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Aviation History
1982
1982 - 2513.PDF
WORLD'S AIR FORCES is in service with six others to follow. A secondary Lynx mission is over-the- horizon targeting for the Type 122's primary armament of eight McDonnell Douglas Harpoon anti-ship missiles. The Sea King Mk 41s are primarily land- based and are used for search and rescue. The four IAI Westwinds are used as target tugs and "aggressors", acting as enemy targets in ship defence exercises. A utility squadron operates about ten Do28 Skyservants while each airbase owns one or two Do28s for general liaison work. Heeresflieger. The army aviation corps' search for a second-generation anti-tank helicopter appears to be no nearer fruition. The Panzerabwherhubschrau- ber-2 (PAH-2) will eventually replace the MBB BO105P. Armed with the Euro- missile HOT anti-tank missile, deliveries of this helicopter in its PAH-1 role are about half-way. In the search for PAH-2, several types have been evaluated, in cluding the Westland Lynx and Hughes AH-64A Apache, while Bell is confident with its Model 249 Advanced Cobra. But the Heeresflieger is keen to retain a cabin in its PAH-2 enabling the helicopter to emplace infantry anti-tank teams. This could act to the detriment of dedicated anti-tank helicopters such as the Apache and yet-to-fly Agusta A. 129 Mongoose, another contender. Previously, the widely geographically- separated Corps of the German Army have driven a 212-aircraft PAH-2 requirement, and this high number has thus restricted the Service to the less- expensive models. But the 212-aircraft need is no longer held to be sacrosanct and Hughes' offer of massive offsets might seduce German industry away from the joint Franco-German PAH-2 requirement which has produced many paper designs, but as yet, little else. Another requirement to arise over the WEST GERMANY TYPE Tornado F-4F Phantom RF-4E Phantom F-104 Starfighter Alpha Jet C.160 Transall Boeing 707-320 C-140 Jetstar HFB-320 Hansa Jet VFW-614 Do28 UH-1D P-149D G.91T USA-based training F-4E Phantom F-104G Starfighter TF-104G Starfighter T-38 Talon T-37B Navy Tornado F-104G Starfighter RF-104G Starfighter Atlantic Sea King Mk 41 Sea Lynx Mk 88 Do28 TF-104 Starfighter IAI Westwind Army CH-53G Stallion UH-1D BO105M BO105P/HOT Alouette ll/MI NO 40/160* 60 75 170 + 169/21* 87 4 3 6/7 3 100 + 120 35 20 + units 10 40 30 40 35 20/92* 50 25 14/5 21 12 20 + 15 4 108 195 49/178* 90/122* 170 ROLE Strike AD Recce/attack Strike Attack/trainer Transport VIP VIP VIP/ECM VIP Liaison Utility Trainer Liaison Trainer Trainer Trainer Trainer Trainer Strike Strike Recce ASW/Elint SAR ASW Liaison Trainer Target tug Transport Utility Liaison BO105 Anti-tank Liaison West German Navy Panavia Tornado at low level over the Schleswig region of northern Germany next few years will be a replacement for the hard-working UH-ls. Again, Westland is offering the WG30-300, while Sikorsky is a strong contender with the UH-60A Blackhawk. Bell reckons that the best UH-1 replacement is a UH-1 and has just re-opened the production line to cater for replacement orders now starting to come in. The "new" UH-ls will have minimal chan ges, being built to the latest modifica tion state with modern avionics where requested. Meanwhile, the Heeresflieger con tinues to provide liaison, communica tions, observation, and anti-tank facili ties for the Bundeswehr. The Army's three corps each has its integral Avia tion Command. Each of these has a heavy transport regiment of two squadrons of 16 CH-53Gs; a medium regiment, again of two squadrons, operating 20 UH-lDs each; and a light transport/liaison squadron operating Alouettes, now being replaced gradually with BO105Ms. Up to 227 BO105Ms will eventually be required; 100 Alouettes will be replaced in the first phase, the remainder with PAH-2 in 1986. MBB BO 105 fires a Hot anti-lank missile from cover FLIGHT International, 6 November 19H2 ]353
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