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1998
1998 - 1978.PDF
MILITARY AIRCRAFT DIRECTORY •M^afji;;iit^jii?ii!ikii;;ian?n IAI, Israel Aircraft Industries, Ben-Gurion International Airport, 70100, Israel; Tel:+972 3 935 3111, Fax:+972 3 935 4162, Telex ISRAV-IL-381002 KFIR IAI COMPLETED an upgrade of the Kfir in 1993, based on the cancelled Lavi fighter's avionics. The latest -C10 upgrade incorporates the Elta EL/M-2032 multi-mode radar. The earlier Kfir-C7 and two-seat -TC7 have an uprated GE J79-J1E afterburning turbojet. Delivery of six Kfirs to Sri Lanka was com pleted in January 1996. The Philippines remains a potential customer for ex-Israeli air force aircraft, with Ecuador interested in pro curing additional Kfirs. Ex-Israeli Kfir-C7s were delivered to Colombia in August 1989, without all the updated avionics requested. Customer: Colombia 13, Ecuador 12, Israel 200+.SriLanka6 PHALCON ISRAEL'S ELTA Electronics has produced an AEW system, known as the Phalcon, built Phantom 2000-based upgrades have now started for the first of 54 F-4Es of the Turkish air force around its EL/M-2075 L-band phased-array radar. One aircraft is in service with Chile, based on a Boeing 707. A system based on the Airbus A310 has been offered to Australia, and one based on the Boeing 767 to South Korea. Israel is also modifying an Ilyushin 11-76 airframe, in collaboration with Beriev, to meet a Chinese air force AEW requirement. Customer: Chile 1. PHANTOM UPGRADES IAI HAS BEGUN upgrading the first of a total of 54 F-4Es for the Turkish air force based on its Phantom 2000 upgrade for the Israeli air force, but with an Elta radar. IAI upgraded 130 Israeli air force F-4s under the Phantom 2000 programme, installing Norden (now Northrop Grumman) radars on the aircraft. Customers: Israel 130, Turkey 54. MIRAGE UPGRADES TWO MIRAGE HI/5 upgrade options are offered by IAI's Bedek division. The first replaces the Snecma Atar 9 engine with an 80kN GE F404/RM12, providinga 30% more thrust with reduced specific fuel consumption. The second includes installing an Elta EL/M- 2032 multi-mode radar. Amore comprehensive upgrade has been proposed. iKiV'i.^iVii^:wi*iwii Power Thrust Thrust kW dry re-heat Max Max Span Length range speed Ceiling Payload m m km kt Hardpoints ft kg Combat Warload Endurance radius Crew Pax kg h/min km HI Phalcon 707 AEW special mission - AEW 4 x Pratt & Whitney TF33100/110A turbofan IAI Lahav division Kfir C-7 fighter/attack 1 x GE Aircraft Engines J79 J1E turbojet 93.4kN 52.89kN83.41kN 44.4 8.2 46.6 8,140 460kt 15.6 M 2.3 9 38.000 58.000 5.540 12h 1,185 ILYUSHIN Ilyushin, Ilyushin Design Bureau, Leningradsky Prospekt 45G, Moscow 125190, Russia; Tel:+7 095 943 8509, Fax:+7 095 212 2132, Telex 411956 S0K0L, IL-76/78 three-point hose-and-drogue tanker variant, die system derivatives of the 11-76 are operational. THE FOUR-TURBOFAN I1-76M/MD 11-78 Midas, became operational in 1987. Many The A-50U, an upgraded AEW variant, was Candid long-range transport continues as the of these aircraft were inherited by Ukraine, leav- shown in 1995. main transport type of CIS air forces. India pur- ing the Russian air force with a shortfall. Around Customers: CIS 500-plus, India 24, Iraq 30, chased 20 to replace its Antonov An-12s. A 20 A-50 Mainstay airborne warning and control Libya 21, Poland 120, Syria 4. II-76M long-range transport 4 x Aviadvigatel D-30 KP turbofan Range with reserves Power Thrust Thrust kW dry re-heat 117.7kN Max Max Combat Span Length range speed Ceiling Payload Warload Endurance radius m m km kt Hardpoints ft kg Crew Pax kg h/min km 50.5 46.6 6,700 459M 50,850 40,000 140 • miWIil'MIWiliil*! Kawasaki Heavy Industries, World Trade Centre Building, 4-1, Hamamatsu-cho 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105, Japan; Tefc+81 3 3435 2111, Fax+81 3 3436 3037, Telex 242 4371 kawajuj, WWW www.khi.co.jp T-4 trainers operated by the Japan Air Self-Defence against an envisaged requirement for 200 air- KAWASAKI developed the T-4 advanced jet Force. craft. The T-4 is powered by two Kawasaki F3 trainer as a replacement for the Lockheed T-33 Deliveries of the aircraft began in 1988, turbofans. T-4 trainer turbofan/iet-powered 2 x IHI F330 30 military turbofans/jets Power Thrust Thrust kW dry re-heat 16.37kN Span m 9.9 Max Max Length range speed Ceiling Payload m km kt Hardpoints ft kg 13 1,300 M0.91 3 50,000 Combat Warload Endurance radius Crew Pax kg h/min km 2 48 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 29 July - 4 August 1998
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