Nigeria Air Force JF-17 Block II Update
KAMRA: Block 2 JF-17A Thunder S. No. 2P-60 for the Nigerian Air Force undergoing flight tests over the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC). Two other aircraft for NAF, S. Nos. 2P-61 and 2P-62, are also undergoing flight tests. Nigerian pilots and...
It is very much possible to fly the aircraft at extremely low altitudes such as 10 feet in this case. It is not 10 meters. Since pilots use altimeter and radio altimeter which reads the height in feet. So, any information on meters is irrelevant (unless you are operating in Chinese airspace)...
Thank you for saying that.
Interestingly, this publicity advert of IAF right outside the road which goes to HAL and Aakash vihar colony reiterates a principle
"Colleagues share food, Wingmen share fate"
This principle is also carved right outside the training directorate of IAF flying...
These pods were introduced by the U.S. Navy for their F-16Ns to increase their RCS during TOPGUN exercises. The F-16 has such a small RCS they needed a way to simulate a bigger enemy aircraft.
So during training sorties/peacetime, F-16s fly with these pods to increase the size of the blip on...