Re: RAFALE ON FIGHTER PILOT PODCAST

And this is given as a time stamped series of events? At 6:33 they take off with 6 MICA and a fuel tank, at 6:35 they are level at 40,000ft at which point they accelerate to 1.3M and then pull back to Mil power?
sprstdlyscottsmn wrote:And this is given as a time stamped series of events? At 6:33 they take off with 6 MICA and a fuel tank, at 6:35 they are level at 40,000ft at which point they accelerate to 1.3M and then pull back to Mil power?
gc wrote:Seven Rafale M fighters divert to Aceh, Indonesia due to weather
https://alert5.com/2019/05/19/seven-raf ... o-weather/
Does this incident mean that the CDG air wing is not blue water certified? AFAIK, you do not see deployed USN CVWs divert to land bases as they are all blue water certified, which means they do not need to operate with any land base divert options available, and therefore will have ways to recover their aircraft or hold them up with tankers in the event of bad weather regardless the circumstances.