Peruvian Air Force upgrading its 12 Mirage 2000 and 18 MIG-29
The Peruvian Air Force revealed the upgrading of its Mirage 2000 and MIG-29 combat aircraft demanding an investment of 266 million dollars, reported the Sunday edition of Diario Correo.
The work is being done in a Peruvian Air Force base to the north of the country and the whole operation should be concluded by 2014.
Peru purchased the Mirages from France in 1986 and the upgrading of the 12 units, involving 140 million dollars is being done by Peruvian engineers and Air Force experts with the technical advise from the French company Dassault Aviation under a program named Inspection VP5.
The newspaper also reported that the Russian manufactured 18 MIG-29 are undergoing refurbishing at a cost estimated in 126 million dollars. However this leg of the program is behind schedule since it is only done by Russian engineers.
The two operations are part of a plan started by President Alejandro Toledo over six years ago with the purpose of modernizing the capability of the Peruvian Air Force. They intend to improve technology, avionics and engines. Testing with some of the Mirages should begin in a few weeks time.
Meantime pilots are kept trained by travelling to the French air base Mont de Marsan where they practice with simulators emergency and bombing situations plus missile targeting, concludes Diario Correo.
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However I've never really liked the aesthetics of it, it always looked as if someone has sawn off a big chunk of the front underbody.
Ummm.....err......Okey Dokey if you say so.
They “make cobra-turning in the air”... big deal, go to a f*cking circus with it!
But there is no plane which can do more extreme curves than modern air-to-air missles. Nowerdays there are other criteria for war planes than 20-30 years ago. Dogfights like everybody think it is only exist in movies.
First plane to detect the other now decides the fight, and MIG29 with old technology are at the short end vs modern BLOCK 50 F16 fighters, Eurofighters and many others more.
Is it 1986 again? lol
The Pentagon says “Migs are the best planes to shoot at”.....and Murky has a think about it.
Manned fighters are becoming obsolete like the short lived battleship was - the future is in swarms of drones.
The USA has been flying fully armed Predator and Reaper drones for years. They fire laser guided Hellfire missiles - you wouldn't want one ruining your day.
Oh no shit
The spitfire could blow it from the sky at 3,000 feet,
Core you duunarf go on,
Who cares what peru has,
All you need to know , is two very important things,
1, you don’t have any planes
2, we have
Now clear the mist.
The Mig might have a sophisticated airframe, but it is the pilot and the weapons that really count. As Manrod said, no fighter can out manoeuvre a modern air to air missile.
Anyway the future is pilotless fighters like this:
www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/EquipmentAndLogistics/NewTaranisCombatAircraftThundersIntoView.htm
I don't have problem with Peru updating their fighters. They are not going to declare war on anyone and they are not buying new aircraft. It seems quite natural to give them a new coat of pain and chage the fuses.
Peru has been growing rapidly and they know their future is open trade, not looking for problems with vecinos.
I agree with Murky,becouse the vitiation of pilotless fighters with remote frequency could be easy and doesn't need high tech to cope with them !
That is a valid point, but I am sure there will be measures to stop remote hijacking. I guess we will see in the future.
But with regards to the Peruvian migs: there effectiveness will depend on the weapons on board. The article doesn't say what they are - maybe they want to keep it a secret.
Just because a modern missile has acquired you, it doesn't mean that you are doomed. There are modern counter measures available in conjunction with evasive maneuvers. It is actually very difficult to hit an individual F-16 which may belong to an integrated tactical air command. A stray MIG 29 on the other hand with no AWACS cover is history against an AIM 120 AMRAAM. In fact a single Chilean F 16 can target and destroy 6 enemy aircraft simultaneously from a distance of up to 140 klms. with their new AIM 120CJ AMRAAM. Money well spent my friends.
The bigger fellas follow on behind shouting, Tank, Tank, Tank.
Agreed.
That was partly my point, that it’s the weapons onboard (and counter measures) that make the difference.
My other point @25 was that manned fighters will soon be obsolate.
poor argentina, saddled with a calamity jane, and no mistake .
You Brits crack me up......... You know, they only have 9.... Yes 9 operational Skyhawks.
To think when I was a little boy, these Argies were like a Latin American SUPERPOWER. Very sad indeed.
spare tanks are dropped from oneplane to the other,
aparently it saves fuel in landing and refuling lol.
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