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the CU-46E Sea Knight and GH-53DS will be replaced by the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft from 2001. The V-22 programme is intended to provide 425 rVIV-22Bs for the USMC and 481 l\'-22Bs for the US Navy. First production V-22s were delivered in 1999 with the type entering opera tional evaluation towards die end of the same year and com pleted in 2000. The larger CH-53E could potentially be replaced in a joint programme with die US Army. USMC utility and attack helicopters have been formed into si\ com posite squadrons ofUH-lNs and All- l\\s. Bell is upgrading 180 AII-lVV gunships and 100 UH-lNs with four-bladed main rotors and new systems to case maintenance and boost performance. The UlI-lNs will also get the AH-lWfc GE '1700 engines. The modernised rotorcraft are being desig nated the AH-1Z and UH-1Y. Figures include total USN, I SN Reserve, USMC and those being rebuilt. Type No Role RC-12F/M tto be upgraded 2/2 utility NATIONAL GUARD AND ARMY RESERVE F/A-18A/B Hornet F/A-18C/D Hornet F/A-18E/F Hornet F-14A/B/D Tomcat AV-8B/B+/TAV-8B AH-1W SuperCobra SH-2F/G SeaSprite SH-3D/G/H Sea King SH-60B/F Seahawk+ E-2C Hawkeye P-3A/B/C Orion EP-3E/J Orion RP-3A/TP-3A Orion UP-3A/B/VP-3A Orion S-3A/B Viking E-6A Mercury VH-3A/D Sea King VH-60N CT-39E/G Sabreliner V-22 Osprey C-40 Clipper (737-700) C-9B Nightingale C-2A Greyhound C-130F/T Hercules LC-130F/R Hercules KC-130F/R/T/J UC-12B/F/M King Air C-26A Metro III C-20D/G (Gulfstream) UH/HH-1N Iroquois CH-46D/E Sea Knight HH-46D/UH-46D UH-3A/H Sea King CH-53D/E Sea Stallion RH-53D Sea Dragon MH-53E Sea Stallion HH-60H Black Hawk EC-24A EA-6B Prowler F-5E/F Tiger II T-34C Turbo Mentor T-44A Pegasus T-45A Goshawk TH-57B/C SeaRanger T-6A Texan II T-39N Sabreliner TC-4C Academe TC-18F DC-130A Hercules 287/33 345/138 9/6/545* 381 200/19 155 2/23 1/1/50 160/76 94 293 8/2 1/11 7/2/5 17/120 16 4/11 8 1/9 7/475* 6* 29 38 3/14 3/4 77/2* 85 2 2/5 150 28/241 43/13 5/42 75/141 19 45 • 24 1 128 34/4 319 57 170* 7/87 339* 17 4 2 3 AD/att/tmg AD/att/trng AD/att/tmg AD/FGA/rec attack/trng attack MCM ASW/SAR ASW/SAR AEW MR/ASW ELINT survey/trng VIP MR/ASW TACAMO VIP VIP comms/VIP trans trans medevac COD trans trans tanker utility comms comms SAR/utility trans utility utility trans MCM utility CSAR ELINT ECM aggressor trng trng trng trng tmg trng trng trng drone cntl US ARMY The US Army's focus on future development is the Joint Vision 2010/Army After Next and the 2000 Army Aviation Modernisation Plan which aim to shape the service for the first quarter of the next century. Key to this is the purchase of 1.213 RAI1-66 ComancheS by 2024. Meanwhile, the remain ing AH-IF Cobras will be retired in FY01 with OH-5SAs, OII-58C.S and UH-ls following in FY04. Nine hundred U I-oOAs will be upgraded to UH-60L+ from FY03, with further examples acquired at the rate of 26 a year to FY05. A further 557 Black Hawks will become LI [-60Q Dust-Off medevac machines. If a suitable engine can be identified by die (ommon Engine Programme, the 255 UH-60L-S will be further upgraded to UH-60X from 2008. Also 300CH-47s will be modified to C11-47F standard by 2013. The latter should be replaced by the Future Transport Rotorcraft from 2020. Sixhundred Apaches will be modified to Al 1-641) stan dard, the majority of which will be fitted with the Longbow radar.' 1 he Improved Cargo 1 lelicopter/CH-47F- standard Chinook will get an engine upgrade, airframe strengthening and a partial glass cockpit. First flight of a CH- 47F prototype is set for April 2001. Boeing is to deliver die first production ICIT Chinooksin 2002. The plan is to mod ify 26 CH-47Ds a year through 2013. The special forces A11 - 6J/MI1-6J are to be further upgraded by Boeing under the Mission Enhanced Little Bird (MF.I.B) programme. They will conduct clandestine missions until replaced by the RW- X rotorcraft in die 2015-18 timeframe. I he MEI.B combines die six-bladed rotor system of the M 1)600 with a four-1 iladed tail rotor. The second RAI 1-66 Comanche prototype flew in 1999 with the second Hying in 2000. Aside from the two pro totypes, the I'S Army will build six "early operational capa- bility"aircraftfrom 2003 for early field trials followed by eight aircraft which will be delivered for operational evaluation tri als in 2004 and 2005. Replacement of many of the fixed wing ' types is included in the Aerial Common Sensor Platform pro- gramme. Upto80aircraft are required to replace RC-12s and RC-7s from 2009. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon received study contracts in May 2000. ACTIVE ARMY Type No Role AH-64A/D Apache AH-IE/F/G/P/S Cobra 0H-58A/C Kiowa 0H-58D Kiowa AH-6J/MH-6J UH-60A/L Black Hawk EH-60A Black Hawk MH-60K/L Black Hawk* MH-47D/E Chinook UH-1H/V Iroquois CH-47D Chinook TH-67 Creek C-12 Huron C-23 Sherpa RC-12 Guardrail RC-7 (Dash 7) C-31 (F27 Friendship) UC-35 (Citation V) UV-18A Twin Otter C-26 Metro UV-20 Chiricahua 499/49 86 253 335 20/20 924 59 23/37 11/25 286 418 137 47 7 47 13 2 3 6 11 2 anti-tank/attack anti-tank scout/FAC scout spops utility tactical ECM spops spops utility medium lift trng comms trans SIGINT Intelligence trans trans trans trans trans C-12 Huron C-20 (Gulfstream ll/lll/IV) C-21 (Learjet) C-23B Sherpa RC-12 Huron AH-IE/F/G/P/S Cobra AH-64A Apache CH-47 Chinook 0H-58A/C Kiowa 0H-58D Kiowa Warrior UH-1H/V Iroquois UH-60A/L Black Hawk EH-60A Black Hawk 67 2 1 44 3 291 184 183 292 15 839 441 5 comms comms comms trans SIGINT anti-tank anti-tank heavy lift obs obs utility medium lift tactical ECM FUERZA AEREA URUGUAYA (AIR FORCE) Uruguay's air force is seeking second-hand fighters as part of its five year budget plan to 2005. No numbers have been spec ified, but it is unlikely that Uruguay can afford more than five or eight aircraft. Likely types include the F-5E Tiger and A-4 Skyhawk. Todays limited combat capability is provided b] ex -I SAFA-37B Dragonflys, a handful of.Argentine built Pucaras and armed PC-7s. The primary task of die air force is transport ope rations with a diverse collection of aircraft. Like many other Latin American air forces, the FAU runs a domes tic airline, Transports Aereo Militar Uruguayo, which oper ates additional C212s. Six VVessex IIC2 are cx-RAF and were delivered after the withdrawal from 1 long Konginjune 1997. The newest equipment is 10 Cessna 206 Stationairs delivered in 1999. Type No Role A-37B Dragonfly IA58 Pucara C-130B Hercules Wessex HC2 C212 Aviocar 11 5 3 6 3 EMB110C/B1 Bandeirante 2/1 F27-100 Friendship Bell 212 UH-1H Iroquois AS365 Dauphin Queen Air A65 Cessna U-17A Cessna 182 PA-18 Super Cub Cessna 206 Cessna 210 PC-7U Turbo Trainer T-34A/B Mentor T-41D Mescalero Commander UR-4B 1 2 6 2 2 4 1 1 10 1 6 12 5 1 COIN COIN trans trans trans trans/survey trans trans trans trans comms comms comms comms comms comms trng trng trng calib C0MAND0 DE AVIACI0N NAVAL (ARMADA DE URUGUAY) (NAVAL AVIATION) The S-2 Trackers and a Super King Air are used by a maritime patrol squadron, while the VV'essex arc operated for transport and SAR. 'llie navy bought five of the Wessex from the RAF when its helicopter training school was contractorised. I wo Jctstreams arc cx-RN and were delivered in January 1999. The navy is seeking a replacement for the S-2s. and has requested price and availability of stored P-3 Bs. Type No Role S-2A/G Tracker 4 ASW Beech Super King Air 200T 1 MR Wessex 60/HC2 2/5 trans/SAR FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 28 November - 4 December 2000 97
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