealth came along. If they do not know you are there, they cannot shoot missiles at you, much less intercept and dogfight you. Radars and sensors have pushed stealth back and we are again favoring standoff missiles over cannon. In the future, when unmanned expendable cheap platforms allow taking increased risk, we may get another round of airframe specialization and arguments. The interesting detail is that the fighter mafia has never championed unmanned fighters
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  8. My money is on the logic that controls flight/ground mode based on the Weight on wheels switch. The plane set down, the switch tripped the computer from flight to ground mode. The bounce was high enough for the gear to extend, and the switch toggled from ground to flight. But the fan was already cut off at the intake vanes. The detailed report will surely be filled with juicy bits about the computer logic. Respectfully👍
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  9.  @Edax_Royeaux  how many battleships have being comissioned lately?
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  10. The economic calculation depends on what are they attempting to cover by knocking out the drone. If all they lost was the Sukhoi's radome, it is a good deal.
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  11.  @Arthion  I would suggest that CAS is not an "airstrike". In the same way that forward air control is not recon. ---- CAS means (to me) putting ordenance in close proximity of ground troops in short notice. If you want to risk manpad or small arms fire, then yes you need an A10 to do that. But if you have standoff weapons (Think an excalibur round) you can make it rain without the A10 raindance. Respectfully 👍
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  12. Is the Harrier or the AV8B data available? The complexity and risk profile of the vertical landing is mis-represented in the other more conventional aircraft Solid content.
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  13. 2:56 Yes, mentioning the Italians in Libya is a good starting point for the history of the COIN concept. ✅ One issue is that COIN (against "insurgency") and CAS (against "enemies") is a murky distinction . Are you in: 1- a civil war, where both sides are fighting for the right to call the other "insurgent" ==> COIN 2- a proxy war where sides are fighting for power on behalf of deep pocketed cold war super powers ==> It's complicated🤷 3- a true kinetic conflict between regular troops of the actual super-power nations ===> CAS another even murkier issue is that by definition... COIN is meant to be used by governments... AGAINST IT'S OWN CITIZENS . Not the most popular use of public funding. So they get dressed or justified as "territorial security", border patrol, anti-narcotics, and many many other excuses. Remember that it is the goverment that applies the label of "insurgent" on anybody they dislike. ManPADs are the reason COIN (and CAS) have had soooooo much trouble. Yes, COIN is a deep rabbit hole. Solid content
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  14. Canadair/Bombardier has the firefighting market cornered. They keep updating the CLx15 line, and there is not enough demand to pay for a complete brand new design. Respectfully.
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  15. 9:45 "we accomplished our mission" The devil is in the detail: what was the mission? The mission was not to fly in, fly out, land a sucker punch and get away with it. The mission was to " immobilize the USN Pacific Fleet ". And on this it was a failure. Please read that again. The objective was not "weaken", reduce, hinder, diminish, or get an advantage. By April, the USN was mobile enough to strike Tokio. The proof of the immobilize failure is that the carriers are drawn out to Midway. If the IJN had succeded in immobilizing the fleet, they would have never planned for the USN to sortie out to Midway. They would have pounded them at Oahu anchorage. The very fact that the IJN knew the USN fleet could and would sail negates the "immobilization" HAVING SAID THAT.... -what was the best way to ensure the fleet was immobile? was it the oil? the drydocks? blocking the channel? The how is very much up for discussion. -Did Fuchida or anyone have the foresight to ask for a third wave? I am not buying it -The failure to include the oil tanks in the target list is indicative of the same IJN mindset that logistics were un-important. That courage, willpower and valor can make up for lack of fuel, hunger or ammunition -It IS very telling that Fuchida sees the importance of logistics when questioned by american officers, which are versed and have in their doctrine that logistics wins wars ALSO... I will say this much. The rapid turn arounds and forward fuel stocks were vital for Coral Sea and Midway.
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  16.  @flyboymike111357  The CLx15 can't. But there are plenty of helicopters in full production that can do that.
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  17.  @flyboymike111357  and your point is.....?
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  18.  @flyboymike111357  as I said. Plenty of helicopters can do that better. No OV10 can fill the role of a CL415.
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  19.  @flyboymike111357  what does that have to do with "constant production"? where is the criminal?
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  20.  @FatherExo  yes. That is why I think the fault is in the logic that feeds from the switch signal. The accident report will be filled with juicy bits about the flight mode logic, controllers, FADEC and lift fan vane reaction time. 👍
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  21.  @HannibalTX  There are many ways to destroy the radar and later do the AC130 do it's thing. The CAS support mission is not taking out radars. Again, the justification of the A10 is that you want to risk enter an area and planning to be hit.
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  22. Also, there were hundreds of surplus F4U that proved to be "good enough" for several decades.
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  23.  @idontwanttoputmyname403  Yep. It is all very brief snapshots at that time . When look down radars made the helicopter vulnerable, MANPADS just moved the threat closer to the ground. CHeers!
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  24. I hope they develop a drone based on the Grippen. It would sell like crazy, it could be risked against manpads at low heights, provide CAS on demand, probe air defenses and have maintenance commonality with the manned version.
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  25. Yeah.... seeing Rusia invade Ukraine would make even the slowest bureaucrat suddenly move quickly!!!
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  26. Not a nuke? Then why is it pointy? Pointy is scary... if not nuke... why pointy?
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  27.  @Farweasel  THAT I didn't know... even more interesting!!! Thanks for the info. 👍
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  28.  @flyboymike111357  there is a VTOL Bronco? pray do tell.
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  29.  @Ariccio123  Yep 👍
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  30.  @lqr824  All true and fair points. 👍
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  31. For low threat environment, the SuperTucanos are cheaper For high threat environments, other platforms have better standoff weapons The A10 is too expensive to use as COIN, and too vulnerable to use in peer to peer CAS.
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  32. Solid content
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  33. I also vote for a mock wingtip thingy that breaks away👍 Considered a modified landing chute dragging behind the Su27 and tangling the Reaper's prop and airframe. But would be a higher risk. 👎 Keep in mind plan "A" was fuel dumping to affect the engine? Set it on fire?
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  34.  @jessestreet2549  Is it doctrine for them to follow orders or to self direct?
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  35.  @jessestreet2549  that is a scary thought. 😳😕
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  36.  @TheDalhuck  probably be relegated to sales and maintenance training?
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  37. seems Angela was the roadblock? --- Germany ‘Approves’ Nuclear-Capable F/A 18 Super Hornets, EW Aircraft EA-18G Growlers To Modernize Fleet – Media By Ashish Dangwal- November 25, 2021
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  38. Premise: They rammed it. Conclusion: Even flying next to it, they lack the capacity to interfere or jam the communication link to the remote pilot Thoughts?
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  39.  @ChucksSEADnDEAD  OK...so they sucked "a little"? 👍 Can we agree that AFTER the Lima version it rules?
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  40. -Cheap, Mass produced, Low maintenance, easy to fly, Technological advanced CAN'T BE DONE. SAAB: Hold my Grippen.
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  41. The export market of the MirageIII is often over looked. It had many technical and political consequences.
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  42. 15:40 " the defense of russia's airspace" So the primary mission of the VKS never was to provide air superiority over contested airspace, nor provide close air support to an expeditionary ground force. So doctrine, equipment and training are mismatched with the task at hand. This video needs a follow up.
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  43.  @willw8011  from the net "The Class A mishap rate for the first model of the Harrier, the AV-8A, was astronomical -- 31.77 accidents per 100,000 hours. Notoriously unstable, it had a propensity for rolling over and slamming into the ground."
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  44.  @willw8011  another data point "The second generation AV-8B, produced by Boeing, entered service in 1985. It's much safer, but still compares poorly to other jets. According to an 2002 LA Times report, the AV-8B Harrier suffered 11.44 accidents per 100,000 flight hours, compared to just 3 for the F/A-18 Hornet. "
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  45.  @willw8011  the data at 7:40 shows about 5 events every 100000 hours... so roughly half of the AV8B? Your thoughts?
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  46.  @willw8011  Yep.
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  47. The Grippen is the F5 of this century. Hopefully it will have better sales than the F5 ever did. And it should evolve into a fully unmanned platform to fly high risk, pre-programed missions.
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  48. Germany: we will do our part regarding the NATO nuclear deployment commitment 🧐 Poland: I am NATO...can I have some nuclear commitment? 😋
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  49. ​ @gregorywright4918  agreed.
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