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EUROPEAN AIRLIFT CAPABILITY
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first F-16s // RAF Typhoons prepare for Japan // INDIA Orders Rafale
CONTENTS
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Polish
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News
All the world’s military
aviation news, by region.
4-5
Headlines
6-11 United Kingdom
12-15 Continental Europe
16-17 North America
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Latin America
21-22 Africa
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Middle East
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Russia and CIS
25-27 Asia Pacific
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Australasia/Contracts
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Operation Shader –
Two Years On
Tim Ripley analyses the
contribution of UK airpower to
the campaign against Daesh.
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European Air Force
Transport Survey
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Back to Business?
Prague-based Aero Vodochody
has endured some bleak times –
but its fortunes are changing, as
Alan Warnes discovered recently.
In this, the second instalment of
a four-part series, Alan Warnes
and other
AFM
contributors
examine Europe’s military
transport fleet. We detail the
latest types and upgrades
required – nation by nation.
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FORCE REPORT
Turkish Army
Aviation Command
Weeks before July’s attempted
coup in Turkey, Marco Dijkshoorn
and Dirk Jan de Ridder visited the
Güvercinlik-based Army Aviation
School for an overview of the
Turkish Army Aviation Command.
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Wildcats in the Sands
When 847 NAS deployed with
its new Wildcats to Arizona, Joe
Copalman ventured out to the
desert to see the unit in action.
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Overworked,
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Dave Allport reports on the
world’s latest military accidents.
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In the first of a two-part article
Douglas Glover explains how
the USMC has expanded the
capabilities of its F/A-18Ds.
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Base Watch
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EXERCISE REPORT
Sea Breeze 2016
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Resupplying Paradise
Vladimir Trendafilovski
reports from the annual Black
Sea maritime exercise.
A snapshot of recent
military visitors to air
bases around the UK.
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Debrief
Xavier Capy and Prescilla
Lelgouarch report from Réunion,
where they experienced
an Armée de l’Air CN235
regional resupply mission.
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Polish Fighter Mix
Filip Modrzejewski reports on
Poland’s unusual mix of Soviet
and Western frontline fighters.
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in 2018. To celebrate this
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Comment
AFM’s
view on military aviation.
Cover: An F/A-18D Hornet from
VMFAT-101 ‘Sharpshooters’ cavorts
high over a weapons range not
far from its home base of MCAS
Miramar, California.
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Wildcats in
the Sands
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ARTICLE SUMMARY
NEWS
HEADLINES
India Rafale
Deal Finally
Concluded
I
NDIA HAS signed a firm
contract to purchase 36
Dassault Rafales from France.
An official
ceremony
took place in
New Delhi on
September 23
during which French
Minister of Defence
Jean-Yves le Drian and
his Indian counterpart,
Manohar Parrikar, signed
the formal documents for
the deal. The order will
comprise 28 single-seat and
eight twin-seat aircraft. Senior
executives from Dassault,
MBDA and Thales, the main
contractors, were also
present for the ceremony.
Final clearance for the long-
delayed order had been
given on September 21, at
a meeting of India’s Cabinet
Committee on Security.
The first aircraft is
scheduled for delivery in 36
months, with the remainder
to follow within 60 months.
The estimated total cost
is around 7.8 billion euros,
including weapons and
equipment. A 50% offset
to Indian industry is also
part of the contract.
Indian defence officials said
the terms include a requirement
that France must ensure that
75% of the fleet (27 aircraft)
are operational at any one
time. There is also a penalty
clause for late deliveries.
Although details of the
weapons being ordered have
not been revealed, they are
expected to include the MBDA
Meteor BVRAAM and Scalp
stand-off cruise missile.
India had originally planned to
buy 126 Rafales after selecting
the type on January 31, 2012,
to meet the Indian Air Force’s
Medium Multi-Role Combat
Aircraft (MMRCA) requirement.
Several years of fruitless
negotiations followed until
disagreements over production
in India and other complications
led to the announcement
on April 10 last year that the
MMRCA programme was
being abandoned.
Instead, it was
decided to make
a direct, off-
the-shelf
purchase
of just 36
Rafales to
meet the IAF’s
urgent operational
requirements.
Since then,
negotiations for these
were also long
drawn-out, with cost
being a particular
sticking point.
However, details for
an Intergovernmental
Agreement (IGA) were
agreed on January 25 this year,
marking some further progress.
Price negotiations were
eventually concluded in
May, clearing the way for
the final contract details to
be set down in readiness for
formal signature of the IGA.
A pair of French Air Force Rafale Cs
from EC2.30. Indian has signed a
contract for 36 of the type, deliveries
of which will begin within 36 months.
Henri-Pierre Grolleau
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ARTICLE SUMARY
Boeing T-X Contender Unveiled
BOEING UNVEILED its
contender for the US Air
Force’s T-X advanced pilot
trainer competition in St Louis,
Missouri, on September 13.
The aircraft, N381TX (c/n
00001), is officially registered
as a BTX-1. It is a clean-sheet
design developed in conjunction
with Saab of Sweden.
A second aircraft, N382TX
(c/n 0002), is also in final
assembly. FAA registrations
have been allocated for five
more: N791TX (c/n 00003),
N792TX (c/n 00004), N793TX
(c/n 00005), N794TX (c/n 00006)
and N795TX (c/n 00007).
Boeing’s design is the
fourth and final contender
to be unveiled. Northrop
Grumman is also offering
a clean-sheet design, built
by Scaled Composites and
designated the Model 400. The
prototype, N400NT (c/n 001),
was undergoing high-speed
taxi tests at Mojave, California,
during August. Lockheed
Martin and KAI are proposing
the T-50A, an upgraded version
of KAI’s T-50 Golden Eagle. The
final contender is the T-100,
a variant of the Leonardo
M-346 Master, offered by
Raytheon, Honeywell and CAE.
Above:
Boeing’s offering for the USAF T-X trainer requirement, N381TX (c/n
0001), at its unveiling in St Louis.
Boeing
Romania’s First F-16A/Bs Delivered
PORTUGAL HAS handed over
the first six of 12 second-hand
F-16A/Bs that have been acquired
by the Romanian Air Force
(Forţele Aeriene Române – FAR)
under the Peace Carpathian
programme. A ceremony was
held at Base Aérea No 5 Monte
Real, Portugal, on September 28
to formally transfer the aircraft
to the FAR. In attendance were
Portugal’s Prime Minister António
Costa and defence minister José
Alberto de Azeredo Lopes, while
Romania was represented by
defence minister Mihnea Motoc.
The following day, the six
aircraft departed Monte Real,
initially flying to Aviano Air
Base, Italy, for a refuelling stop
en route to Borcea Fetești,
Romania. They comprised
F-16As 1601, 1602, 1603, 1608
and 1608, plus F-16B 1610.
The 12 former Portuguese
Air Force aircraft have been
refurbished by OGMA,
supported by Lockheed Martin
and given a mid-life upgrade
to MLU M5.2 standard.
They will be operated from
Baza 86 Aeriana (86th Air Base)
‘Locotenent Aviator Gheorghe
Mociorniță’ at Borcea-Fetești,
where they will start replacing
the MiG-21 LanceRs of 861
Escadrila. However, they will
not be operated by that unit
– on September 28, Escadrila
53 Vânatoare ‘War Hawks’ was
re-established to fly the F-16s,
resurrecting an FAR squadron
from World War Two.
Following their arrival in
Romania, another hand-over
ceremony took place at Fetești
on October 7, attended by
the Romanian Prime Minister
Dacian Julien Cioloș, together
with Romanian and Portuguese
defence ministers and various
high-ranking officials. The next
day, the jets were formally
inducted into FAR service.
A contract valued at around
€628 million, signed between the
Romanian Government (through
State-owned Romtehnica SA)
and the Government of Portugal,
officially came into force on
September 30, 2013. The
next three will be delivered at
the end of this year, with the
last three due to arrive at the
end of 2017. The 12 aircraft
comprise nine single-seat F-16As
and three twin-seat F-16Bs.
The FAR hopes eventually
to acquire an additional 12
second-hand F-16s so it can
replace the MiG-21s at Baza
71 Aeriana, Campia Turzii.
Romanian Air Force
F-16A/Bs
FAP Serial
15123
15124
15125
15126
15127
15128
15129
15130
15131
15137
15138
15139
USAF Serial
82-0941
82-0944
82-0948
82-0982
82-0999
82-1007
82-1017
82-1022
82-1068
81-0822
83-1167
83-1168
Variant
F-16A
F-16A
F-16A
F-16A
F-16A
F-16A
F-16A
F-16A
F-16A
F-16B
F-16B
F-16B
Note:
The new Romanian serials for
these aircraft are 1601 to 1609 for
the F-16As and 1610 to 1612 for the
F-16Bs, but tie-ups to their former
serials have yet to be confirmed,
apart from 1610, which is known to
be ex-15137.
Roll Out of Final Production Su-30s
Above:
Workers pose in front of Sukhoi Su-30MK2Vs 8593 and 8594, the final pair of 38 ordered for the Vietnamese People’s Air Force, after they were rolled out
of the KnAAPO factory at Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia’s Far East on October 8 . These were the last two production Su-30s, ending 16 years of manufacture of
the type. KnAAPO will now concentrate on producing the Su-35 and the latest-generation PAK-FA.
KnAAPO
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