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[Jakartans@PkDef]

7th Air Force Squadron "Pegasus" (Rotary Wing), SAR & Tactical Support Squadron

This Air Force Helicopter squadron was formed in 25 May 1965 under 004 Air Wing.
Between 1965 to 1970, this squadron involved in Anti Communist operation all over Java and after that, the squadron was deployed in Kalimantan to support operation Lightning Strike against The Serawak Guerrilla Force and Communist Paraku insurgents. During that operation, elements from the 7th Squadron with MI-4 helicopters are supporting the ground forces in dropping, medevac and air reconnaissance mission.
Other than military operation, the 7th Squadron was the base for helicopter pilot training of Indonesian Air Forces.
In 1977 the squadron participated in a successful military rescue operation in West Papua and after that this squadron saw action in East Timor.
In 1989, the Squadron base was moved from Atang Senjaya AFB in Bandung to Suryadarma AFB in Kalijati-Subang, West Java (Atang Senjaya AFB now become the base for one of the Army Aviation Corps squadron).

Currently the 7th Squadron operates : 11 unit of EC 120 Colibri and 4 unit Bell 204 Helicopters.
This Squadron also the home-base of the Dynamic Pegasus Helicopter Aerobatic team.

Squadron photo

Helicopter pilot trainees

EC 120 Colibri

Dynamic Pegasus Aerobatic Show

Lieut. Fariana Dewi, Indonesian Air Forces female pilot of EC 120 Colibri and a member of Dynamic Pegasus Aerobatic Team

Pegasus Team members in Aerobatic Show uniform

11 pilots of EC 120 Colibri - 7th Air Force Squadron

 

[Jakartans@PkDef]

Did Pakistan participate in this ex?

Unfortunately Pakistan didnt participate in this training.
720 soldiers from 21 country participated in the GPOI training in Sentul, West Java, Indonesia.
The soldiers are from USA, Bangladesh, Philippines, Japan, Jordan, Cambodia, Canada, South Korea, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nepal, Srilanka, Thailand, Vietnam, New Zealand, Australia, Tanzania, South Africa, Ukraine, Germany and Indonesia.

 

[Jakartans@PkDef]

24 Leopard tanks and 28 Marder IFV has arrived in Surabaya on 6 Sept 2014.

Marder IFV rolled out from its transport in Tanjung Perak Harbor, Surabaya.

photo credit : Surabaya News

 

[Nike]

Pics of Navy theme

Marines Leguan Bridge, MANKAT1

KRI Bung Tomo in Belawan Medan

KRI OWA/Oswald Siahaan 354, pics taken from NBO 105 while OWA doing passing exercises to greet KRI Bung Tomo near Rondo island

credit for the original uploader

 

[Nike]

credit to Pelisaurus
KRI OWA/Oswald Siahaan 354, near Rondo Island while doing passing exercise to greet KRI Bung Tomo (Operation Sakti Arwana)

 

[Nike]

War room control of KRI Bung Tomo

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

Monday, 08 September, 2014 | 20:24 WIB
Indonesia's Newest Battleship Arrives

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Naval Army newest battleship KRI Bung Tomo has arrived. KRI Bung Tomo is a multi role light frigate, manufactured in the BAE System Maritime Naval, England.

KRI Bung Tomo will dock on the Eastern Naval Base in Surabaya for further inspection. The battleship will first be cleaned, before brought to Jakarta for delivery on September 28. "President (SBY) is going to inaugurate [the ship]," said Head of Public Relation Department of the Indonesian Navy, First Admiral Manahan Simorangkir.

The Navy is still waiting for two similar battleships, the KRI John Lee and KRI Usman Harun, both are on the way from England to Indonesia. "On September 24, the two ships will arrive and set for a display for the Army Anniversary," he said.

KRI Bung Tomo weighs 1,941 tons, spanning over 95x12.7 meters. The ship is equipped with four CODAD (combined diesel and diesel) rotors, allowing it to travel at maximum speed of 31 knots over 9,000 kilometers. The ship is also equipped with advanced weaponry such as MM 40 missile, Sea Wolf anti-aircraft cannon, torpedoes, and 76mm and 30 mm cannon, and anti-submarine torpedoes.

INDRA WIJAYA

Indonesia's Newest Battleship Arrives   | National | Tempo.Co :: Indonesian News Portal

 

[Nike]

KRI TOM, credit to Loneabe and original uploader

With two 30 mm AA CIWS rensing gun and 16 VLS Sea wolf system this ship is in much better defensive armament system than any other frigate or corvette in Indonesian Navy inventory

 

[Viet]

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War room control of KRI Bung Tomo

cool pic

 

[Jakartans@PkDef]

With two 30 mm AA CIWS rensing gun and 16 VLS Sea wolf system this ship is in much better defensive armament system than any other frigate or corvette in Indonesian Navy inventory

Two MSI Defence DS 30B REMSIG 30mm guns, installed on the port and starboard side on aft upper deck of Bung Tomo Class frigate, are capable of firing 650 rounds a minute to a range of 10km.

This AA CIWS cannon can be operated manually or by remote operator using DS 30B control system.
Remote firing system in KRI Bung Tomo Class is supported by Radamec 2500 electro optical weapon director.

Radamec 2500 position on Bung Tomo Class.

Remote operator console DS 30B.

 

[Nike]

PINDAD RESPONDED INDONESIA FUTURE CHALLENGE

Posted: Senin, 08 Sep 2014

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Indonesia government transition would be happened soon. Various mission and vision were had been delivered by elected president and vice president, Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla, on their campaign period until the debates event, on which one of them was on science and technologyand creative industry. Various challenges on these fields would be faced in managing the governance in the next five years.

To answer those challenges, was held the science and technology exhibitions and seminars with theme “Indonesia Responds the Future Challenges”. This event was held on Saturday, September 6th 2014 at Plaza Tugu Proklamasi, Central Jakarta. As one of the company which participated in Indonesia technology development, especially in defence industry, PT Pindad (Persero) was participated on this event.

According to chairman of this exhibition and seminar, Poempida Hidayatullah, the event which initiated by Relawan Jokowi-JK (Jokowi-JK Volunteer) or RJK2 in cooperation with the Ikatan Alumni Program Habibie (Habibie Alumni Association Program) or IABIE was aimed to show Indonesia citizen’s best work on science and technology as well as creative industry. “Indonesia is the nation that had the ideas, have the creativity, could think and able to create superior products.”

Beside displaying various science and technology and creative industries, was also held discussion that discussed how the developments and challenges that would be faced by Indonesia in the future in various fields such as defense, environment, energy and natural resources, the concept of the toll of the sea, great sea wall, the flagship rural industries, as well as the system scheme of “Indonesia Sehat” and “Indonesia Pintar” programs. PT Pindad (Persero) CEO, Sudirman Said was became speaker in discussing the development of the defense industry that was experienced by Pindad, how some products are created, and how the Defense Pindad responded to the challenge in the future. “Pindad should have massive investments at technology, machines, and human resources sectors. There’s no other way except strengthening ourselves. One of the way is to strengthening the technology and doing more researches.”

He was also reaffirmed that Pindad was ready to be one of the companies that would build the defense industry ability in the future, “Pindad as strategic industry is ready to take on the biggest role for our sovereignty building through the development of capabilities in the Defense field. I'm sure in 5-10 years forward Pindad can be managed in such a way so that it can take benefit as much as possible to repair the nation's sovereignty.”

PT Pindad (Persero) was displaying some of its defense and security products that have been produced for supporting the Indonesian National Armed Forces and Indonesia National Police personnel performance. Those products were SS2-V2 HB, SS2-V5 Customized + Silencer, SS2 + Grenade Launcher riffles, G2 Combat + silencer and G2 Elite handguns, sub machine gun PM2-V2 + silencer, SPR-2 and SPR-3 sniper, silent mortar + ammunition, mortar launcher 60 CO and 60 LR,cloud seedling tools CoSAT 1000, defense rocket Rhan 122 mock up, various calibers of ammunition mock up, and ”Anoa” 6x6 Combat Vehicle. In addition, was also displayed one unit of ”Anoa” 6x6 Combat Vehicle APC type which was used by the United Nation peace keeping mission at Libanon and became the centre of interest on this exhibition event.

Specifically for PT Pindad, the purpose of this exhibition was to improve the brand awareness among the general public that Indonesia has its own defense industry and are able to make the defense and security products for the Indonesia National Armed Forces and Indonesia National Police. In addition, this exhibition was expected to create a sense of pride in the minds of the public that the Indonesia citizens have been able and ready to compete with other countries especially in the field of defense industry. (Anggia/Sendhy/Wulan)
PT. Pindad (Persero) - Pindad Menjawab Tantangan Indonesia di Masa Depan

 

[Jakartans@PkDef]

Paskhas (Special Air Force Para-Commando) 465th Combat SAR Battalion "Brajamusti", Pontianak.

 

[Nike]

well a nice combi hehehe, taken from Tribun News.com

 

[Nike]

Widodo Govt May Kick Start Indonesian Fighter Aircraft Procurement

Source : Our Bureau ~ Dated : Wednesday, September 10, 2014 @ 12:29 PM

Muhammad Fadli Joko

Having promised to up the defence budget significantly, president-elect Jokowi Widodo may have to take a call on the procurement of fighter aircraft to replace decades-old F-5 Tigers.

Outgoing Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro had said earlier this year he wants to ensure the purchase is part of Indonesia's Strategic Plan II 2015 to 2020, Antara news agency reported quoting the minister, “we have received proposals from several jet fighter manufacturers for replacing the F-5 Tiger fighter aircraft".

Perhaps expecting the competition to intensify, Saab released a statement yesterday underlining why its Gripen fighter was the most suitable candidate for Indonesia.

Among the aircraft being evaluated are the Russian Sukhoi Su-35, the American Boeing F-15 Eagle and Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon, and the Swedish SAAB JAS 39 Gripen, said Gen. Moeldoko, Indonesia's top military commander.

The ministry is looking at buying 16 aircraft, but the type and number of aircraft "depends on Indonesia's financial position," Moeldoko said.

Widodo Govt May Kick Start Indonesian Fighter Aircraft Procurement

F-15 SE plus offer for another grants of F-16 ID in one packages by FMS scheme is too much to bear alone for me

 

[Nike]

Tiga pesawat latih jenis Tobago TB-10 milik Skuadron Udara 200 Wing Udara 1 Puspenerbal, melakukan terbang flypass di atas lapangan terbang Pusat Latihan Tempur TNI Angkatan Laut, R.E.B.O Tjokroadirejo, Grati, Pasuruan, Jatim, Rabu (10/9). Kegiatan terbang formasi tersebut, merupakan bagian dari rangkaian demo peresmian lapangan terbang TNI AL, R.E.B.O Tjokroadirejo, yang diresmikan oleh KSAL Laksamana TNI Marsetio.(ANTARA FOTO/Adhitya Hendra)

Seorang anggota Marinir melihat empat pesawat latih tempur Bonanza G-36 milik Skuadron Udara 200 Wing Udara 1 Puspenerbal, melakukan terbang flypass di atas lapangan terbang Pusat Latihan Tempur TNI Angkatan Laut, R.E.B.O Tjokroadirejo, Grati, Pasuruan, Jatim, Rabu (10/9). Kegiatan terbang formasi tersebut, merupakan bagian dari rangkaian demo peresmian lapangan terbang TNI AL, R.E.B.O Tjokroadirejo, yang diresmikan oleh KSAL Laksamana TNI Marsetio.(ANTARA FOTO/Adhitya Hendra)