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WDniu $\m rvno. training type, the P92 Echo is an Italian limit, high wingtrain- er certificated to very light aircraft rules. Although peace and Stability returned to (lambodia in die early 1990s, a coup and subsequent civil war in 1997 returned the country to its pre vious perilous state. All three Islanders have heen reportedly lost Cambodia and North Korea signed a SI5 million co operation agreement in March 1994 as part of efforts to re organise the nation's armed forces and build a defence factory. Type No Role MiG-21 Fishbed MiG-21UM L-39 Albatros Harbin Y-12 BN-2 Islander Falcon 20E An-24RV Coke Mi-24 Hind Mi-8/17 Hip Mi-26 Halo AS365 Dauphin 2 AS350B Ecureuil Tecnam P92 Echo 19 5 5 2 3 1 2 3 6/7 2* 1 1 6 int/FGA int/FGA/trng trng utility utility VIP/comms trans attack trans trans trans trans trng '•n 'iiV.i ——1^—M L'ARMEE DE L'AIR DU CAMEROUN (AIR FORCE) Cameroon's air force has a small attack force equipped with armed trainers including Alpha Jets, Magisters and. since 1997, Atlas Impalas. Four (iazellescan also be armed. (Coastal patrol is handled by DornierSkyservants; the country hasdis- puted coastal borders with a number of its neighbours. Such disagreements with Nigeria over the Bakassi Peninsula led to border skirmishes in September 1996. The air force's main bases areatDouala,on thecoast, the nation's capital Yaounde, Batroui near the eastern border and Garoua in the north. Many of die transport aircraft fly with civil registrations. Type No Role Alpha Jet CM170 Magister C-130H/H-30 Hercules DHC-5D Buffalo IAI-201 Arava Atlas Impala l/ll 5 6 1/1 4 1 2/4 Dornier 128D-6 Skyservant 2/1 PA-23 Aztec Boeing 727-200 Gulfstream III AS332L Super Puma SA330C SA365N Dauphin SA319B Alouette III SA318C Alouette II B206L-3 LongRanger SA342L Gazelle 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 4 attack/COIN COIN/trng trans trans trans trng surv/trans comms VIP VIP VIP comms VIP comms/VlP liaison liaison COIN CANADIAN FORCES - AIR COMMAND (AIRCOM) Canada's long runningcomperition to select a SAR helicopter to replace elderly and increasingly weary CI I-113scamc to an end injanuary 1998 when the Anglo-Italian Cormorant ver sion of the KH101 was ordered. Deliveries will run between 2000 and 2003 and the tri-service Canadian Forces (CIO now need to replace dieirSea King AS W helicopters which deploy aboard the Navy Command's shi|>s. They are managed by the Shearwater, Nova Scotia-based 12 Wing. Avionics update programmes are under way on the I lercules transports and tankers. The first was redelivered to the CF in July 1998 from Spar Aviation Services which fitted the aircraft with digital automatic flight control systems, improved cockpit instru ments, including FFIS and new navigation equipment. Importantly, it also standardised four different CF I lercules cockpit configurations. CF/A-18 8s are assigned to 4 Wing at Cold Lake, .Alberta which has three Squadrons and 3 Wing with two Squadrons at Bagotvillc, Quebec. Fach wing also has a unit equipped with the venerable'!'-3 3. albeit in the electronic warfare train ing variant. If parliamentary approval is given the CF/A-18 8s will be upgraded with the APG-73 radar. The type lias received a steady stream of upgrades to both systems and weapons. CC-130s, CC-150s and CI 1-113s are concentrated at Trenton. Ontario within 8 Wing. Tactical helicopters, the CI 1-146s, are operated in six Squadrons based around the country but are managed by 1 Wing based at Kingston, Ontario. Like the CF/A-18 8s, the CP-140s have received minor upgrades and more significant changes are planned. The four Squadrons with the CP-140s are administered by two wings, 14 Wing at Greenwood. Nova Scotiaand 19 V\ tag at Comox, British Columbia. (IP-140As arc based on the P-3 Orion airframe but do not have any of the CP-140's \S\\ equipment. They are used for crew training, as well as Arctic, environmental and fishery patrol where the sophisticated, expensive systems are not required. SAR assets included fixed wing as well as rotary wing types as an element of the task takes CF to the tar north of the country where the speed of a fixed wing type can be essential. Training has been contracted to Bombardierat Portage la Prairie, where T-67s, King AirC90s and JetRangers are used for primary multi-engine and rotary wing training. While all CF air assets returned home from N VI () commitments in Germany in 1993, it is contributing to alliance operations over Iraq and in the Persian Gulf as well as in and around the former Yugoslavia. CF's Goose Bay base continues to be used as a centre for low level flying training by a number of European NATO air forces. NATO FLYING TRAINING IN CANADA In April 1997 die Canadian Government approved the Nato Flying Training in Canada (NTTC) programme which will be i nvned and operated by Bombardier as a means for NATO, and other air forces, to pool training and make up for an expected shortfall in the next decade. It is based on a four phase system. The first phase is a national responsibility for selection and screening. Phase II basic training will take part in Canada at Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, using 1-61 larvard lis. followed by Phase III advanced training at the same bast- using BAe Hawks. Phase IV tactical training will also be on the Hawk, but based at Cold Lake for tactical flying and weapons training. Instructors are supplied by ('F and partic ipating air forces. Aircraft have been bought by Bombardier and commercially insured but are registered and certificated through the Department of National Defence. As well as the CF, the Danish air force will send pilots to NTTC. which is due to run its first course in 2000. Bombardier can offer non- Canadian air forces screening on the T67 Fireflys it operates tor (IF as well as basic rotary- wing and multiple engine train ing using the privately run King Airs and JetRangers. Type No Role CF/A-18 8A/B Hornet CH-124A/B Sea King AW520 Cormorant 84/38 int/AD/strike 24/6 ASW/SAR 15- SAR CC-144/CE-144 Challenger 6/6 CC-130E/H/H-30/KCC-130H Hercules CC-150 Polaris (A310) CC-138 Twin Otter CC-115 Buffalo CH-146 Griffon (Bell 412) CH-118 Iroquois CH-113/A Labrador CT-133 Silver Star (T-33) CT-114 Tutor Hawk 115 T-6 Harvard II (T-6 Texan II CT-145 Super King Air Slingsby T-67M Firefly' Beech King Air C90* CC-142/CT-142 Dash 8 CH-139 JetRanger + on order •contract flying services **NFTC ***joint service 19/6/2/5 5 7 9 100 8 14 47 120 26" 24" 2 12 8 6 13'" trans/VIP/EW trans/tank-trans trans trans/SAR trans/SAR trans/SAR trans SAR EW train trng trng trng trng trng trng trng trng F0RCA AEREA CABOVERDAINE AND GUARDA C0STEIRA DE CABO VERDE (AIR FORCE AND COAST GUARD) The small coast guard concentrates on patrolling the \'< nth Atlantic waters which surround Cape Verde using a Dornier 228-201 and an Embraer FMB-110PI(K). The air force operates three An-26 Curl transports. ESCADRILLE CENTRAFRICAINE (CENTRAL AFRICAN FLIGHT) This former French colony suffers from severe financial dif ficulties. In 1996 the Central African Republic was rocked by three mutinies by elementsof the armed forces who demand ed back pay as well as political and military reforms. No final solution has been found and violence continues to unsettle the country. The military air arm operates a selection of heli copters and fixed wing aircraft for communications duties. Air power was provided by the French military presence which included a Foreign Legion battalion, supported by three Transall C. 160 transports and five Jaguar attack aircraft based at capital Bangui and Bouar. I laving stepped in to help quell the mutineers, France decided in 1997 to close its Central African Republic bases as part of a three year force reduction in Africa, leaving a token force of 100 personnel to maintain control of Bangui's airport Type No Role Rallye Guerrier AS350 Ecureuil SE3130 Alouette II Mi-8 Hip liaison liaison liaison trans Mil I Mil CP-140/A Aurora/Arcturus 18/3 MR/surv FORCES AERIENNES TCHADIENNES (CHAD AIR FORCE) I he combat capability of Chad's air force is restricted to two PilatusPC-7 Turbo-Trainers received via France in 1985 and die remaining two of three SF260Ws captured from Libya during the numerous border disputes between the two coun tries. All the aircraft are based at the Chief Adji KosseO air- base at N'Djamena. The government also operates civil registered aircraft not declared by the air force, including a Gulfstrciim II, a 727-200 and a F27-600. France maintains a 56 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 2 - 8 December 1998
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