Bangladesh Air Force sends pilots for training on F-18 Jets

[jarnee]

A virus in my computer giving me some hard times.

download Kaspersky trial version and get this virus fixed, most probabaly it is "KHATRA.EXE" virus , which doen not allow you to copy paste URL's ... On lighter note..stop surfing & downloading pro#n videos lol

 

[leonblack08]

Why some people are debating so intensely as if we already ordered them???

The thread did not even claim BAF was ordering F-18s,but yet I see some members are loosing their sleep.

Its just pictures,and nothing yet is confirmed by any neutral and reliable source.So save your energy when the actual decision will be taken.

Last time I remember people were getting crazy at the news of "16 High tech" planes.later they turned out to be F-7 BG!

So wait before the news is confirmed.

 

[Skies]

I understand your point luftwaffe but as I said earlier its not only hardware but also political. BD parliament approved 1.5 billion dollar worth of hardware for Navy in the last budget. They are also considering big facelift for airforce. Ofcourse we need SAM and BD also in a look out for better air defence system. We also dont have good experience dealing with Russians, and we had to send our Migs to Ukraine for maintenance. Russians are out of question for future air craft purchase for now at least.

But how it could be a political strategy against India (as you said USA considers India as their adversary) when AL govt is in the chair?

 

[Skies]

Bangladesh essentially has the same air space as Pakistan's. Let me explain before you guys jump with rhetoric. Bangladesh has borders with India and then with Myanmar, both of which are potential air routes for enemy's aerial attack. For Pakistan, it's only the long strip of border with India along Sindh, Punjab, and Kashmir. You guys do not have any potential threat on the Baluchistan, NWFP and west of the country. Talibans have no air force. So Bangladesh has no less air space to defend than Pakistan.

How I will classify this bull? As a mere joke which is good for health?

BTW, this kinda bull is only, clearly, proves that you are infected by something bad as I told before!

P.S: I understand what you wanted to explain. But luftwaffe said that we have little air space even for training or practice. But it will be nice to see if we will get some F-18.

 

[garibnawaz]

You got some F-18 phobia, dont know why.
Too many news are coming out regarding F-18 procurement and I keep my finger crossed to see them flying over BD sky.

Who offered???? make a guess...

Why not to post atleast one reliable source out of those too many news?

I dont have F-18 fobia, if it is offered to BAF I wouldn't give a damn. However I would like to know it from a reliable source.

GB

 

[garibnawaz]

Dear GB,

Its obvious ur are kid out of kindergarden as far as the Armed Forces are concerned. Please do yourself a favor and learn before you post.

I thought you were neutral, but with your tone one can realize how you neutal you are.

Just an advice your navy has been sending pilots to train on the the Goshawks with the US Navy as an alternative to the Mig 29 KUB. Has the Indian Navy ever bought a Goshawk ? Please don't confuse the Hawk AJT of the IAF with the Naval Goshawk.

Our pilots got tranining on T-45 Goshawk for one simple reason because neither India nor Russia has facilities for intermediate deck-based flight training, which US apparently offered us with T-45.

Besides T-45 were/are officially offered to India.

Boeing team flying down to sell T-45 Goshawk

This training was covered by both US and Indian media. I am putting a link of official US Navy website for reference which covers each and every excersice and activity of US Navy. Same was USAF,US Army and US Marines have their respective websites who covers each and every activity of their respecitve forces.

Indian Pilot Records First At Sea Qualification Aboard Carrier

In the BAF F-18 training case no such coverage is available, unless you want to come up with theory that this was a confidential and classified event.

If the coverage is available please feel free to post it here.

I am yet to see/realize the significance of these BD pilots getting training on F-18.

As regards joy rides US Navy or AF do give joy rides but only to CNS, CAS of other countries but never to 10 young pilots.

I can post pics of US aircrafts giving joyrides to Indian Veterans, Pilots, Reporters etc.

There is something brewing round the corner and be wise enough to accept and analyse.

Please post the links if you are so neutral as you claim to be.

GB

P.S: - The US navy link actually talks about IN/IAF pilots training results.

Please be kind to us by posting links about the BAF training results.

 

[garibnawaz]

I do not understand why garibnawaz is so agitated by this news?!
In Bangladesh, media never knows about military procurement before the final contract is inked. This is how the Bangladesh military rolls. Bangladeshi media is not very good at covering military procurement news. They are not interested either. They are only interested about how much Government has allocated for defence budget. and how much of it could have been spent on education or social sector. within the budget, the military can buy whatever they want! Whether they are buying tanks for the army or buying gifts for their wives is not issue, unfortunately.

All I am asking is for reliable source or linkto back up claims which is natural on a defence forum.

GB

 

[garibnawaz]

F-18F Super Hornet refueling a F-18E Super Hornet over Bay of Bengal

Over Indian waters/sky during an excersice Malabar 2007 with India,Japan,Austrailia and Singapore.

GB

 

[garibnawaz]

This picture's ones are RMAF pilots.But the other ones are BAF pilots.

Sri Lankan mixed up the pics I guess.

Yeah Yeah why not?

GB

 

[garibnawaz]

I think you had too much exposure to N2O. Change your negative mentality. Did you get models of F-16 from USA? Yes I can understand your ISI created a situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan that was later used to convince the Americans to sell those F-16 to you. But we can get those F-18 super hornets inshAllah. We have Mig-29, so there is no question of going back to Mig-21.

Those two are flying over bay of Bengal, flying from a US Navy carrier USS Kitty Hawk belonging to the US Navy's pacific fleet that visited Bay of Bengal in 2007 and probably again in recent times. The head of the Pacific Fleet also visited Dhaka. Here are two references.

Still Asset Details for 070907-N-8591H-023

http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/JCCC/Still/2007/Navy/070907-N-8591H-023.JPEG

As the report reads, An F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron One Zero Two fuels an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron Two Seven during exercise Malabar 07-2 while over the Bay of Bengal Sept. 7, 2007. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jarod Hodge

As explained earlier that was during Malabar 2007 over Indian sky/waters.

GB

 

[Always Neutral]

I thought you were neutral, but with your tone one can realize how you neutal you are.



Our pilots got tranining on T-45 Goshawk for one simple reason because neither India nor Russia has facilities for intermediate deck-based flight training, which US apparently offered us with T-45.

Besides T-45 were/are officially offered to India.

DID YOU BUY THEM BEFORE FLYING THEM?

Boeing team flying down to sell T-45 Goshawk

This training was covered by both US and Indian media. I am putting a link of official US Navy website for reference which covers each and every excersice and activity of US Navy. Same was USAF,US Army and US Marines have their respective websites who covers each and every activity of their respecitve forces.

Indian Pilot Records First At Sea Qualification Aboard Carrier

In the BAF F-18 training case no such coverage is available, unless you want to come up with theory that this was a confidential and classified event.

WHOSE FAULT IS IT IF THE MEDIA DOES NOT COVER IT ? BAF'S ?
If the coverage is available please feel free to post it here.

I am yet to see/realize the significance of these BD pilots getting training on F-18.

THATS WHY I SAID WAIT AND WATCH. WHY WOULD THE US NAVY WASTE ITS VALUABLE ENGINE HOURS GIVING NOT ONE BUT SEVERAL PILOTS JOY RIDES. THATS THE JOB OF THE MANUFACTURER NOT THE USN.

I can post pics of US aircrafts giving joyrides to Indian Veterans, Pilots, Reporters etc.



Please post the links if you are so neutral as you claim to be.

GB

P.S: - The US navy link actually talks about IN/IAF pilots training results.

Please be kind to us by posting links about the BAF training results.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS WAS NOT A CLASSIFIED OPS TO CHECKMATE BURMA ?

Regards

 

[TopCat]

But how it could be a political strategy against India (as you said USA considers India as their adversary) when AL govt is in the chair?

USA does not consider AL as their adversary neither they consider them as Dalal of India as you like to wish. AL is a liberal pro west government which can be relied upon unlike reactionary BNP which is viewed as sympathetic to terrorist and Islamic fundementalist.

 

[TopCat]

Why not to post atleast one reliable source out of those too many news?

I dont have F-18 fobia, if it is offered to BAF I wouldn't give a damn. However I would like to know it from a reliable source.

GB

Its been said time and again that BD media is not authorized to publish defence related news neither they are updated. They call them classified and get a$$ kicked if they do so. BD keeps everything low profiled. economy, defence, statistics everything. We are a LDC and act like LDC unlike India or Pakistan who act like first world.
Cheers..

 

[garibnawaz]

HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS WAS NOT A CLASSIFIED OPS TO CHECKMATE BURMA ?

Regards

If it was classified, how come the pics got leaked?

GB

Its been said time and again that BD media is not authorized to publish defence related news neither they are updated. They call them classified and get a$$ kicked if they do so. BD keeps everything low profiled. economy, defence, statistics everything. We are a LDC and act like LDC unlike India or Pakistan who act like first world.
Cheers..

How about US media then?

GB

 

[TopCat]

If it was classified, how come the pics got leaked?

GB



How about US media then?

GB

Those pictures are from US source only.