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PACAF at a glance
Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), based at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, is one of nine major commands of the USAF, and is the air component of the US Pacific Command. PACAF's area of responsibility extends from the west coast of the USA to the east coast of Africa and from the ...
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Going further with FANS
The US FAA is progressing with its FANS-1 expansion plans in the Pacific Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES For years, the US Federal Aviation Administration has been accused of dragging its feet over the implementation of satellite-based communications, navigation and surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) techniques in airspace under its control in ...
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Broader horizons
Singapore's air force is raising its international profile and cultivating relations with air forces around the world, says defence force chief Gen Bey Soo Khiang Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Former US President Theodore Roosevelt famously based his foreign policy on the principle that one should "speak softly and carry a big stick". ...
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Australia leads the way in East Timor operation
At the start of this month the UN-mandated International Force East Timor (INTERFET) began to hand control of the disputed former Indonesian territory over to the UN Transitional Authority East Timor. INTERFET was formed last September to provide protection to the population after violence broke out following a vote for ...
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Spirit of common security
The USA intends to maintain troops in Asia-Pacific and expand co-operation Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DCPerhaps 1998's East Asia Strategy Report issued by the US Department of Defense (DoD) best described the US military position in the region: "The story of US engagement in the Asia-Pacific region is one of continuity, but ...
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Islander noise tests beat expectations
Flight tests of Hartzell three-bladed propellers on a Britten-Norman BN2B piston-engined Islander have exceeded original projections, revealing a noise reduction of up to 7dB(A), according to the UK general aviation aircraft manufacturer. "The experimental props, through the lower tip speed and scimitar shape, reveal significant performance and efficiency benefits ...
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Strong US economy bolsters corporate charter business
Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC US corporate charter operators report an increase in demand during 1999, boosted by the country's economic growth and airline service issues. The National Air Transportation Association says charter operations increased 20% last year. Executive Jet Management (EJM), the charter arm of fractional-ownership leader Executive Jet, ...
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AASI poised for Jetcruzer 500 production
Advanced Aerodynamics and Structures (AASI) has acquired the final critical machinery needed for full-scale production of its Jetcruzer 500 turboprop, slated to begin later this quarter. The equipment includes a 150t (330,400lb) hydro press system to mass-produce parts, a three-axis milling machine and high-precision measuring equipment. Long Beach, ...
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LoPresti gets Fury design rights
Kate Sarsfield/LONDON The Swift Museum Foundation, owner of the Globe Swift light aircraft type certificate, has granted intellectual rights to LoPresti for the Swift-based Fury design. The move clears the way for LoPresti, based at Vero Beach, Florida, to begin certificating its all-metal two-seat side-by-side piston single. The move ...
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Galaxy delivery
Galaxy Aerospace has delivered a Galaxy business jet to Fort Worth, Texas-based electronics distributor TTI. This is the first super mid-size Galaxy to be delivered to a customer after the demonstrator aircraft was completed last year. The Galaxy was certificated in December 1998. The first Astra SPX completed at Galaxy ...
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South Korea close to relaunching attack helicopter contest
South Korea is on the verge of reopening its competition for an attack helicopter to replace some of the army's Bell AH-1 Cobras. Previous attempts to launch the competition have been thwarted by the region's economic crises. Meanwhile, companies in a similar competition in Turkey expect a delay in ...
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US report on Kosovo points out NATO shortcomings
Paul Lewis/WASHINGTON DC The US Department of Defense's report to Congress on its performance in Kosovo's Operation Allied Force has identified the need for improvements in critical areas, including NATO alliance capabilities, command and control (C2), intelligence gathering, precision strike and air defence suppression. The report re-emphasises the ...
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Coolant leak caused NMD test failure
A leak of nitrogen gas used to cool two infrared sensors on the US Ballistic Missile Defense Organization's experimental National Missile Defence (NMD) interceptor's exoatmospheric kill vehicle (EKV) was the cause of the failure of a $100 million test firing on 18 January. A problem with the infrared sensors ...
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USA may fund Philippines-NZ fighter deal
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The USA is considering financing the sale of Royal New Zealand Air Force McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawks to the Philippines. It may also "sweeten" a controversial lease of 28 Lockheed Martin F-16A/B fighters by lowering the upfront cost, says the head of New Zealand's conservative opposition party, ...
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Northrop Grumman wins USN UAV contest
Northrop Grumman's Ryan Aeronautical Center has been picked to supply the US Navy's next tactical vertical take-off and landing unmanned air vehicle. The system will replace AAI/Israel Aircraft Industry Pioneer fixed-wing UAVs. The Programme Executive Office, Cruise Missiles and UAVs, has awarded Northrop Grumman a $94 million engineering and manufacturing ...
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AEW on the attack
After solving a sensitive technology transfer issue to clinch Australia's Wedgetail programme, Boeing/Northrop Grumman has Asia in sight Graham Warwick/WASHINGTON DC On Northrop Grumman's map of prospective customers for airborne warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, only one country is marked as conquered - Australia. Next to fall, the company ...
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Lengthy service
The world's longest airliner, the 777-300, has been working for 18 months. Some of its key operators assess its progress Andrzej Jeziorski/SINGAPORE Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON Although Airbus Industrie pioneered the widebody twinjet concept in the early 1970s, its rival Boeing has developed the configuration to its ultimate size and weight, with ...
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Defence renaissance
The world's defence manufacturers are again identifying the Asia-Pacific as a major market Stewart Penney/LONDONBy common consensus, the worst effects of the Asian economic crisis have passed and the nations around the Pacific are again considering their defence needs. At the 1998 Asian Aerospace show, the economic crisis generated pessimistic ...
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Reality bites
Opportunities are looming large, but Asia's aerospace industry is in poor shape Chris Jasper/LONDONAsia's battered aerospace sector is finally getting to grips with the new realities thrust upon it by the region's patchwork economic collapse of a few years ago - although it has taken its time. Before currencies nose-dived ...
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Road to recovery
The gloom of the past two years has been replaced by a cautious optimism Chris Jasper and Max Kingsley-Jones/LONDON When the aerospace industry last gathered in Singapore, for Asian Aerospace '98, the sense of gloom was almost palpable. Subsequent events fully justified that pessimism. Only now are Asian orders beginning ...