Monthly Archives: July 2015

Brazil’s loan from Sweden to buy Gripens gets lower interest rate

Brazil’s loan from Sweden to buy Gripens gets lower interest rate

Sweden has agreed to lower the interest rate of the loan to help Brazil buy 36 Gripens from 2.54 percent to 2.19 percent.

By Mike Freer – Touchdown-aviation [GFDL 1.2 or GFDL 1.2], via Wikimedia Commons

With the new agreement with Swedish export credit agency SEK, Brazil is expected to finalize the purchase agreement soon.

Source: Brazil’s loan from Sweden to buy Gripens gets lower interest rate

USAF’s 71st Fighter Squadron will re-activate as T-38 training unit

USAF’s 71st Fighter Squadron will re-activate as T-38 training unit

A ceremony will be held at Joint Base Langley-Eustis on Aug. 21 to reactivate the 71st Fighter Training Squadron.

By U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Ammons [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

All T-38 Talons and personnel working on them under the 27th Fighter Squadron will move to this new unit. Its mission will be the same, as opponents for the F-22.

Source: USAF’s 71st Fighter Squadron will re-activate as T-38 training unit

Scuds fired at Saudi Arabia from Yemen were from North Korea

Scuds fired at Saudi Arabia from Yemen were from North Korea

A South Korean official said the Scud missiles fired at Saudi Arabia by Yemeni rebels were manufactured by North Korea.

A former North Korean official added that those missiles were sold in the 1990s and North Korean missile engineers were sent to Yemen.

Source: Scuds fired at Saudi Arabia from Yemen were from North Korea

Wrong trim settings lead to HAF F-16D crash at Albacete

Wrong trim settings lead to HAF F-16D crash at Albacete

The roll and yaw trim settings on board a Hellenic Air Force F-16D were incorrect when the jet started rolling down the runway at Los Llanos Air Base in Albacete, Spain on Jan. 26, 2015. Seconds later the jet slammed into the ground and killed the two crew members and nine French Air Force personnel on the tarmac.

By Jerry Gunner (Lechfeld Elite 2008 213Uploaded by Alaniaris) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Investigators believe a checklist might have contributed to the wrong settings as tests have shown that the yaw trim knob could be altered accidentally by a checklist under the right conditions.

Source: Wrong trim settings lead to HAF F-16D crash at Albacete

Brazil set to receive final eight Gepard 1A2s

Brazil set to receive final eight Gepard 1A2s

IHS Jane’s reported that Brazil will soon take delivery of its final eight Gepard 1A2 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns.

Derwatz at the German language Wikipedia [GFDL or CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Brazil ordered 34 of those vehicles back in May 2013 and they will all be assigned to the 11th Self-propelled Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery (11th Bia AAAe AP) in Ponta Grossa, State of Paraná.

Source: Brazil set to receive final eight Gepard 1A2s