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1994
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COMBAT AIRCRAFT DIRECTORY Jugoslav Oraos were to have been retrofitted to J-22 standard, with a Thomson-CSF head-up display, plus one under-fuselage and four under-wing stores pylons. Customers: 1AR-93A: Romania 36, 1AR-93B: Romania 165; IJ/1NJ-22: former Jugoslavia 15, NJ- 22: former Jugoslavia 35, J-22: former Jugoslavia 74 (+91). BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA SOKO Super Galeb G.4 Soko offers a light-attack variant of its Super Galeb (Seagull) advanced trainer. The aircraft is powered by 18kN R-R Viper turbojet and has stepped tandem seating. The Super Galeb is designed to replace the earlier G.2A Galeb. It fea tures armament including a detachable under-fuse lage 23mm-cannon pod and a variety of stores on four under-wing hardpoints. A Ferranti D282 gyro gunsight is standard equipment. An updated ver sion, the G-4M, with new avionics and payload increased from 1,280kg to 1,680kg, was to have been tested in 1991 but the status of this pro gramme is uncertain because of the Jugoslav civil war. Customer: former Jugoslavia 140+, Myanmar 6. Novi Avion Jugoslavia's single-engined Novi Avion multi-role fighter project was halted by lack of funds in 1991, when initial design work was almost complete. In the light of Jugoslavia's civil war, the resur rection of the project is highly unlikely. CANADA BOEING CANADA DHC-8 Dash 8 Six twin-turbo prop Dash 8Ms, ordered by the Canadian Armed Forces, are fit ted with long-range fuel tanks, rough-field landing gear, strengthened floors and other equipment changes. Four will be used as navigation trainers, designated the CT-142, and the other two on transport duties, designated the CC-142. Two USAF Dash 8s, known as the E- 9A, configured by Sierra Research as telemetry-relay air craft, are used on range-support duties, equipped with an APS- 128D sea-surveillance radar in a ventral radome and a steerable fuselage-mounted phased-array teleme try antenna. Customers: Canada 6, USA 2. Dash 8M total orders: 285, delivered 257. CANADAIR Challenger The Canadian Armed Forces and Government operate 17 Challenger business jets (CC-144/CC-144A) on missions which include transport, flight inspection/calibration, air ambu lance, electronic-warfare training and coastal patrol. The German air force has expressed interest in acquiring additional aircraft, if budgets allow. Three ALF502-powered Challenger 600s were converted to interim electronic support/training configuration and three more are destined for conversion to coastal-patrol configuration. Customers: Canada 17, China 5, Germany 7; Challenger 601-3A total: 121, Czech Republic 1, Croatia 1. CL-215/415 The CL-215 twin-engined amphibian, although designed both principally for fire-fighting, is used by Spain and Thailand for SAR and coastal patrol. The piston-powered CL-215 was first flown on 23 October, 1967, and the CL-215T turbine- powered prototype on 8 June, 1989. Bombardier/Canadair's turboprop version, the CL- 215T, powered by P&W PW123AF engines, is being offered to customers in the form of modifica tion kits. Spain has ordered 15 kits, five for in-ser vice aircraft with the rest for new production air craft. The CL-215 is no longer in production, with Bombardier now concentrating on the CL-415 tur boprop amphibian which first flew in December 1993. Production of an initial batch of 20 CL-415s, for France and Quebec, has begun at Montreal. Customers: CL-215: Greece 16, Yugoslavia 5, Spain 15, Thailand 2. CL-215T: Spain 15; CL-415: France 12, Canada 8, Italy 4. CHINA CHENGDU AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL CORPORA TION (CAC) F-7 Pakistan earlier this year selected the FIAR Scipio radar in preference to GEC Marconi's Blue Hawk multi-mode radar, reflecting the continuing export potential of upgrading the basic MiG-21 Fishbed in its numerous forms. The aircraft also remains the focus of proposed interim upgrade pro jects for the PLA until a replacement aircraft is eventually procured. The F-7-II, a considerably upgraded Chinese development of the F-7 (Mikoyan MiG-21F), entered production in the early 1980s and, by 1982, was being exported as the F-7B. An all-weather interceptor development, resembling the MiG- 21MF, is designated F-7-1II. China also produces Jaguar's days in RAF colours could be numbered the FT-7 two-seat operational trainer. Production of the MiG-21 continues at Chengdu as the F-7M Airguard, a variant of the ear lier F-7B, extensively modernised with Western avionics, including ranging radar, head-up display and weapon-aiming computer. Pakistan has pur chased the F-7P Skybolt, which is similar to the F- 7M but with equipment unique to Pakistan and two additional missile stations. Customers: Albania F-7A 12, Bangladesh F-7M 16, China 250?, Egypt F-7B? 80?, Iran F-7M, Iraq F-7B? 80?, Pakistan F-7P 20, F-7MP 60, Sri Lanka F-7B 4, Tanzania F-7A 16, Zimbabwe F-7M 22 HARBIN AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING COR PORATION (HAMC) PS-5 First flown on 3 April, 1976, the Harbin PS-5 four-turboprop amphibian incorporates a tail- mounted magnetic-anomaly detector, nose radar and dorsal gun turret. The aircraft has entered lim ited service with the PLA navy. Powered by four 2,350kW Dongan WJ5A turboprops, the aircraft has a maximum take-off weight of 45,000kg. Maximum speed is 299kt and cruising speed 243kt. On patrol, two engines are shut down, giving 15h endurance at 124kt. Four underwing hardpoints can carry a mix of anti-ship missiles or anti-submarine ordnance. Sonobuoys are carried internally and at least one version can scoop water for fire-bombing. The mar itime-patrol PS-5 did not enter service with the Chinese navy until mid-1986. The aircraft is believed to be both the focus of potential anti-sub marine warfare and avionics upgrades. Customers: China 4 plus Y-12 A development of the earlier piston powered Y-ll, the Y-12 turboprop twin passenger transport has an enlarged cabin with accommodation for up to 17 passengers. P&W Canada concluded a license agreement in 1986 to provide PT6A engines for an initial production batch of 18 aircraft. The Y-12 II has a higher rated PT6A-27, with no leading edge slats and a smaller ventral fin. A further upgrade, the Y-12 IV, remains in development, but includes increased take-off and landing weight. Chinese mil itary requirements could eventually total over 200 aircraft. Customers: China 18+, Fiji 1, Gabon 1, Iran 2, Laos 4, Malaysia 1, Mongolia 5, Nepal 3, Peru 6, Sri Lanka 9, Zambia 2, Zimbabwe 1. NANCHANG AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING COMPANY (NAMC) A-5 Fantan This ground attack aircraft was devel oped from the J-6 (Mikoyan MiG-19) in the early 1960s, and first flown in 1965. The aircraft has a redesigned front fuselage and shoulder intakes, with both length and wingspan extended. The air craft is known as the Q-5 in PLA service, the latest model being the Q-5-1II. The A-5C is the latest export aircraft. NAMC also unveiled a further upgrade, the A-5M, in the late 1980s, to be developed with Alenia. The upgrade focused on a new nav/attack suite including a radar ranging system, inertial navigation, head up display, air data computer, and central computer derived from systems developed for the AMX. A first prototype aircraft was lost in late 1988, and testing resumed on a second in the first quarter of 1989. Development was declared to have been com pleted as of early 1991. Engine improvements of the A-5 are also being undertaken, the latest being the Shenyang WP-6A III. While delivering the same level of thrust as the previously fitted engine, it will con siderably improve maintenance requirements. A Martin-Baker zero-zero seat was also set for inclu sion. External lode will also be improved from 2t to 3t. The A-5M was pitched against the A-5K, a devel opment being pursued by the PLA air force and Thomson-CSF, but the later programme was can celled. Customers: Bangladesh 20, China 700+, North Korea 40, Pakistan 160. SHENYANG AIRCRAFT CORPORATION (SAC) F-8 Finback The F-8 was the focus of a planned substantial combat aircraft improvement pro gramme, which collapsed following the introduc tion of US embargo against China. The F-8 II upgrade programme was being developed in con junction with Grumman. Two airframes were deliv ered to Grumman in 1990 for modification includ ing the Westinghouse APG-66 and upgraded avion ics. The F-8 1, whose development began in the late 1960s, retained the nose intake of the F-7, and is powered by two WP-7 (Tumansky R-110 engines. The F-8 II was first flown in 1984, and has entered low-rate production. The F-8 II differs most visibly from the previous model in having two shoulders, rather than a single nose intake. The aircraft is pow ered by two WP13A-11 engines, developed from the 42 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 13-19 July, 1994
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