Yes, this is the Danish Prime Minister greeting F-16s at 16,000ft from a C-130. pic.twitter.com/IloPTf8eAS— UK Defence Journal (@UKDefJournal) January 16, 2018
Showing posts with label Danish Air Force. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Danish Air Force. Show all posts
January 18, 2018
Yes, this is the Danish Prime Minister greeting F-16s at 16,000ft from a C-130
May 3, 2016
Denmark: Streets signs encouraging fake migrants to go back to their countries
Kurdish women stayed back and helped fight Islamic State.
Syrian and Iraqi men fled to Europe for freebies.
April 20, 2016
Denmark will send 7 F-16s to pound ISIL in Iraq and Syria
Denmark said on Tuesday it will expand its mission against Islamic State into Syria as well as Iraq, as part of a U.S.-led coalition now operating in the region.
Parliament approved deploying seven F-16 fighters, a C-130J transport aircraft and military personal, including special operations forces and support staff, for the Syria campaign.
Denmark took part in coalition air strikes from October 2014 to October 2015 in Iraq, but not in Syria. It was unclear when the mission would begin, but Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen said last month Danish forces would join the campaign by the middle of the year.
Four of the seven F-16 fighter jets will take part in the air strikes; three will be kept in reserve. The C-130J will drop supplies to allied forces and aid for civilians.
The special operations forces, about 60 personnel, will conduct a broad range of missions throughout Iraq and Syria with the coalition forces.
Denmark's expanded mission into Syria comes after direct requests from France and the United States.
The defense ministry said last month the larger mission would make Denmark one of the highest contributors per capita in the fight against the militant group.
December 10, 2015
August 11, 2015
Denmark's status in Nato threatened: top official
The former chairman of the Nato Military Committee has warned that Denmark risks losing "visibility and influence" in the military alliance due to budget cuts and decreased capabilities.General Knud Bartels, Denmark’s former defence minister and the recently-replaced chairman of the Nato Military Committee, warned new Defence Minister Carl Holst that Denmark’s relevance in Nato is threatened by holes in the defence budget and “a growing discrepancy between [Denmark’s] ambition level and [its] ability to contribute” to the military alliance.
Berlingske newspaper obtained and published a two-page letter sent by Bartels just before he ended his term at the head of the Military Committee in June. In the letter, Bartels expressed concern about Denmark’s planned military spending, which he says fails to keep pace with growing Russian aggression.
The former defence minister warns his successor that “the changing security policy situation” and coming changes to Nato’s structure threaten to leave Denmark on the outside looking in.
“I see Denmark’s role in the alliance as challenged. At the same time, Denmark will after my retirement as the chairman of the Military Committee no longer have people placed in leadership positions in the alliance, neither military nor civil, thus missing visibility and influence,” Bartels wrote.
According to Bartels, Denmark’s Nato partners are worried that Denmark’s coming massive purchase of new fighter jets will result in cuts to the nation’s defence budget.
He also wrote that “Denmark’s military level could come under pressure from the alliance’s expectations”, especially when viewed against “Russia’s security and defence policy ambitions east and north of the alliance”.
When Nato holds its top meeting in Warsaw next year, Bartels said that Denmark will be under massive pressure to present a plan for significant military contributions.
Holst has already said he supports more spending on the military and government support parties the Danish People’s Party (DF) and the Conservatives urged Holst to heed Bartel’s warnings.
“We have an idea that Denmark should be a safe and secure country with a good defence, but we aren’t because our defence lies in tatters. We haven’t used enough money for a long time and we have chipped away our capacities,” DF spokeswoman Marie Krarup told Berlingske.
Rasmus Jarlov of the Conservatives told Berlingske that Bartels’s letter reinforces the need to spend more on Denmark’s military capabilities.
“The navy needs ships and submarines, the air force is missing surveillance capabilities, fighter jets and anti-aircraft defence while the army is missing combat vehicles, trucks and artillery. It’s hard to say who is missing the most,” he told Berlingske.
Holt declined to comment specifically on Bartel’s letter but told Berlingske that he “listens with great interest to all viewpoints”. Holt also pointed out that the there are commitments to invest some three billion kroner annually in new military equipment while another three billion is spent each year on maintenance.
July 2, 2015
DRONE Vs AIM-9L Sidewinder, AIM-9X Sidewinder, and the AIM-120 AMRAAM
Modern warfare is increasingly fought remotely. Unmanned drones fly over hostile locations monitoring the situation, or even attacking key targets. Inevitably, the use of such drones is going to spread, and there will be a need to take out enemy drones. Until we have the scary situation of drones fighting drones, we have F-16 fighter pilots.
The video you see below is of a live fire exercise over the North Sea where a Danish F-16 shoots down a remote drone in mid-air. The missiles being used are heat-seeking and radar-guided AIM types. During the test the pilot used the AIM-9L Sidewinder, AIM-9X Sidewinder, and the AIM-120 AMRAAM.
The drone model is a Banshee 600 Maldrone developed by Meggitt Defence Systems in the UK. It’s meant to be a target practice drone, with a range of up to 100km and three engine configurations available. The F-16 blows this one up in a ball of flames, but they can be setup to be recovered for reuse depending on the exercise.
The test is an impressive display of accuracy when you consider how small the drone is compared to the size of a typical fighter jet. Here’s a close-up of the drone showing you how small it actually is while still on the ground in its catapult launcher
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