A flying (pun intended) visit to Lanud Sultan Hasanuddin

[Biggles81]

Yesterday afternoon after a couple of hours at a Cement Company (a whole other story) I was able to swing by Lanud Sultan Hasanuddin and have a look at the TNI-AU Flankers of Skadron Udara 11.

Ops Building Gate Guard - A-4N Skyhawk


Su-27SKM TS27-001

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Su-27SKM TS27-002

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Su-27SMK TS27-003

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Su-27SMK TS-27-004

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Su-30MK2 TS30-009

[David E]

Cement company? Hitting all the glamour spots!

Any comments from the troops re serviceability?

[Calum]

Nice shots Ken

[Biggles81]

Cement company? Hitting all the glamour spots!

Any comments from the troops re serviceability?

Got to love cement - its driving economic growth in this part of the world - as steel was two weeks ago at the Steelworks in West Java .

As for serviceability - I understand its never been particularly good but the airframes are cycling through maintenance and upgrades in Belarus at the moment. 27-001 and 27-002 have just been upgraded to SKM status (as opposed to SMK for the later single seaters, with the AAR probe) after a long period sitting idle. If I am not mistaken it looks like 30-009 needs some AOG love too.

I only got to speak to two pilots (both Lieutenants), one trained on Russia and one in America but both very positive about their experience on type.

[Biggles81]

Nice shots Ken

Thanks Calum, look nicer in original form, seems Imgur reduces the quality somewhat. Amazing what you can do with an iPhone in your pocket.

I have added a few more shots from the visit just now too.

[Biggles81]

Always like the TNI-AU Su-27/30s. I built the Academy kit as TS27-001 back in 2003 not long after they first arrived in Indonesian service:

http://decals.kitreview.com/decals/hide ... ewkb_1.htm

Funny I noted back then that the maintenance stencilling was reported to be a mix of Russian and poorly translated English - now having got right up close to, under and around these aircraft I can confirm this is indeed true.