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DEFENCE RAF merges units into one strategic centre The Royal Air Force is ra tionalising its approach to air-warfare doctrine, training and operational evaluation, with the creation of an Air Warfare Centre. The centre is the result of two classified studies: the Cos- grove (Flight International, 21- 27 October, 1992) report and the Thomson study, which looks at strategy and training in the wake of the 1991 Gulf War and the collapse of the Warsaw Pact. The establishment of the centre pulls together several units, including the Depart ment of Air Warfare at Cranwell, the Strike Attack Op erational Evaluation Unit at Boscombe Down, the Opera tional Research Branch at High Wycombe and the Air Defence Estonia considers Aero Albatros Czechoslovakian aircraft up to eight L-39ZA Albatros manufacturer Aero Vodo- light-attack and training air- chody is discussing the sale of craft to Estonia, following a demonstration to Estonia: will the L-39 be a financial albatross? senior officials at Tallin Airport, in Estonia. After the dis play, defence min ister Hain Rebas said that the L-39 "...could meet our defence needs". He is concerned, however, about funding. Following Lithuania's pro curement of four Russian L-39s in 1992, Aero suggests that the Baltic states co ordinate their purchases and fund a common training, re pair and maintenance centre. Aero points to the cheaper cost of the Albatros. Despite being of a similar standard to that of an equivalent Western aircraft, Aero claims it to be about one-third of the price, at $1.5 million. Q Ground Environment opera tional evaluation unit. These units were merged of ficially at the beginning of July, along with the Central Tactics and Trials Unit at Boscombe down and the Electronic War fare Operational Support Estab lishment at Wyton. The decision to go ahead follows the review of the re ports by the Air Force Board Standing Committee. The creation of the centre is likely to see the RAF place increased emphasis on air-battle management, an area which has suffered from over-familiar ity with European Central Front air-operations strategy. Refocusing on out-of-area operations will demand in creasing flexibility on battle- management strategy and the ability for rapid deployment. • INTERNATIONAL ON CD-ROM • Flight International on CD-ROM is the information resource you have been waiting for. Forget about storing hundreds of dusty old back copies of your favourite aerospace business magazine. All the articles you will ever need are now stored full text on CD-ROM. Let this user friendly system lead you to the precise information you need - all at the touch of a single key. Use Flight International on CD-ROM to follow the aerospace market, monitor competitors' activities or simply for general information on the aerospace industry. Flight International on CD- ROM provides the quick, easy and cost effective tool for solving your information requirements. Selection facilities include date, section and key words. The key words will help you identify relevant articles quickly, easily, and without the fuss of full text searches. Flight International ort CD-ROM will be available by annual subscription. With initial subscribers receiving six months of backdated Flight International free. > 1 ;:i- For further information contact: Richard Elliott: Tel +44 (0)342 335885 V ® REED INFORMATION SERVICES 4«fe REED teS BUSINESS '1^ PUBLISHING FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 28 July - 3 August, 1993 21
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