Spring Flag 2008

King_Typhoon

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Eurofighter Typhoon Success in "Spring Flag 2008"
23 April 2008

* 75 aircraft in total
* 400 flight hours over two weeks, day and night
* Almost 2,000 personnel

Spring Flag 2008“Spring Flag”, the most important annual exercise of the Italian Air Force, in 2008 was hosted by 9° Gruppo and XII Gruppo, with their Eurofighter Typhoons taking the lead in the Air Dominance role. Running from 04 – 16 April, the NATO-organised complex hypothetical scenario featured two combat forces in a “good versus bad” struggle to achieve their operational objectives. All aircraft were fitted with flight recording instrumentation providing the Command and Control teams with real time data monitoring all manoeuvres carried out by each aircraft during the exercise. This information is then used by the exercise co-ordinators for the improvement of aircrew and ground crew training, as well as offering scope for developing the overall organisation of the exercise which, in reality, are the ultimate aims in this kind of operation.

The Spring Flag exercise is planned and executed to verify the Air Force’s deployment capability. The Eurofighter Typhoons performed remarkably well, building on the successes of recent deployments to the United Kingdom, Belgium and Spain, and demonstrating how the aircraft, although still making its first forays into frontline service, already combines excellent operational reliability with a logistics support capability to maintain the aircraft even in the most complex scenarios.

The operations during the exercise have focused on air defence and ground attack, carried out using Eurofighter Typhoons and Tornados versus F-16s and F-18s. Also involved were Italian AMX jets, the so-called “Slow Mover Interception” force of Aermacchi MB-339CDs, and AgustaWestland HH-3F helicopters.


Hiya Every One... It Is My First Forum Post, First Thing I Aplosgise My Write English Is My NOT First Language. Thought It Secondary Language, Anyway...

Is It Test For Full Capacity Of Typhoon? Like Score Again F-18 Or F-16 Defence Enemy Airspace "Just Excerise test" And Attack Defence Ground Or Opponet Tactical?

It Say "Typhoon Perform remarkably well" ((Thumb Up)) :D it glad to heard that typhoon go well so far prove long time wait are worth to wait!
 

Atilla [TR]

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So for sure there are F-16's and F-15's, what else participated (F-22) I would really like to see a SU-35, Typhoon, Raptor, Su-30 MKI showdown, maybe India should host a show and put the results on the net (since they could just say they are looking to purchase one of these and they need to test them)...
 

Feanor

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Staff member
The Su-35 isn't even ready for serial production.

EDIT: I'm assuming you mean the new Su-35BM. Also there has already been showdown between F-15, F-16, and MKI's during the Cope India 04 and 05. We know how that ended.
 

Atilla [TR]

New Member
The Su-35 isn't even ready for serial production.

EDIT: I'm assuming you mean the new Su-35BM. Also there has already been showdown between F-15, F-16, and MKI's during the Cope India 04 and 05. We know how that ended.
Any links feanor? How where the results?
 

Feanor

Super Moderator
Staff member
Mixed results. The training was DACT, with the Indians on a number advantage (albeit that's the standard procedure for training in the USA). The US forces seemed to have taken quite the punishment as a result, though there are claims it was set up that way intentionally.

http://vayu-sena.tripod.com/exercise-iaf-usaf-su30-f15-article01.html

http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Special/Exercises/CopeIndia2004US/

http://kuku.sawf.org/Articles/3803.aspx

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=32230&archive=true

http://www.murdoconline.net/archives/002994.html
 
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