Warbird Information Exchange

Greetings
I was wondering if the War Clouds gaither in South America (Sadly most likely) What type of Planes will be used ? Are we talking 70's and and Newer ? or older stuff ? A-4's F-4s ? F-16's any Europe types ?
As always thanks for all that reply

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Glen

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According to Wiki Columbia has Kfir's, A-37 & Mirage's and a whole list of stuff.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_Air_Force

scroll down to the bottom.

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Trae

cause I want one! http://www.combataircraft.com/aircraft/fia58.aspx

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P: Noise coming from under instrument panel. Sounds like a midget pounding on something with a hammer.

S: Took hammer away from midget.

Most importantly from a fighter/bomber point of view, Venezuela has the Sukhoi Su-30MK2 Flanker.

That is a formidible fighter in ANY realm all over the world, not just a "South American brush war".

Although I can't imagine that Chavez's pilots are all that proficient in the mighty Flanker at the moment, I would be willing to put money on them making some big scores in both the air to air and air to ground arenas.

Venezuela and Colombia both have OV-10s. It's unfortunate that they both have memberships in the OV-10 Broco Association and have both attended Bronco functions here in the states. It would be terrible if they wound up flying against each other.

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Colombia has a bunch of Super-Tucanos they bought from Brasil and that according to the news, were the ones used in the attack in Ecuador. The other thing to consider is what kind of munitions they have ´cause the strike to the FARC guerrillas, was with some kind of "smart" bombs.

The Pucara is an interesting aircraft. From what I've read, a bunch of them were destroyed on teh ground by British aircraft during the Falklands conflict. Is Argentina still flying any Pucaras, or are they all gone? One of them would make a neat-o warbird!

Cheers!

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Dean Hemphill, K5DH
Port Charlotte, Florida

There's a couple of captured ones preserved in the UK, IIRC. RAF Museum Cosford, and (I think) the Army Air Corps Museum? Not fliers, although one was tested at Farnborough, in the 80s, again IIRC.

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James K

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Well whoa......no war yet. Latest word I saw in the paper is the situation is easing up.

John

There is an incomplete Pucara at Duxford.

Venezuelan Air Force

Combat aircraft
18 Canadair CF-5 Freedom Fighter
18 North American OV-10 Bronco
12 Dassault Mirage 50, (to be retired)
21 Lockheed F-16 Fighting Falcon, (10 of them operational)
24 Sukhoi Su-30MKV Flanker-C (similar with MK2 variant) - 14 commissioned (the remaining 10 are scheduled to arrive in 2008)[5]

Transport Aircraft
1 Airbus A319
8 Alenia G.222
3 Beechcraft Queen Air 65
8 Beech Queen Air 80
5 Beechcraft Super King Air
? Fairchild C-26 Metroliner
2 Boeing 707
1 Boeing 737
1 Cessna 500 Citation
1 Cessna 550 Citation
4 Dassault Falcon 20
2 Dassault Falcon 50
1 Gulfstream II
1 Gulfstream III
1 Gulfstream IV
6 Lockheed C-130H Hercules
4 Shorts 360
1 Cessna Citation X

Trainers
12 Cessna 182 Skylane
32 Embraer EMB-312 Tucano
12 Aermacchi F-260

Transport Helicopters
8 Eurocopter AS 332 Super Puma
4 Eurocopter AS 532 Cougar