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Subject: Great Photo for aviation enthusiast...
DarthAmerica    10/13/2009 9:42:08 AM
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gf0012-aust       10/13/2009 8:48:48 PM

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albywan       10/13/2009 9:00:34 PM



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t'was too easy wasn't it...
 
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Rufus       10/14/2009 12:48:03 AM
"Just over 6 hours before a photo of a Rafale was added to this thread. "
 
 Did you really expect anything different?
 
I love how the fanboy's excuse is that it is a picture of a Gripen.... oh and there just happens to be a Rafale there as well...
 
 
 
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MK       10/14/2009 2:23:30 AM

""Just over 6 hours before a photo of a Rafale was added to this thread""

 

I was talking about the Gripen and it is a Gripen picture , you can also see the Rafale and the Typhoon ...


You want a Rafale picture , here is an old one :

 




 

- "You 're too close to France 's CdG ship , turn away right now" .


Quizz : can a knowledgeable poster tell what the fighters are and what year it was ?


 

Cheers .


 

It's actually  Yemen AF MiG-29SMT. The shot was made during a CdG deployment , where they exercised with the yemenitis. But I can't remember when it exactly was, I think somewhere in 2006 or around that time.
 
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Beryoza       10/14/2009 2:39:42 AM
It's definitely NOT an SMT model....the SMT has a fat spine.
 
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MK       10/14/2009 3:12:38 AM

It's definitely NOT an SMT model....the SMT has a fat spine.

The yemeniti SMTs don't have the fat spine and were converted from the former MiG-29B. They are still SMTs, albeit the "T" acually refers to the fat spine. They are still designated SMT.
 
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Beryoza       10/14/2009 3:15:23 AM

I just realized that you're right....although you'd think the "T" would be a dead give-away
 
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Beryoza       10/14/2009 3:17:27 AM
"T" standing for fuel, I meant.
 
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MK       10/14/2009 3:30:41 AM
That's correct, the "T" actually means fuel, my reference was aimed at the fat spine as it features the additional/enlarged fuel tanks. I think they kept the SMT designation as there was an earlier MiG-29SM (9.13SM) based on the MiG-29S (9.13S). RAC MiGs internal designations for the SMT are 9.17/18/19.
 
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MK       10/14/2009 3:38:26 AM
That's correct, the "T" actually means fuel, my reference was aimed at the fat spine as it features the additional/enlarged fuel tanks. I think they kept the SMT designation as there was an earlier MiG-29SM (9.13SM) based on the MiG-29S (9.13S). RAC MiGs internal designations for the SMT are 9.17/18/19.
 
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