[A6BSTARM]

Okay it is that time again folks, the Intelligence Quiz of the week.
Rules to win this time is Id the platform give me the designator, NATO codename or name, and its primary mission. Winning this just means you get that little warm and fuzzy from knowing how to use all your references


ID the plane in the foreground.


ID the plane in the foreground





That is it for right now.

[Anakin_S]

Backfire = cruise missile platform

Bear D = Maritime reconasaince

Midas = AEW

Catalinaski = ASW

[MikMyk]

Tu-22M Backfire: Martime Strike
TU-95D: MPA
TU-126 Moss: AEW
Be-12 Mail: ASW, MPA

[A6BSTARM]

Mike is the winner he correctly guessed all the correct information.

David you were close, but you made the mistake on the TU-126 Moss. Which was a further derivate of the Tu-20 airframe modified into an AEW aircraft. Considered to be comparable to the EC-121 Warning Star aircraft use by the US Military for the better part of 20yrs. The other mistake was with the Be-12 Mail, which the Soviets first built in the early 50's and were using up till the early 90's. Primarly for ASW work, however as time went on they progressed over to more SAR work

Nice job to all of you that guessed and played. When I get time again I will post some new quizzes to challenge you all.

[Anakin_S]

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The other mistake was with the Be-12 Mail, which the Soviets first built in the early 50's and were using up till the early 90's.

I figured Mike had it with the Moss based on props instead of jets as on the Midas.
As often as I used Mails to persecute 688s in the game, I never figured it as a flying boat.

Good quiz Charles!

[VCDH]

Isn't that an early model Backfire? IIRC early models of those planes had intakes similar to the Badger....

Later
D

[MikMyk]

A6BSTARM, on Sep 11 2006, 05:30 AM, said:

Mike is the winner he correctly guessed all the correct information.

David you were close, but you made the mistake on the TU-126 Moss. Which was a further derivate of the Tu-20 airframe modified into an AEW aircraft. Considered to be comparable to the EC-121 Warning Star aircraft use by the US Military for the better part of 20yrs. The other mistake was with the Be-12 Mail, which the Soviets first built in the early 50's and were using up till the early 90's. Primarly for ASW work, however as time went on they progressed over to more SAR work

Nice job to all of you that guessed and played. When I get time again I will post some new quizzes to challenge you all.

Some Be-12's are still in service would you believe. Ukrainian version took part in a few exercises the last couple years. Really a pretty good aircraft all together and did a good job throughout its tenure. TU-142's and IL-38's got alot of the glory but the Mails really did carry much of the burden.

Here's a pretty good link on the Mail.

http://www.aerofligh...be-12/be-12.htm

Nice article on Ukrainian airpower in Combat Aircraft a couple months ago as well.