Süddeutsche Zeitung: German Air Force planes turned out to be incapacitated right before the exercises

The German publication Süddeutsche Zeitung reports that the Eurofighter fighters in service with the German Air Force turned out to be unsuitable for use in the upcoming exercises due to suspected malfunction of the ejection seats.

At the moment, flights of Eurofighter aircraft are suspended. Reportedly, they will only be used for critical tasks until all problems are fixed.

Problems with the fighters came to light just when German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht arrived at the Air Force Base in Neuburg an der Danube during her familiarization tour of military facilities.

The country's Air Force reported that information about the unreliability of ejection seats was received from their manufacturer. Problems are possible with squibs installed in chairs. The manufacturer informed that there is a suspicion that about 20% of the squibs are faulty. Now, to remove any doubt, it is necessary that experts check all Eurofighter fighters of the German Air Force.

It should be noted that the German Air Force has about 140 such fighters. On Friday, they were supposed to conduct demonstration flights for the Minister of Defense, but they had to be abandoned.

In addition, a squadron of Eurofighter fighters should soon take part in exercises in the Indo-Pacific region, together with partner countries. Therefore, as noted by the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the leadership of the country's Air Force seeks to quickly deal with the problems that have arisen.

Comments

[January]

Just a couple of days ago, it was "sounded" about the training of Ukrainian flyers and the further transfer of the independent "Eurofighters".
Looks like preparations have already begun.

[Evil 55]

And still, we will be happy with any regularly or abnormally triggered catapult of German aircraft ..

[Sexton]

The problem is sucked from the finger. It takes one day to replace the squibs on the K-36DM seat. Replacement can be carried out at each air base in 2 streams and in two shifts. It takes only 10 days to replace squibs on 12-3 aircraft, provided that they are available. Pirapartrons are not checked, they are replaced ... But if they are not available, then the matter is serious ...
The ejection seat is removed and installed by aircraft and engine specialists, all work and checks are carried out by aviation equipment specialists, and armaments specialists are responsible for accounting and control of squibs and everyone controls each other. Here is such a technical "international" ...

[neworange88]

Quote: ian

Just a couple of days ago, it was "sounded" about the training of Ukrainian flyers and the further transfer of the independent "Eurofighters".
Looks like preparations have already begun.

The West has gone off the rails and it seems that everything is heading towards a direct clash with it. They do not want to admit their defeat in Ukraine. Already in the US Congress, voices are directly heard about sending military advisers to Ukraine. Most likely, the pilots on Western planes will be NATO.

.According to American insiders, the training of Ukrainian pilots will most likely be carried out at two American bases - a base in Columbus (Mississippi), and one of the bases in Texas. However, the Yankees will train Ukrainian pilots to fly the F-15 and F-16, and, in general, whether the Ze-team will receive Western military aircraft depends on the September decision of the US Congress. This is where the new Defense Law for 2023 will be adopted.

The American media, commenting on the rumors about the transfer of the Warthog to the Yellow-Blakyt Air Force, write that Biden's previous fears have been dispelled, and the Yankees are now going for what was unthinkable yesterday. Take at least MLRS HIMARS. In the first month of fighting on the Ukrainian battlefield, the White House said no to beggars from Kyiv, but now it is increasing the supply of this system.

The fact that the Yankees are preparing to send the Ze-team another batch of weapons, including new ones, was boasted by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov, who wrote on social networks about his conversation with the head of the US Pentagon, Lloyd Austin. Like, "his American counterpart has some very good news, but the details will come a bit later."

It is also known that in the current version of the State Defense Act for 2023, the House of Representatives agreed to the proposal of the Air Force to retire twenty-one A-10 attack aircraft in the next fiscal year. Moreover, by an amazing coincidence, this was announced on the very day that Reznikov tweeted about the surprise from Austin.

https://svpressa.ru/war21/article/340952/

[APASUS]

With whom will the Germans fight? Their army is purely nominal, so that the American "partners" would not take their place

[NIKN]

Quote: APASUS

Their army is purely nominal

Yes, as it were, the Air Force is not quite purely nominal, at the level.

the German Air Force has about 140 such fighters.

These are 4 ++ planes somewhere.

[APASUS]

Quote: NIKNN

Yes, as it were, the Air Force is not quite purely nominal, at the level.

Now the Bundeswehr has about 180 thousand bayonets, but only the French have about 210 thousand. Yes, and they hold it as opposed to the Anglo-Saxons

[Uprun]

Campaign Merce or Audi will be more reliable in terms of airbags.

[Real Pilot]

Quote: ian

Just a couple of days ago, it was "sounded" about the training of Ukrainian flyers and the further transfer of the independent "Eurofighters".
Looks like preparations have already begun.

Are you hinting at the creation of kamikaze detachments with broken ejection seats?

[Cat Alexandrovich]

Ukrov do not have chairs, but ejection stools.

[tralflot1832]

It’s somehow unclear in the article, where are the ejection seats, in a warehouse or in a fighter. If in a warehouse, then in fighters. If in a fighter, then the seat is decommissioned. There is an option, podsrachnik.

[vadimtt]

The squib is a resource element, they change several times during the life of the chair. Not a difficult operation. And the manufacturer sounded the alarm, like a campaign, they probably messed up with the sealing in the party and now such a chair is a "fun attraction"
By the way, this is not the first time this has happened. Whose chairs are there - I suppose Martin-Baker is British?

[iouris]

The Germans are engaged in sabotage.

[Boycott]

Problems with the fighters came to light just when German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht arrived at the Air Force Base in Neuburg an der Danube during her familiarization tour of military facilities.

It's as scary as my life. From its kind even planes break down.

[isv000]

And if Pokryshkin is in the sky ?! Technicians will not wash the cabin ...

[rocket757]

the leadership of the country's Air Force seeks to quickly deal with the problems that have arisen.

. Some problems will be eliminated, so others will be found ....

[Fisherman]

Back in 2019, the burghers also had Madame as Minister of Defense, Annegret Somehow-bauer, then the German deputies became indignant at the terrible state of the German Air Force, half of the flyers did not even have a minimum flight hours due to a lack of cars, they were conditionally combat-ready less than 30% of combat aircraft (the rest were waiting for spare parts and maintenance due to lack of funding and untimely military orders), military transport aviation is suffocating from lack (Airbus made a transport aircraft in which pilots suffocated from the waste products of mechanisms and engines accumulating in the cockpit, the French let down , the Yankees were pulling with the supply of S-130), at least half of the tanks were on the move, the fleet was generally in decline and most of it was in a terrible state.

[ydjin]

let them die.

[Fisherman]

I agree ... but alas - everyone will not die.

[tralflot1832]

When was the last time the Germans had a MAN minister of defense?

[bandabas]

Age. Freebies for TO. As everywhere (regardless of the state, office, performers). Why carry out the full program while the type is working. And, that's when it does not work, running around with the search for the perpetrators. They will find "scapegoats" - everything will return to normal

[opposite28]

The manufacturer informed that there is a suspicion that about 20% of the squibs are faulty. Now, to remove any doubt, it is necessary that experts check all the Eurofighter fighters of the German Air Force.

The main thing is that the squibs should not be replaced with combat ones, for guaranteed ejection.

[isv000]

Süddeutsche Zeitung: German Air Force planes turned out to be incapacitated right before the exercises

"The mercenary pilots of the Ukrainian Air Force have been ordered not to engage in open combat with the Russian Aerospace Forces..." Akhtung! Achtung! Russian Ivan in the sky! (Maxim, Egor, Peter...)

[Ros 56]

And what's the problem, they would have planted their Sumerian friends and let them pull the handles of the catapult. It worked, it means serviceable, no, for a replacement. Then a complete reloading of all aircraft. But the statistics will work out.