05-30-2024, 10:59 AM
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...st-package
This is very good news. It will undoubtedly make the F-16s much more effective in running down cruise missiles and "low tech" Iranian drones, much as the IAF, Jordan, and the US demonstrated in the Iranian attack on Israel.
https://thecardboard.org/board/showthrea...#pid407040
Only four months to get it done :). The Swedes indeed can be decisive and act. Of course, the aircraft are not in Ukraine yet, so it probably will still take a while before it can be used. The same can be said about the F-16s. In order to use the aircraft the pilots have to be trained (easy) and the flight crew back in the tube need to be trained (not so easy). The Erieye radar is a very capable system and can "see" lots of things. The Link-16 capability will (at least in theory) allow passing targeting information to F-16s and controlling the air battle from the ASC-890. It takes training to do this, but I am sure the Swedes are more than capable of providing it. I just hope the trainees have a thick skin, because they will undoubtedly need it at times. The pilots will have little trouble learning to fly the aircraft. There are probably some pilots in Ukraine that flew AN-24s or its successors. Obviously out of a job right now and not fighter pilot material. Transition should be easy.
This is very good news. It will undoubtedly make the F-16s much more effective in running down cruise missiles and "low tech" Iranian drones, much as the IAF, Jordan, and the US demonstrated in the Iranian attack on Israel.
https://thecardboard.org/board/showthrea...#pid407040
Only four months to get it done :). The Swedes indeed can be decisive and act. Of course, the aircraft are not in Ukraine yet, so it probably will still take a while before it can be used. The same can be said about the F-16s. In order to use the aircraft the pilots have to be trained (easy) and the flight crew back in the tube need to be trained (not so easy). The Erieye radar is a very capable system and can "see" lots of things. The Link-16 capability will (at least in theory) allow passing targeting information to F-16s and controlling the air battle from the ASC-890. It takes training to do this, but I am sure the Swedes are more than capable of providing it. I just hope the trainees have a thick skin, because they will undoubtedly need it at times. The pilots will have little trouble learning to fly the aircraft. There are probably some pilots in Ukraine that flew AN-24s or its successors. Obviously out of a job right now and not fighter pilot material. Transition should be easy.