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1982
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WORLD'S AIR FORCES PHILIPPINES Philippine Air Force A large part of the PAF inventory is dedicated to counter - insurgency strikes against guerrilla forces seeking to oust the unpopular President Marcos from power. The OV-10 Broncos have supplanted the ageing T-28Ds in the Coin role; the Trojans will be phased out shortly. The three Fokker F.27 Maritimes are the latest type to join the PAF, com plementing the Navy's B-N Islander in sealane patrol and SAB. The re cently formed Army Aviation Battalion is slowly increasing in size and will soon receive ten Hughes 500 for the scout/escort role. PHILIPPINES TYPE NO ROLE F-8H Crusader F-5E Tiger F-5A/B OV-10 Bronco SF.260WP Warrior T-28D Trojan AC-47 F.27 Maritime HU-16B Albatross C-130H Hercules L-100-20 Hercules F.27-400 Nomad Missionmaster B-N Islander Cessna U-17 Cessna 310 T-33A T-41D SF.260MP UH-1D UH-1H BO105 Presidential Sqn Boeing 707 BAC One-Eleven F.28 YS-11 S-62A UH-1N SA.330 Puma Naval Aviation B-N Islander BO105C Army Aviation UH-1H BO105C Hughes 500D 38 11* 19/3 18 16 32 12 3 4 2 2 8 12 12 20 3 10 10 28 18 20/20(15 5(5*) AD AD Attack Coin Coin Coin Gunship MP SAR Transport Transport Transport Transport Transport Liaison Weather recce Trainer Trainer Trainer Coin ') Ufility/SAR Utility VIP VIP VIP VIP VIP VIP VIP SAR SAR 60 Utility 6 Liaison 10(10*) Scout SINGAPORE Republic of Singapore Air Force The RSAF was formed with British assis tance in 1971. The combat element of 21 Northrop F-5E Tigers will be joined in 1982-83 by another six Tigers and 40 McDonnell Douglas A-4E Skyhawks ordered from ex-US Navy stocks. The A-4Es will be rebuilt to A-4S standard, SINGAPORE TYPE F-5E/F Tiger Hunter FGA.74/T.75 Hunter FR.74A A-4S/TA-4S Skyhawk A-4E Skyhawk C-130B/H Hercules Skyvan 3M Strikemaster T-33 SF.260MS UH-1B Bell 212 NO 18/3(6*) 31 4 38/5 40* 4/4 6 16 12 15(5") 17 2/1 ROLE AD AD/attack/ trainer Recce Attack Attack Transport SAR Trainer Trainer Arm trainer Utility Liaison/VIP joining the 32 A-4S and five TA-4S in service and replacing 35 Hunters. Also on order are another five Siai- Marchetti SF.260Ms to join 14 already in service. Also on order are 200 Hughes AGM-65 Maverick missiles for the Skyhawk force. TAIWAN Chinese Nationalist Air Force Tai wan's problems in procuring a new fighter continue. The Chinese People's Republic has succeeded in getting sales of the General Dynamics F-16, the Northrop Tigershark, and the General Dynamics F-16/79 blocked by strong diplomatic pressure in Washing ton. Taiwan's need to replace its age ing fleets of F-100 Super Sabres, F-104 Starfighters, and F-5As has now been filled with the Northrop F-5E Tiger. The US Government will supply $240 million in equipment for the aircraft, including the engines and avionics. The total cost of the co-production will be $622 million with the Taichung Aero Industry Development Centre building 30 F-5Es and 30 two-seat F-5Fs initially. Sixteen ex-Italian Air Force F-104S Starfigbters will also go to Taiwan as interim replacements for the 15 surviving F-104As. An indige nous basic trainer, the YAT-3, is also on order with an initial batch of 50 aircraft. TAIWAN TYPE NO ROLE F-5E/F Tiger F-5A/B F-100 Super Sabre F-104A Starfighter F-104G Starfighter F-104S Starfighter RF-104G Starfighter C-119G Packet C-123 Provider C-46 Commando C-47 C-54 Boeing 720B HU-16B Albatross S-2A/E Tracker T-38 T-33 T-28 T-CH-1B PL-1B Chienshou YAT-3 UH-1H Hughes 500MD UH-19 Bell 47G Army UH-1H CH-34 KH-4 Hughes 500 226/22 (30/30* 92/10 50 15 70+ 16* 8 40 10 308 20 6 1 8 9/30 30 30 30 50 50 50* 10 12 10 10 50 7 2 10 AD AD/attack AD/attack AD AD AD Recce Transport Transport Transport Transport Transport VIP MP ASW Trainer Trainer Trainer Trainer Trainer Trainer SAR ASW Utility Trainer Utility Transport Liaison Liaison THAILAND Royal Thai Air Force Faced with frequent incursions along the eastern border by the dominant and aggres sive Vietnamese People's Republic, Thailand is expanding her small Air Force. The counter-insurgency fleet has been increased with the delivery of eight OV-10 Broncos from US Air Force stocks, bringing the total in service to about 40 aircraft, while another six Broncos are still to be delivered. Combat attrition is thought to have accounted for at least three OV-lOs. Eight F-5Es and two RF-5Es are on order and will join the two air-defence squadrons of Tiger lis in service. The 40 obsolescent Fairchild C-123 Providers are well overdue for replacement and 20 Nurtanio-built C.212 Aviocars are thought to be on order to replace them with 20 GAF Nomad N.228 Missionmasters joining the RTAF for light-transport and counter-insurgency. The Nomads will complete delivery by September 1984. The contract is worth £17-5 million. Also on order for the Coin support role are two CT30H-30 stretched Her cules. Thailand is also the launch customer for the RFB Fantrainer. Seventy aircraft will replace first the CT.4 Airtrainers, then the SF.260s, and finally the small fleet of T-37Cs, which might then be converted to A-37Bs for Coin. Royal Thai Navy Recently announced is an order for three Fokker F.27 Maritimes for delivery in April, May, and June 1984. With updated avio nics, and possibly weapons pylons, these aircraft will replace the two THAILAND TFYPE NO ROLE F-5E/F Tiger RF-5E Tiger F-5A/B RF-5A AU-23A Peacemaker A-37B Dragonfly OV-10C Bronco T-28D Trojan AC-47 Cessna 0-1 C-47 RC-47 C-123 Provider N.22B Missionmaster C-130H-30 Hercules C-130H Hercules Merlin IVA HS.748 T-37C T-33A/RT-33A SF.260MT CT-4 Aktrainer DHC Chipmunk RFB Fantrainer S-58T UH-1H Navy F.27 Maritime HU-16B Albatross S-2F Tracker CL-215 Cessna 337 Bell 212 UH-1H Army Cessna 0-1 UH-1B/D CH-47A Chinook OH-23F Bell 206 FH-1100 Beech 99 Border Police DHC-5 Caribou Skyvan AU-23 Peacemaker Do28 Skyservant CT-4 Airtrainer Bell 204B Bell 205/205A Bell 206B 30/6(8*) 2* 12/2 4 31 30 40(6*) 40 4-5 10-12 20 6 40/1 20* 2* 3 1/1 1 14 20/4 12 24 10 70* 18 60 3 2 10 2 10 10 4 90 90 4 6 3 12 1 3 3 3 3 1 10 11/2 4 AD Recce AD Recce Coin Coin Coin Coin Gunship FAC Transport Comms relay Transport/ VIP Coin Spt Coin Spt Transport Photo/VIP VIP Trainer Trainer/recce Trainer Trainer Trainer Trainer Transport Utility MP MP/SAR ASW SAR Strike Utility SAR FAC Utility Transport Utility Trainer Trainer VIP Transport Transport Coin Liaison Trainer Utility Utility Utility FLIGHT International, 6 November 1982 1383
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