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Lifting the siege of Sarajevo
A key objective of Operation Deliberate Force was to force the Bosnian Serbs to lift the siege of Sarajevo by re-opening the city's airport for humanitarian-aid flights run by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Two days after the end of the NATO bombing on 15 ...
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Mi-8 crashes
A Mil Mi-8 helicopter chartered by Canadian mining company Cameco crashed on 4 October in the Tien-Shan mountains of Kyryzstan, Central Asia, killing 12 passengers and two crew. The aircraft was en route from the Kumtor gold mine to the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek. Wreckage was found at 12,500ft (3,800m) ...
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The ugly duckling
The Harrier heads for a half century of service. Douglas Barrie/LONDON THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, something dubbed the P.1127 took to the air for the first time. It was a far-from-glorious free flight, however, as the airframe was firmly tethered to the ground. British ...
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Air power vindicated
NATO's Bosnia air commanders assess the contribution of Operation Deliberate Force to the three-year-old conflict. Tim Ripley/Vicenza Recent events in Bosnia, with the signing of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement and the lifting of the siege of Sarajevo, lend some weight to the view that NATO air power has ...
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CAE Electronics wins German Tornado simulator contract
CAE ELECTRONICS HAS received a $54 million contract to upgrade seven Panavia Tornado full-mission simulators for the German air force and navy. The work will be performed by CAE's German subsidiary. The upgrade includes new computers, instructor consoles and mission-debrief stations, and real-time radar simulation. Upgraded ...
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Finance problems threaten Turkish upgrade programme
Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV THE ISRAELI-LED $600 million upgrade of the Turkish air force's McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantoms is in jeopardy because of problems over financing. Although a framework agreement has been signed covering the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)-driven project, the deal is being threatened by the ...
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Phalcon may fly over China
CHINA AND ISRAEL are understood to be in the final stages of negotiating a $200 million deal covering the purchase of up to four Israel Aircraft Industries Phalcon airborne early-warning (AEW) aircraft - although China is already pursuing an AEW project with GEC-Marconi of the UK. IAI's original ...
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Irreplaceable Aardvark?
The capability gap emerging as US Air Force F-111s are retired highlights the aircraft's unique abilities. Graham Warwick/ATLANTA FAR-FETCHED IT MAY SEEM, but it is feasible that the US Air Force could be flying electronic-warfare versions of the McDonnell Douglas (MDC) F-18 early next century. ...
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France may go for E-3 AWACs over Hawkeyes
FRANCE'S PURCHASE of four Northrop Grumman E-2C Hawkeye airborne early-warning (AEW) aircraft is coming under fire from an influential parliamentary committee, which recommends buying additional Boeing Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft instead. The finance committee wants the Hawkeye purchase to be dropped and has adopted an ...
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Dassault eyes Thomson-CSF stake
Gilbert Sedbon/PARIS DASSAULT AVIATION IS considering taking a stake in Thomson-CSF, the French defence-electronics giant, which is due to be privatised in 1996, but the company has ruled out an alliance with Aerospatiale. "I've no interest in buying into Aerospatiale," says chairman Serge Dassault, claiming ...
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US Marine Corps will abandon Cobra replacement programme
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC THE US MARINE CORPS intends to abandon its replacement for the Bell UH-1N and AH-1W, dubbed the Marine Observation and Attack Aircraft programme, in favour of a $3 billion upgrade of both helicopters, keeping them in service after 2020. The USMC's acquisition strategy ...
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Military aircraft of the world
Flight International provides the latest data on the world's military aircraft. Douglas Barrie/Jennifer Pite/ Martin Fendt/LONDON Flight International's 1995 military-aircraft directory provides details on the major military fixed-wing aircraft now in service or underdevelopment. To provide a comprehensive guide in one volume, turbine-powered military ...
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Smiths looks to expand aerospace
SMITHS INDUSTRIES is looking for opportunities to expand its aerospace division, as the business begins to re-emerge from recession with stronger profits and cash. The growing confidence comes, as the aerospace unit turned in another solid performance, over the group's 1994/5 financial year to the end of September. ...
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France in talks with Pakistan over Mirages
Pakistan is looking to France to meet its future fighter needs, following the decision by senior US lawmakers to once again block the release of Lockheed Martin F-16s to the country. The Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, disclosed on 25 October that discussions were under way with President ...
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UK launches stealth demonstrator project
Douglas Barrie Andrew Doyle/LONDON THE UK MINISTRY of Defence (MoD) has launched a highly sensitive programme to develop a third-generation stealth strike aircraft, under the High Agility Low Observable (HALO) project, which should produce a full-scale flying demonstrator by 2000. The HALO project is already ...
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Overhead protector
Political change highlights Israel's use of sophisticated UAVs Arie Egozi/TEL AVIV THE POSSIBLE Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights as part of a peace deal with Syria has put unmanned platforms high on the list of substitutes for the ground-based intelligence sensors, which Israel now operates along ...
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Alenia G222 hopes ride on C-130J deal
Andrea Spinelli/GENOA ITALIAN AIRCRAFT manufacturer Alenia is trying to launch a new variant of its G222 military transport on the back of the Italian air force's proposed purchase of the Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules II. The company wants development of the G222J, as the derivative is ...
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Key location
Russia's Ahktubinsk flight-test centre is crucial to its testing capability. Alexander Velovich/MOSCOW ONE OF RUSSIA'S most sensitive air bases celebrated its 75th anniversary in September, against a background of economic turmoil and serious doubts about many of the programmes in development at the Ahktubinsk State Flight ...
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Meggitt displays Gulfstream deal
Andrew Doyle/FAREHAM GULFSTREAM HAS selected Meggitt Aerospace's secondary flight-display system as an option for its GIV and GV business jets, following the completion of flight trials earlier this year. The deal follows Cessna's recent decision to include the system in the Citation X business jet. The ...
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USAF tackles F-16 yaw problem
A US AIR FORCE TEST team at Edwards AFB, California, is investigating unusually high yaw rates on some Lantirn-equipped Block 40 versions of the Lockheed Martin F-16C. The F-16 Combined Test Force (CTF) is now into the second phase of an investigation which began when aircraft fitted with ...