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USAF grounds E-8C J-STARS aircraft
THE US AIR Force's sole E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (J-STARS) aircraft remains on "precautionary stand-down" as Northrop Grumman and US Air Force maintenance personnel correct fume and rivet problems. Fumes were noticed in the E-8C during a standard engine run and a training flight. The ...
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RAF celebrates Bastille Day
THE ROYAL AIR FORCE TOOK PART for the first time in France's Bastille Day parade on 14 July. Panavia Tornado GR1s and Harrier GR7s were flown in formation with a French Boeing KC-135 for the flypast, with a RAF Vickers VC10 flying in formation with French air force Mirages. ...
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Air Forces ofthe World
Compiled by Douglas Barrie and Jennifer Pite AIR FORCES CONTINUE to struggle with tighter budgets, while not necessarily facing reduced operational demands. In the USA and Europe, air forces have restructured and rethought operational strategy to meet low-to-high intensity operations out of area. In Russia, the air force ...
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Alcatel to build 24 Starsys satellites
GE STARSYS HAS completed an initial agreement with France's Alcatel Telecom to build 24 satellites for launch into a low-Earth-orbit constellation to provide worldwide positioning, tracking, messaging and monitoring. The 80kg satellites - which will be built by the Alcatel Espace division of Alcatel Telecom - will be ...
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Malaysia wants S-70 and Lynx
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE MALAYSIA HAS announced plans to order the Sikorsky S-70 Black Hawk. At the same time, the Westland Super Lynx is closer to being selected as the country's new naval helicopter. According to defence minister Syed Hamid Albar, the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) ...
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Indonesia adds SAMs to its shopping list
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE INDONESIAN air force is expressing interest in acquiring the hybrid Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM)/Hawk Phase III medium-range air-defence system being offered by a joint US-Norwegian consortium. Indonesia has not yet issued a formal request for tender for a new surface-to-air ...
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Wired up
NASA has exercised an Orbital Sciences' Pegasus XL launch option under its Small Expendable Launch Vehicle Services (SELVS) contract, to launch the Wide-Field Infra- Red Explorer (WIRE) in 1998. The SELVS contract is for up to ten launches, one of which has been completed, and five others of which, including ...
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American finalises its tie-up with Canadian
AMERICAN AIRLINES and Canadian Airlines International have received final approval from the US Department of Transportation (DoT) to co-ordinate their flights. The carriers will for the next five years enjoy immunity from US anti-trust laws to the extent necessary to plan and co-ordinate services across the US-Canadian border. ...
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Super Guppy bows out of Airbus deliveries
BRITISH AEROSPACE'S AIRBUS division at Chester has made its last delivery of wings for Airbus via the Skylink Super Guppy. The flight, from Manchester to Hamburg on 9 July, carried an A319 wing. Flights will be operated direct from Chester by the new A300-600ST Beluga following a runway extension. ...
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Israir receives ATR 42s and plans for further expansion
ISRAIR, FORMERLY known as Emek Wings, has now completed the acquisition of two AI(R) ATR 42s and is eyeing further expansion. This could see the carrier acquire jet-powered aircraft for international routes. The two ex-Continental Express ATR 42-320s have been acquired to operate the carrier's scheduled service from ...
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Icy relations
Did previous icing incidents provide clues, which could have prevented the Roselawn ATR 72 crash? France and the USA disagree. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA CRUCIAL TO THE disagreement between US and French accident-investigation agencies on the cause of the October 1994 American Eagle ATR 72 crash is whether previous ...
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Beech JPATS advances
Raytheon has received a $44 million US Air Force/Navy contract, for the first three productions Beech MkII Joint Primary Aircraft Training System aircraft. One manufacturing-development aircraft is already being produced. Source: Flight International
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Two-seat EF2000 is ready
Douglas Barrie/WARTON THE FIRST two-seat Eurofighter EF2000, is expected to be flown by the end of July, with senior management on the project increasingly confident that the technical difficulties affecting the project are now under control. This clears the way for the four partner governments, ...
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Carnival will merge with Pan American
CARNIVAL AIRLINES has agreed to merge with start-up carrier Pan American World Airways, and to operate under the Pan Am name. While negotiations continue, Pan Am will pursue plans to gain its own operator's certificate and to launch low-fare services between Miami, New York and Los Angeles. When ...
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Asiana defers engine decision
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE ASIANA AIRLINES of South Korea has postponed until the middle of September final selection of engines for its planned new fleet of up to 58 Airbus Industrie A330s, Boeing 777s, 747-400s and 767-300s. The decision has been delayed to give the carrier more ...
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United and MDC test cockpit weather link
UNITED AIRLINES and McDonnell Douglas (MDC) have begun flight tests of a system to display real-time weather information in the cockpit. A three-month in-service trial of a United MDC DC-10, equipped with the cockpit weather-information system (CWIN), is to begin following certification of the equipment. Tests are being ...
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Suspect JT8D-200 fan hubs are removed from service
FAN HUBS FROM six Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200 engines have been removed from service after it was determined that they have the same manufacturing defect believed to have caused the uncontained failure on a Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 on 7 July. The 25mm-long fatigue crack, which caused the ...
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Macau bilateral
Macau has signed a bilateral air-services agreement with the USA, opening up the enclave's new international airport to US traffic. The liberal agreement includes extensive fifth- and seventh-freedom rights for US passenger and cargo carriers, in exchange for granting Air Macau access to the USA. Macau has signed bilateral agreements ...
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32 people are killed in Belgian air force C-130 accident
A BELGIAN AIR force Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules crashed with 41 on board at Eindhoven air base in the Netherlands on 15 July, killing its crew of four and 28 passengers. Nine others were badly injured. All passengers were members of the Dutch Royal Army Brass Band. The crash is ...
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US/Japanese cargo row flares up again
Paul Lewis/SINGAPORE THE US AND Japanese Governments are once again become embroiled in a bitter row over air-cargo rights, with the two sides threatening to impose sanctions from the end of July. The US Department of Transportation (DoT) says that it will restrict certain Japan ...