The HUD glass of the Thales-built system glows a menacing green as the Flanker moves in closer for a shot.
Credit: Composite photo by iwan shafee airCraft photography
Two of the world’s premier fighters, the Russian-built Sukhoi Su-30MKM Flanker of the Royal Malaysian Air Force, and the Eurofighter Typhoon of Britain’s Royal Air Force, mix it up over a series of air combat manoeuvres over the RMAF’s air combat and instrumentation range in Grik, Perak.
Credit: syairazie sabiyar
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‘Coffee One’ gets up close and personal with the ‘unidentified’ aircraft, in this case, an RAAF Lockheed P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft and submarine hunter, off its left wing.