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1996 World military aircraft incidents
ABBREVIATIONS AAC Army Air Corps; AAR Air-to-air refuelling; AB Airbase; AF Air force; AFB Air force base; AGL Above ground level; ANG Air National Guard; AP Airport; BAe British Aerospace; CFIT Controlled ßight into terrain; CNK Cause not known; FOD Foreign-object damage; IAI Israel Aircraft Industries; JASDF Japanese Air Self-Defence ...
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Boeing's actions require scrutiny
Sole-supplier deals could stifle competition and reduce the impetus to innovate. When a company with the size and influence of Boeing flexes its muscles, everybody had better sit up and take notice. Recently, there's been plenty of muscle-flexing in Seattle. Boeing has signed sole-supplier deals with American Airlines ...
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Indian Air Force chief to evaluate MiG-AT
Indian Air Force chief ACM Satish Kumar is to visit Moscow this month to evaluate the MiG MAPO MiG-AT trainer. The air force has a longstanding requirement for 80 jet trainers, but a decision has been thwarted by lack of funds. The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet and the British Aerospace Hawk ...
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C-130J delivery delay forces RAF to keep C-130Ks flying
The Royal Air Force is being forced to keep operating at least five Lockheed Martin C-130Ks Hercules originally due to be retired from service during 1997 because of a delay of at least 12 months in the delivery of the first of 25 replacement C-130Js. Five aircraft initially ...
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Japan plans Hawkeye upgrade
The Japan Air Self-Defence Force (JASDF) is planning a $400 million avionics upgrade for its fleet of Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye airborne early-warning (AEW) aircraft, to improve interoperability with the US military. The US Defense Department has notified Congress of the proposed Japanese upgrade project. The modification work ...
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Samsung moves to save KTX-II project
Samsung Aerospace is offering to increase its stake in South Korea's proposed KTX-II programme, in an effort to prop up waning political support for the advanced-trainer/light-strike aircraft in the face of impending defence cuts. The move follows a recent Korean Development Institute (KDI) study of the financial feasibility ...
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USAF plans low-cost mini-missile tests
The US Air Force has decided to proceed with the advanced-concept technology demonstration (ACTD) phase of the low-cost autonomous attack system (LOCAAS) programme being developed by the Wright Laboratory's Armament Directorate at Eglin AFB, Florida. The award of the ACTD contract by the USAF is expected in January ...
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MTU joins NH90 promotion effort for GE T700/T6E
MTU, the Daimler-Benz aero-engine subsidiary, has joined the team promoting the General Electric T700/T6E engine for the NH Industries NH90 helicopter. To date, the engine has been developed by GE together with Italian partners Alfa Romeo and FiatAvio, which developed the -T6A variant for Italian versions of the ...
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UK MoD considers long-endurance UAV options
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is considering a high-altitude long-endurance unmanned air vehicle (UAV) technology-demonstrator programme (TDP), which could be led by the Defence Evaluation Research Agency. In attempting to address its UAV requirements, the MoD has set up a tri-service steering group led by its Air ...
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Turkey prepares to build Rafael Popeyes
Turkish industry is poised to assemble the Israeli Rafael Popeye stand-off air-to-surface missile as part of an arrangement to equip the Turkish air force with the weapon. Negotiations on the deal are now being completed, and will see Turkish McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms now being upgraded by Israel ...
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The road beyond Damascus
Somewhere in the Hebrew lexicon there must be an aphorism which says that old dogs can, after all, be taught new tricks, because Israel's defence aerospace industries have specialised in improving the combat capabilities of such "old dogs" as the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom and, latterly, the Lockheed Martin F-16. ...
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State of readiness
Maj Gen Eitan Ben-Eliahu is commanding the only air force in the world which has been performing combat missions continuously since its inception almost 50 years ago. Israel has fought four major wars since gaining its independence in 1948, and the Israeli air force has been involved in thousands of ...
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Grizzly delivery
Kaman has delivered a K-MAX external-lift helicopter to Grizzly Mountain Aviation, of Prineville, Oregon. The company has now sold 13 of the intermeshing-rotor helicopters, and two are on lease to operators. Grizzly Mountain will use the single-seat, single-engined aircraft for logging operations. An aircraft was also recently handed over to ...
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Baltics negotiate for Swedish trainers
Swedish Defence minister Björn von Sydow is in talks with the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania over a donation of surplus Saab SK60 trainers to a joint Baltic training wing. The Swedish defence ministry says that the "Baltwing" talks are part of broader negotiations about donations ...
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Bell signs up for majority stake in Romania's IAR
Bell Helicopter Textron has signed an agreement with the Romanian State Ownership Fund to buy the Romanian Government's 70% stake in Brasov-based helicopter manufacturer IAR. The agreement, signed on 21 May, comes together with the award of a Romanian Government contract to Bell for the purchase of 96 ...
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Basic decisions
ALL THREE US tactical-aircraft programmes survived the Quadrenniel Defense Review (QDR) - but Congress will have to accept more base closures or one of the fighters may yet have to be cancelled. US Defense Secretary William Cohen has given lawmakers a stark choice: preserve the status quo and compromise combat ...
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Fokker to expand services in maintenance markets
Fokker Services plans to expand its activities beyond providing spares and technical support for Fokker turboprops and jet-powered aircraft, to include maintenance and modifications of other civil and military aircraft. As part of the Dutch company's planned diversification, it has acquired a two-bay service centre at Singapore's Seletar ...
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Affordable start
Remarkably, Skyfox has been awarded the first certification for not one, but two aircraft under European/ Australian joint airworthiness regulations for very light aircraft (JAR/VLA). As a result of the certification of the tailwheel CA25 Impala, and its newer derivative, the nosewheel-equipped Skyfox Gazelle, the Queensland-based manufacturer is now promoting ...
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Israel tests Fulcrums against its own fighters
Pictured above is one of three MAPOMiG-29 Fulcrums test flown by the Israeli air force against its own Lockheed Martin F-16 and McDonnell Douglas fighters. The aircraft were leased from an East European air force. The Fulcrums are thought to be late-production model A versions. Source: Flight International
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Boeing considers 737-700 cockpit for E-3 AWACS-
Boeing is studying the possibility of upgrading US Air Force E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) and other military Boeing 707-based aircraft with the advanced flightdeck developed for the next-generation 737-700. The option is one of 125 proposed upgrades of the E-3 being considered as part of ...