Armée de l'air saoudienne

[Kiriyama]

Ils savent quand même lancer des Paveway, non ?

[Drakene]

Cela ressemble à un gigantesque exercice interarmées.

 

C'est exactement ça, un test grandeur nature.

[Talios]

Y'a pas qqch qui vous choque sur la photo de cet article :

 

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/3-saudi-weapons-war-yemens-houthis-should-fear-12497

 

????

[DrWho]

Le F15 de la photo est USAF..?mais c'est comme d'habitude dans les journaux on met une photo d'un avion sans vérifier que c'est le bon.

Bon,là c'est bien un F15 c'est déjà ça

[Talios]

Bah effectivement c'est en voyant le pod que j'ai y pensé

 

Je suis même pas sur qu'ils aient voulu mettre un F-15SA mais juste un F-15 chose que je trouve dommage quand ton titre c'est "

3 Saudi Weapons of War Yemen's Houthis Should Fear"

[Picdelamirand-oil]

Ils savent quand même lancer des Paveway, non ?

Est-ce qu'ils ont été rétrofittés?En P2E? Est-ce que ce sont des tranches 1 ou des tranches 2? Ils sont quand même assez vieux, je veux dire qu'ils ne viennent pas d'être livrés.

[Claudio Lopez]

Oui mais est-ce qu'ils utilisent leurs Typhoon?

 

Le Typhoon est trop noble pour ce genre de combat. :)

[Gravity]

Est-ce qu'ils ont été rétrofittés?En P2E? Est-ce que ce sont des tranches 1 ou des tranches 2? Ils sont quand même assez vieux, je veux dire qu'ils ne viennent pas d'être livrés.

 

 

Saudi, U.S. Finalize F-15SA Sale

 

Amy Butler  |  AWIN First

Dec 29, 2011

 

Though Saudi Arabia’s buy of F-15SAs from Boeing gives the company’s St. Louis production line much-needed work, the company’s hopes of selling a semi-stealthy version of the F-15 abroad continue to dim.

 

The first of Saudi Arabia’s Boeing F-15S refurbished into the F-15SA configuration will be delivered in 2014 with the first new-build F-15SA’s to follow a year later as part of a $29.4 billion weapons sale to the kingdom.

 

The Obama administration hailed the deal Dec. 29 as providing $3.5 billion in annual impact to the U.S. economy and “supporting” 50,000 jobs in the aerospace industry, as well as the manufacturing sector writ large. However, some of the modification work of older F-15s and structural subassembly fabrication will be handled in Saudi Arabia through the Alsalam Aircraft Company.

 

The fighter sale is welcome for Boeing, which had already begun work on the aircraft in hopes that a deal would get signed for Saudi Arabia or for more orders from South Korea. With Japan’s recent announcement selecting the F-35A over the Typhoon or Boeing F-18 Super Hornet, it is unlikely Boeing will get an additional sale to Seoul, which is thought to be eager to follow Tokyo’s lead. And, as hope of selling to South Korea wanes, so does the prospect for a buyer of the so-called Silent Eagle variant unveiled by Boeing in March 2009. This kit includes internal weapons bays using a conformal fuel tank design and 15-deg. canted V-tails. South Korea and Israel were potential customers; Israel has already selected the F-35 for its new fighters. Boeing executives say they will await Seoul’s formal request for proposal, however, to see if the Silent Eagle is a contender.

 

Boeing’s deliveries of F-15SGs to the Royal Singapore Air Force and F-15Ks to South Korea conclude in the third quarter of 2012. Production rate has been one aircraft per month, which can be accelerated if required for Saudi Arabia. A forthcoming definitized contract will spell out the timing.

 

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia finally signed the new F-15SA deal, announced in October 2010, on Dec. 24 in Riyadh, says Andrew Shapiro, assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs. Though he declined to single out Iran as a regional troublemaker, Shapiro did acknowledge that Tehran is one area to which the sale “sends a strong message … that the U.S. is committed to stability in the Gulf and broader Middle East.”

 

Included are 84 new F-15SA aircraft from Boeing as well as the refurbishment of 70 F-15Ss to the SA configuration (Aerospace DAILY, Oct. 21, 2010).

 

The deal with Saudi Arabia includes Raytheon advanced, electronically scanned array (AESA) radars for the F-15s, plus 10 Goodrich DB-110s, an internationally marketable version of the Senior-Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System flying on the U-2, and an infrared search-and-track capability. Sniper and Lantirn targeting and navigation pods are also part of the package, along with Digital Electronic Warfare System.

 

The weapons package features AIM 120C7s, the AIM-9X Sidewinder for air-to-air engagements. Also included are 500-lb. dual-mode laser-guided munitions, 2,000-lb. Paveway III laser-guided bombs and Sensor-fuzed Weapons including the Wind-corrected Munitions Dispensers and 2,000 lb. Joint Direct Attack Munitions for hitting ground targets. The AGM-84 Harpoon Block II, which does not include the Block III data link package for in-flight retargeting, is built-in for engagement of ships and the Saudis are also buying the AGM-88B High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile.

 

The F-15 sale is part of a roughly $60 billion weapons request from Saudi Arabia that was long rumored before it was detailed, and it includes another $25.6 billion worth of helicopters and associated equipment: 36 AH-64D Apaches, 72 UH-60Ms, 36 AH-6i Light Attack Helicopters and 12 MD Helicopters MD-530Fs. These orders are still pending approval, according to a defense official. Already, Saudi Arabia has signed a letter of agreement for 36 Apaches.

 

Aviation Week

 

 

Saudis Double Their F-15E Fleet (January 10, 2012)

 

F-15K (South Korean)

 

 

Paveway III   :  TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 20, 2011

 

 

Saudi Arabia becomes first Paveway IV export customer

 

Nicholas de Larrinaga, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

25 March 2014

 

Raytheon has secured its first export order for the Paveway IV precision guided munition. The unnamed customer is understood to be Saudi Arabia. Source: Raytheon

 

Raytheon has secured its first export customer for the Paveway IV 500lb dual-mode (INS/GPS and laser-guided) precision guided munition (PGM), company officials confirmed on 25 March.

 

While the company was unable to confirm the identity of the customer, it is understood to be the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF). The Saudi export order is estimated to be worth in the region of GBP150 million (USD248 million) and to be for around 2,400 Paveway IVs.

 

A contract for the Paveway IV order is understood to have been signed between Raytheon UK and Saudi Arabia in December 2013, with the company receiving export approval from the US Congress - needed due to the use of US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) sanctioned technology in the Paveway IV - in February.

 

The RSAF has long been earmarked as a potential Paveway IV operator, with IHS Jane's reporting in July 2013 that a Saudi export contract for Paveway IV was expected to be signed in December 2013. It is understood the RSAF intends to deploy the Paveway IV from both their Eurofighter Typhoon and Panavia Tornado fighter aircraft, although not from their Boeing F-15 Eagle fighters.

 

John Michel, business director for Raytheon Missile Systems in the United Kingdom stated the order was of "significant" value and volume of Paveway IVs, but was unable to confirm specific numbers.

 

Raytheon confirmed that production was already beginning for the new order, with relevant sub-contracts having already been placed. Michel expects that first delivery of the Paveway IV will occur in the next 18 months, with all deliveries completed six months thereafter.

 

The company also announced the delivery of the 4,000th Paveway IV to the UK Royal Air Force (RAF), the weapon's only current operator, on 25 March. The RAF first ordered the Paveway IV in 2003, placing a contract for around 2,400 units of the PGM. Two further follow on orders (totalling around 1,600 units) were placed by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) in April and December 2012 to replenish stocks expended on operations in Afghanistan and Libya.

 

The Saudi order thus comes at a fortuitous time for Raytheon UK, which, with deliveries now almost complete for the RAF, would have otherwise have lacked an order to maintain production at the company's Glenrothes facility in Scotland, which has the capacity to build around 200 Paveway IV units per month.

 

Michel stated that the export order would maintain production of the Paveway IV at Raytheon UK's Glenrothes facility in Scotland for another 24 months, which provides a solid indication of the number of PGMs involved in the Saudi order. With the RAF's 2012 orders for 1,600 being valued by the UK MoD at over GBP100 million, the value of the Saudi order is likely to be in the region of GBP150 million, plus any additional training, integration, logistics and support costs.

 

Originally developed for the UK Harrier GR.9 aircraft, the Paveway IV is currently only deployed by the RAF's Panavia Tornado GR.4 fleet, with over 1,000 Paveway IV combat drops carried out by the RAF over both Afghanistan and Libya. Paveway IV marked a step-change for the laser-guided Paveway PGM series, being the first version to incorporate a GPS/INS targeting capability, which has since been introduced into the Enhanced Paveway II series of PGMs, and also a readily programmable detonation capability, including: impact burst, delayed burst, or air-burst detonation options.

 

Paveway IV was developed for an MoD requirement for a solely INS/GPS guided munition, although the MoD subsequently opted to incorporate a laser-guidance unit, with the baseline Paveway IV accordingly now featuring both INS/GPS and laser guidance. Unlike other iterations of the Paveway series, the Paveway IV is only available as a 500lb weapon, using the Mk 83 warhead.

 

Work to operationally clear the Paveway IV on the Typhoon has been underway for some time under the Typhoon Phase 1 Enhancement (P1E) programme, with TJ Marsden, chief engineer on the Paveway IV programme stating on 25 March that Raytheon had now completed integration work of the PGM on the Typhoon. Alongside the integration work of Paveway IV on Typhoon, Raytheon has completely requalified the bomb for the Tornado to certify the aircraft to carry the PGM on all of its weapon stations and for all operational scenarios. Operational clearance of the Paveway IV on the Typhoon is expected to follow Raytheon's completion of the integration work, although the exact timeline for this is in the hands of the UK MoD.

 

The Paveway IVs for Saudi Arabia are expected to be of Raytheon's new baseline for the PGM, known as Mk II, which incorporates improved capabilities, based on the RAF's operational experience with the munition. These include an improved level of GPS accuracy, and an increased launch acceptability region for releasing the Paveway IV.

 

Additionally, Raytheon has developed a number of optional spiral upgrades for the Paveway IV, under the Selective Precision Effects At Range (SPEAR) Capability 1 programme, which are expected to be shortly be decided on by the UK MoD Defence Board. The first of these is a low collateral damage warhead for the Paveway IV, which Raytheon fired for the first time in early March at the MoD's West Freugh test range in Scotland.

 

The company has also developed a penetrator warhead for the Paveway IV, through which the company is aiming to provide roughly the same level of capability as a 2,000 lb penetrator in a 500 lb package. To achieve this, the warhead incorporates an inner hardened-steel penetrator surrounded by a frangible peeling shroud, operating on the same principle as a sabot round to provide a higher sectional density and reduced impact area to improve penetration, while maintaining the same form and fit as with the standard Mk 83 warhead.

 

The third upgrade provides the transfer of the moving targeting capability of the Enhanced Paveway II's digital seeker onto the Paveway IV, allowing for the engagement of manoeuvring targets travelling at speeds of over 70 mph. A fourth upgrade, not part of the UK's SPEAR Cap 1 programme, includes the installation of an active-GPS anti-jamming unit in the tail of the Paveway IV, augmenting the passive anti-jam capability already present in the PGM's seeker.

 

The company expects that these upgrades could be operational within four to five years of MoD approval, with both the low collateral warhead and the digital seeker upgrades expected to be cost neutral.

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[Picdelamirand-oil]

Saudis Double Their F-15E Fleet (January 10, 2012)

 

F-15K (South Korean)

The company expects that these upgrades could be operational within four to five years of MoD approval, with both the low collateral warhead and the digital seeker upgrades expected to be cost neutral.

25 March 2014 + 4 ou 5 ans= 2018 ou 2019 d'où ma question sur les capacités des Typhoon Saoudiens

[Gravity]

The company expects that these upgrades could be operational within four to five years of MoD approval, with both the low collateral warhead and the digital seeker upgrades expected to be cost neutral.

25 March 2014 + 4 ou 5 ans= 2018 ou 2019 d'où ma question sur les capacités des Typhoon Saoudiens

 

 

Saudi Typhoons Use Paveway IV Bombs on ISIS

 

By Andrew Chuter

3:16 a.m. EST February 25, 2015

 

ABU DHABI — Typhoon combat jets flown by the Royal Saudi Air Force have used Paveway IV precision-guided bombs to strike Islamic State terrorists, marking the first time the weapon has been launched in anger from the Eurofighter-built aircraft, according to gulf region sources.

 

The Raytheon-developed weapon was only recently cleared for service on Typhoon. The missile is fitted to Royal Air Force and Royal Saudi Air Force Typhoons, but only the gulf nation has deployed the jet against ISIS targets.

 

The strikes by the Saudis come little more than a year after the US State Department lifted a long-time block on the gulf state purchasing the weapon. No reason was ever given publicly on why export approval was denied.

 

Paveway IV was co-developed by the British and US arms of Raytheon.

 

Raytheon declined to comment.

 

So far, Saudi Arabia is the only known export customer for Paveway IV, although Oman may follow suit as it has also ordered the Eurofighter jet.

 

Saudi Arabia ordered 72 Typhoons in a deal with BAE Systems in 2007 and over half the aircraft have been delivered.

 

BAE is part of the Eurofighter consortium, which manages the industry effort to build the Typhoon. Airbus Defence & Space and Finmeccanica are the other partners.

 

The British operate Tornado jets over Iraq fitted with the advanced 500-pound Paveway IV and other precision weapons.

 

British Typhoons have not been deployed to the region as part of the coalition effort to degrade ISIS forces, predominantly because the aircraft is unable to use the MBDA Brimstone missile, which has become a key asset to attack fast moving targets with reduced risk of collateral damage due to the combination of high accuracy and a small warhead compared with precision-guided bombs.

 

The British government and its Typhoon partners Germany, Italy and Spain moved to resolve that problem this week, announcing at the IDEX show in Abu Dhabi a £72 million deal to integrate Brimstone on Typhoon by 2017.

 

British Typhoon pilots have been practicing using the Paveway IV weapon, though. The RAF recently took part in the Red Flag exercises in Nevada, where up to 20 of the bombs were dropped.

 

DefenseNews

 

 

Concernant le Yémen ???

 

 

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[Picdelamirand-oil]

Concernant le Yémen ???

 

 

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Merci

[Claudio Lopez]

A tout les arabophones de Air-defense. Est ce que vous avez eu des infos sur les médias arabes pour savoir quels sont les types d'avions que les saoudiens ont utilisés pour cette guerre au Yemen ?

L'Arabie, étant une dictature, je ne pense pas qu'ils soient très loquace sur ce type d'opération.

Mais peut-etre que les journaux du régime ont donné des infos intéressantes.

En effet, on dispose très peu d'info sur cette guerre.

Modifié le 23 avril 2015 par Claudio Lopez

[pascal]

Pour l'air-sol  je mets 10 balles sur les F 15

[French Kiss]

Effectivement on a surtout vu des images de F15 dans le peu de photos illustrant les articles dispos sur cette intervention. J'aime le cadeau fait aux pilotes de la RSAF qui ont participe aux operations, 100 d'entre eux recevront une Bentley:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-32417773

 

Du grand n'importe quoi, mais le prince qui a fait cette offre semble coutumier de ce genre de demonstration.

[Claudio Lopez]

Apparemment, le Prince Al Walid aurait très vite retiré son tweet .

 

Al Walid me décoit beaucoup sur ce coup là car c'est l'un des rares "princes" saoudiens auquel j'avais de l'estime vu qu'il est l'un des seuls à avoir bâti sa fortune tout seul ...

 

En effet, ses extravagances habituels ne me choquaient pas plus que ça vus qu'il s'agissait de SON pognon et non pas celui du pétrole.

 

Quand aux frappes saoudiennes, par déduction, il s'agirait vraisemblablement des tornados et des F15.

 

Quand au Typhoon, je ne sais pas quel est le standard qui a été vendu à la flotte Séoud.

Modifié le 24 avril 2015 par Claudio Lopez

[Arnaud D.]

Appareils engagés (liste non exhausive) :

 

- RSAF (Royal Saudi Air Force) : F-15S, Tornado IDS, Typhoon, AS532M Cougar, C-130, A330MRTT, Apache

- Koweit : F/A-18C

- Qatar : Mirage 2000-5

- Soudan : Su-24

- EAU : F-16E/F, A330MRTT

- Bahrein : F-16C

- Jordanie : F-16A/B

- Egypte : F-16C

 

Tous ces avions sont/étaient présents à King Khaled AB

 

Video ici : http://aerohisto.blogspot.fr/2015/03/photos-and-videos-of-aircrafts-engaged.html

[mgtstrategy]

je suis decu que les -9 ne soient pas de la fete :(

[Claudio Lopez]

Merci pour l'info Arnaud.

Donc les seoud ont engagé presque tout leur éventail au niveau de leur force aérienne.

Et les autres pays ne sont pas en reste....

Les sunnites veulent vraiment faire passer un message politique fort aux chites du Golfe : " Si vous continuez à déstabiliser nos voisins, on vous bombardera à l'arme lourde sans se soucier des dégâts "collateraux" "

[Banzinou]

je suis decu que les -9 ne soient pas de la fete :(

 

De même, en revanche, je suis content que les Su-24 Soudanais en soit (même si j'aurais été aux anges, si ça avait été les Q-5 Fantan :D )

[Gravity]

A tout les arabophones de Air-defense. Est ce que vous avez eu des infos sur les médias arabes pour savoir quels sont les types d'avions que les saoudiens ont utilisés pour cette guerre au Yemen ?

L'Arabie, étant une dictature, je ne pense pas qu'ils soient très loquace sur ce type d'opération.

Mais peut-etre que les journaux du régime ont donné des infos intéressantes.

En effet, on dispose très peu d'info sur cette guerre.

 

 

Non, c’est étonnement tout le contraire et cela est ainsi jusqu’à présent. Un petit aperçu.

 

Brig. Gen. Ahmed bin Hasan Asiri, advisor in the Office of the Saudi Minister of Defense, conducts daily press briefing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the developments of Operation Decisive Storm.

Daily Briefing: Operation Decisive Storm, April 16, 2015

 

https://youtu.be/VTs6n_dfufA

 

 

Saudi Ambassador Holds Press Conference on Operation Renewal of Hope

April 22, 2015

 

https://youtu.be/ZCOqTyRzvtA

 

 

https://youtu.be/LkLeCT6WsLs

 

https://youtu.be/0MshS-QV4fI

 

https://youtu.be/wMyLL7lmHHM

 

https://youtu.be/6o2YCURRxq8

 

 

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[TomcatViP]

Ne pas oublier que c'est la Joint force Arabe qui est en ligne de mire et qui a été mise en avant dès le début des OP.

 

 

"It is an important resolution given all the unprecedented unrest and threats endured by the Arab world," Elaraby said.

"There is a political will to create this force and not to leave its creation without a firm time frame," Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri told a news conference.

The Egyptian military and security officials have said the proposed force would consist of up to 40,000 elite troops backed by jet fighters, warships and light armor and would be headquartered in either Cairo or Riyadh, the Saudi capital.

However, it is unlikely that all 22 member nations of the often-fractious Arab League will join the proposed force. Creation of such a force has been a longtime goal that has eluded Arab nations in the 65 years since they signed a rarely used joint defense agreement.

 

 

Source:

Associated Press

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[DEFA550]

Pour l'air-sol  je mets 10 balles sur les F 15

Il semblerait que les Typhoon aient aussi été de la partie (GBU-16 + Damocles) d'après des images postées sur starstreak et issues d'une vidéo.

[pascal]

@DEFA

 

il semblerait que les Britanniques aient vraiment mis l'accent sur l'armement de 1000 livres sur le Typhoon; doctrine différente de la nôtre pour traiter le même genre d'objectif ?

[Gravity]

Ne pas oublier que c'est la Joint force Arabe qui est en ligne de mire et qui a été mise en avant dès le début des OP.

 

 

 

Source:

Associated Press

 

 

Enfin la Joint Force Arabe n’y est pas pour très grand-chose. C’est surtout le GCC (Initiateur) qui est à la manœuvre et dans l’action.

 

Il y a plus de 2500 sorties aériennes avec frappes effectuées tout le long de ‘l’Opération Decisive Storm’ (3 semaines et 6 jours) dont plus de 70 % sont à attribuer à KSA et quasiment l’ensemble du reste aux UAE avec des miettes pour le Koweït, le Qatar et Bahreïn.

 

 

 

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[actyon]

A tout les arabophones de Air-defense. Est ce que vous avez eu des infos sur les médias arabes pour savoir quels sont les types d'avions que les saoudiens ont utilisés pour cette guerre au Yemen ?

L'Arabie, étant une dictature, je ne pense pas qu'ils soient très loquace sur ce type d'opération.

Mais peut-etre que les journaux du régime ont donné des infos intéressantes.

En effet, on dispose très peu d'info sur cette guerre.

Je vient juste de voir votre poste