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2000-1 - 1966.PDF
V/'JIiLV Alii FOliGBZ in home waters and those around Greenland and the Facroe Islands, and for tactical missionssuchasairborne picket, dam age assessment and airborne relay. It intends to keep the Lynx in service until 2015. The aircraft were modified in 1990-4 by fitting an improved tactical data system with FSM. FLIR and uprated (Jem 42 engines, and are now being upgraded to a near Super Lynx standard, the first was redelivered in October 2000. This includes a 360° radar, nose-mounted FLIR turret, and reverse direction tailrotor and composite main rotor blades. The Lynx deploy at sea aboard live frigates. HAERENS FLYVETJENESTE (ARMY FLYING SERVICE) Arm) aviation is to receive five medium transport helicopters. The type will be selected as part of die four-nation Nordic Standard Helicopter Programme. The army operates 12 \1 D500MS and 12 AS 5 501' ennccs. I he latter are armed with the TOW anti-tank missile, guided using the Swedish I leli'lbw sight, carrying two missiles on each side of the fuse lage and extra rounds in the cabin. The MI )500s arc used as scout platforms. FORCE AERIENNE DJIB0UTIENNE (AIR FORCE) The An-28 Cash was supplied by Poland as, possibly, were the \li-2 and Mi-8. Photographic evidence reveals that at least one Mi-2 has been fitted with rocket pods, the only armed aircraft within the air force.' 1 "his limited combat capa bility is backed up by the French air force, which has main tained a significant armed presence in die country since the colony gained independence in 1977. Type No Role An-28 Cash Falcon 50 Mi-2 Hoplite Mi-8 Hip AS355F Ecureuil Cessna 402C Cessna U206G trans VIP trans/assault trans comms comms liaison FUERZA AEREA DOMINICANA The air force is a counter-insurgency- and transport organisa tion. T» replace elderly C-47s, it has acquired two C212-400s, delivered in April and May 2000, and has an option for a third example. The Dominican Republic is acquiring eight ex- Chilean air force T-3515 Pillans. The first four were delivered in October 1999 and the country has requested information on a maritime patrol version of die turboprop powered I'illan. TenAS350B Fcureuils were acquired at around die same time astheT-35s. Type No Role A-37 Dragonfly 0-2 Super Skymaster T-35 Pillan C212-400 Commander 680 5 2 8 2/1 2 Queen Air 80/King Air C90 2/1 PA-31 Navajo Cessna 210/207 T-41D Mescalero UH-1H Iroquois AS365 Dauphin AS350B Ecureuil 0H-6A 2 1/1 5 9 2 10* 6 COIN COIN trng trans trans comms comms comms trng patrol/SAR VIP trans COIN/comms FUERZA AEREA ECUAT0RIANA (AIR FORCE) Ecuador has one of the best-equipped air forces in South America due to simmering border disputes with its neigh bours. The Israeli-built kfirs have been delivered in two batches, the second in 1996. A two-Kfir attrition batch arrived in Ecuador in 1999, IAI has developed the Kfir CE upgrade for Ecuador incorporating the F.lta 2034 radar, the SPS-45 KM R. new navigation systems, new ECM and a cockpit over haul including I IOTAS controls, two colour MFDs and the Pj thon 4 S R A AM.' 1 Tie Jaguars have also received upgrades, similar to the LTK'sJaguar 96 programme, 'ialks with Russia and*the USA to buy MiG-29 and used A-4M Skyhawks respectively have come to nothing. Type No Roie Mirage F1JE/JA 14 int Kfir C2/TC2 17 attack/tmg Jaguar EB/ES 2/6 attack A-37B Dragonfly 23 COIN Strikemaster Mk89/89A 10 COIN/tmg AT-33 Shooting Star 22 COIN/trng DHC-5D Buffalo 1 trans C-130B/H/L100-30 4/1/1 trans DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 3 trans Sabreliner40R/60 3/1 comms Bell 206B JetRanger 10 trans SA316B Alouette III 5 trans T-34C Turbo Mentor 19 trng Cessna 150/T-41D 4/2 trng Bell 212 1 VIP UH-1B/H Iroquois 2/24 trans BAe 748 l/2t VIP/trans Boeing 727-100/200 3t/3t trans F284000 Fellowship If trans tTame airlines AVIACI0N NAVAL ECUAT0RIANA (NAVY AVIATION) F.cuador's naval air arm gained its first naval helicopters in 1999 when tw<> Bell/I Ielidyne 412 Sentinels were delivered, armed with Penguin ASMs and equipped with search radar, FL1R and dipping sonar. Its helicopters can operate from the navy's two frigates. Type No Roto Bell/Helidyne 412 T-34C Turbo Mentor CN235M Citation I King Air 200/300 Cessna 320E Bell 206B JetRanger Bell 222 2 3 2 1 1/1 1 5 2 ASuW trng trans VIP comms/VIP comms comms comms SERVICI0 AERE0 DEL FJERCIT0 ECUAT0RIANA (ARMY AIR SERVICE) F.cuador's army air service is subordinate to a brigade. Ecuador requires transport helicopters in the S-70 categi try. Type Me Rete SA342K/L Gazelle CN235M IAI-201 Arava DHC-5D Buffalo Citation II King Air 100/200 AS350B Ecureuil PC-6B Turbo Porter SA330L Puma 13 1 6 1 1 1/1 4 3 2 attack trans trans trans survey survey/comms comms trans trans AS332B Super Puma Bell 214B Sabreliner 40R Learjet 24D SA315B Lama Cessna 172 4 1 1 1 3/1 3 trans trans VIP survey SAR/survey trng AL QUWWAT AL 1AWWIYA IL MISRIYA (ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT AIR FORCE) US-built combat aircraft form the backbone of the Egyptian air force, once reliant on the Soviet I nion. Itoperatesvarious \li( is and their Chinese derivatives and has significant num bers of F-16s in service. In 1999 Egypt ordered 24 more F-16( 71) lili >ck 40s, split 50:50 between single- and twin-seat aircraft. The aircraft w ill be delivered with advanced IFF and an u IM-841 larpoon ASM capability, both of which will be retrofitted to the rest of the F-16C/D fleet. Egyptfi air defence lighters are supported by six F-2C rYEW aircraft, which entered service since 1996. The E-2Cs are to be upgraded to I law ke\ e 2000 standard with the APS-145 radar. Egypt accepted its first AI I-64.Vs in 1995 and signed a deal to upgrade to AII-64D Longbow standard in 2000. Re deliveries of the modified machines will start in July 2003. The IS has yet to approve the sale ol the Longbow radar to Egypt. It selected the China/Pakistan K-S karakorum basic trainer in late 1999 as its basic trainer The first ot 80 aircraft, powered b) rheHoneywell I IT "31 rather than the Progress AI25, lieu in mid-2600. The aircraft wili replace I -29s. Fgvpt has also ordeied 74GrobGll 51'O trainers, the first of which was handed ever in October 2000, and has a competition for an advanced trainer to replace I.-59s and Alpha Jets lor which the I lawk and 1.-159 is being consid ered. Egypt has also held talks with Dasa about an avionics upgrade for its 30 F-4Fs. Type We le*e F-16A/B Fighting Falcon F-16C/D Fighting Falcon Mirage 2000EM/B Chengdu F-7A MiG-21PF/PM/R/U Mirage 5DE/E2/SDR/SDD F-4E Phantom E-2C Hawkeye Shenyang F-6/FT-6 (MiG-19) Alpha Jet MS1/MS2 AH-64A Apache SA342L/M Gazelle Mi-8/17 Hip C-130H/H-30 Hercules Beech 1900C DHC-5D Buffalo CH-47D Chinook Falcon 20 Gulfstream lll/IV/IV-SP A340 Agusta AS-61 UH-60A/L Black Hawk Commando Mkl/2/B/E L-59E EMB-312 Tucano HillerUH-12E K-8 Karakorum Grob G115EG 30/6 int/attack/trng 136/42* int/attack/trng 14/3 int/attack/trng 60 int 40/10/10 recce/trng 53/16/6/5int/recce/trng 30 int/attack 6 AEW 40/5 atiack/trng 25/13 trng/attack 35 attack 4/75 attack 40/20 trans 19/3/2/2 trans/ELINT/VIP 6/2 ELINT/VIP 5/4 trans/nav trng 19 trans/VIP 2/1 trans/VIP 2/1/4* VIP 1 VIP 2 comms 2/2* VIP 5/17/2/4 trans/VIP/ELINT 46 trng/attack 46 trng trng trng 58 FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 28 November - 4 December 2000
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