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    international AIR POWER REVIEW AIRtime Publishing United States of America * United Kingdom international AIR POWER REVIEW Published quarterly by AIRtime Publishing Inc US opiee 120 East Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851 UK opie: CAB International Centre, Nosworthy Way, ‘Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 BDE (© 2002 AIRtime Publishing Inc Tw42MZ cutaway © Aleksey Mikheyev F-105 cutaway © Mike Badrocke/Aviagraphica Photos and other illustrations are the copyright oftheir respective owners Softbound Falition ISSN 14739917 / ISBN 1880588463 Hardcover Deluxe Casebound Edition ISBN 1-88058847-1 Publisher Mel Wiliams | Bator David Donald Assistant Bditors John Heathcott, Daniel J. March Sub Editor Karen Leverington Us Desk "Tom Kaminski Russia/CIS Desk Piotr Butowski, Zaur Eylanbekov eal surtarineputisti com Europe and Rest of World Desk John Fricker, Jon Lake Correspondents “Argentina: Jonge Felix Nufez Padin ‘Austratia: Nigel Ptaway Belgium: Dirk Lamarque ‘Brazil: Cadio Lcchest ‘Bulgaria: Alexander Mladenov Canada: elf Rankin-Lowe France: fienri Pierre Grolieau Greece: Konstantinos Dimitropoulos India: Pushpindat Singh, Irae: Shlomo Aloni aly: Luigino Caliaro Japaan:Yosbitomo Aoki ‘Netheriands:Tieme Fesner ‘Romanta: Danut Vlad ‘Spain: Salvador Mafé Huertas USA: Rick Burgess Brad Elward, Mark Farmer (North Pacific region), Peter Mersky, ill Sweetman Antisis “Mike Badrocke, Piotr Butowski, Zaur Eylanbekoy, Keith Fretwell, ‘Aleksey Mikheyey, Mark Rolfe, Andrey Yurgenson, Andrey Zhinov Designer aur Eylanbekov Controller Linda DeAngelis Origination by Universal Graphics, Singapore Printed in Singapore by KHL Printing All rights reserved. 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Gin $1650 USI 8846, Gorm $13 513 -EUR2850. an821.50 S825 USS59, Volume Six Autumn/Fall 2002 CONTENTS AIR POWER INTELLIGENCE Programme Update 4 Project Development 4 Upgrades and Modifications 6 Procurement and Deliveries 8 Air Arm Review 13 Operations and Deployments 5 Jobn Fricker and Tom Kaminski: additional material by Shlomo Aloni, David Donald, Paul Kievtt and Carlo Kuit, and Nigel Pittaway Drsrer Rapid Terrain Visualization 16 Tom Kaminski Israeli King Airs 7 Shlomo Alont ‘TECHNICAL BRIEFING 2ist Century ‘Pigs’ ~ the F-111 in RAAF service 18, Nigel Pittaway PHOTO-FEATURE Fuerza Aérea Uruguaya 32 Marnix Sap/MIAS Ain Power ANALYSIS Greece Elliniki Polemiki Aeroporia 40 Diikisi Elikopteron Naftikou 32 Elliniki Aeroporia Stratou 32 Konstantinos Dimitropoulos Focus AIRCRAFT ‘Tupolev Tu-95/142 ‘Bear 56 Fifty years after the fist flight of the prototype, Tupolev’s mighty ‘Bear’ remains an important asset in the Russian air arms. This major review focuses on the two main families remaining in service: the Tu-142 'BearF’ ASW platform and the Tu-95MS ‘Bear-H" missile-cartier. It Col Anatoliy Artemyev (Soviet/Russian Navy Retd) and Piotr Butousk ‘SPECIAL FEATURE Brazilian Navy ~ Fora Aéronaval da Marinha do Brasil 92 CeesJan van der Ende and Marco Munt= Am ComBat F-51 Mustang in Korea 104 Warren Thompson Compar Corours Bell Airacobra in RAF service 116 Andrew Thomas WARPLANE CLASSIC Republic F-105 Thunderchief 120 Larry Davis VARIANT BRIEFING Boeing B-47 Stratojet 156 Bil Yenne ‘SPECIAL FEATURE F-104 Starfighter in Italian service 172 Luigino Catiaro INDEX 182 MAJOR FEATURES PLANNED FOR VOLUME SEVEN Focus Aircraft: Boeing F-15 Eagle, Warplane Classi: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Part 2, variant File: Grumman OV-1 Mohawk, Technical Briefing: Sukhoi ‘Type Analysis: 5 ‘Frogfoot’ upgrad Flat (Aeritalia) G91, Special Feature: Photo-feature: Sri Lankan Air Force, hukovskiy test centre Atk POWER INTELLIGENCE Lockheed Martin F-22 Tockheed Martin has completed all planned static testing of the F-22A and. demonstrated thatthe airframe can withstand forces that are 50. per cent higher than those expected throughout its service life. The fullscale static testing, which was conducted on Raptor 3999, fone of two non-fving airframes, began at the Marietta facility during 1999. Since then, the airframe has been subjected to loads applied by humerous hydraulic rams designed to simulate the forces the aircraft encounters during flight. This testing is done primarily to demonstrate the. structural integrity of the airframe. The contractor has also completed an aiframe life time fatigue test designed 10 replicate a 20-year airframe service life, equivalent © 8,000 simu: lated light hours, ‘using second airframe, ‘Raptor 04 underwot climatic Wain erly 202. seen ‘bore inthe MeKiley test chambor with Bay doors ‘pen and foe! tanks fed othe optional ondervng ‘ardpons: Meanie, Raptr 05 was involved io tsts ‘nan ECM envionment provided by F16 carryig ‘ALO-167 jing pods (nah. and is scheduled to simulate a total of two life times of fatigue evaluation (equivalent to 16,000 flight hours). The data accumulate from these test will support long-term efforts to extend the F-22A's service life beyond. 20-years, Known as Raptor 4000, Eich lifetime equivalent of testing involves more than 1.2 million stress ‘events simulating aircraft manoeuvres of up 10 9g. Fatigue testing of Raptor 4000 wil continue Project DEVELOPMENT the IF SDD phase, as the ft Level towards placing 85 F16s rn N&ri 06 Pilon (S137 lion) 2 June fr Level I SDD partic fo, towards x requirement fr 8 Ty followed June, fo a tevel ISP MoU with a per cent SOD share an fl is of 45 per tent partner aly wl invest 1028 fillon in JSF development International JSF partnerships esate fre imu ts reenty ina by tacked! Martin eons’ Joint Ske Fighter rigid! USUK Level Ten memnbe ship by sever othe to hecome a Level Il partner, a 12 hid heenaal pariah t evel I for 125 halon, ith sine influence cements of ISPS could meet is Al 6 Eon ao bi for significant proction the JSF p Swoveshares in upto 3000 planned $173, roi ‘Having been rtaned at Marit for maintenance {esting Raptor 8 joined the Edwards eet folowing FReptor 90 complete he EMD test force. Eurocopter Tiger rolled out urocopeer rece rll! oot the Fist eensicger sil take place in Savtants wil he dled tothe Armée ie Terre in Jone 2003, Subsequent (Mfetcopse Ant Chai) anttnk pla ‘More doubt shed on A40OM ‘Whe fer progres th the AON ren delayed by German pl ‘Bruen 8 and 12 April 2002 the German Eurrigher prototype, DAY, was at Sever for spersone handing and iaight- retuling tas trom a buddy pod: Coulped Tornado of JBG 38 Ar the ond tf the rials DAT hod accumulated 255, Aight howe in 349 soe. In May it formed daly atthe 1A 2002 show ‘at Borla Schonfeld. Russia Sukhoi to develop Russia's JSF An instal soup hea to develop a itgeneraion combat Perpektivny! Avttsonnyt Ki Chosen in preference to those from Mic), isl partner Sukhoi PAK Ph development however, together COKE). PAK FA replace the ear Moogofunkionany F Tabi (MID ul-role ttc fee resem, for which the MG KB developed the macive ut te own Arise 1.44 proxy ‘ikials PAK FA desig wil be ‘evelopment pls ecology from fecemt igh rescarch wh forwant Temonststor prtolype. reininary Air Power Intelligence Bell Bocing V-22 Osprey The Bell-Boeing MV-22 Osprey returned 10 the aie at NAS. Patuxent River, Maryland, on 29 May 2002 for the first time since being ‘rounded 18 months prior. During the short Aight test pilots conducted a vertical take-off and, while hovering the tlt-rotor aircraft at an altude of 30 R (9.1 m), conducted a series of basic manoeuvres, The MV-220 test aircraft (BuNo, 164942) to resume fying has received Improvements to its hydraulic and fight contol software systems. During a second fight conducted later on the same day, the pilots performed full conversion to airplane made at Fevel Might speeds of 250 kt (463 km/h), Over the upcoming 12 months seven modified MV-225 will participate in. the Might. test programme and a total of 1,800 fight test hours fs scheduled, Four additional aircraft will ‘undergo testing with the USAF at Edwards AFB, California, The entre feet was grounded in December 2000 following two crashes. that killed 23 Marines. The Marine Corps hopes t0 place the Osprey in service by December 2003, snd of conventional taperedsving On 9 uly 202 Pilatus test ptt Bill % cnfgurtion, wth cary ne of Tal ok he prototype PC-2 ext Sina layouts the Lacks Manin generation base ranean rst Might rom the company atid at Stans. The first ight lated 1 hour 13 minutes, althoogh te gear remained down Sone cube hg ay fom 2D ths vectoring upto 12 nen ttroughow Later inthe mont the Sweapons faye and horfie oper ara appeared athe aiford and his capably. Inchsen of Yakovlev, Faaorough ar shows, following au mnie PAK TA fem nay indicate that Me ina igh ts phase Combat tcf abo contemplated, Unmanned Combat Armes Rotorcraft th eure maf fen cores Nonivop Grarman MD Hel ——_ Sikonby Aca Raytheon, As pat of United States phase cach ofthe Teams wl progr wil envnstite the eas Fit of using the UCAR to pers’ armed reconnasance and atack ‘Third VTUAV prototype flies Stour veri take and landing Military $-92 prototype flying 2, These igs tested the tes ality to take of fy and Tad auton The oa Mig sccesfilly veri the ably to UCAR teams selected The Defeme Advanced Reser Arty have lca a eas socilythe system’ flly autonomous, ‘verde commande that caused the WV to enter hover and land The inchada vehicle stat, tke, Might nding and shutdown, The ROSAS igh contol sytem i derived fom the contactors RQ-4A Glohal Hawk The future of arpower? On 22 May 202 Boeing's X-454 UCAV demonstrator took tothe air for the it time at Edeards ‘APB, competing a 14minae hop daring ‘which a speed of 195 (31 kr 224 mph) and attude of 75001 (286 m) ‘were achieved. Jongeendirance,hightude recon exly demonstrated its ably than 30 hour duration over thous ‘ods of males. The Fre Scout system ® curently nowt fal produc tion CURD) forthe Navy Comanche retums to flight zaeins haan cxf 135 cp Air Power Intelligence Boeing's YAL-1A Arbon Laser lew or tho fret tine with nos art and roo! faving ot MeConnel AFB, Kansas, on 18. The laser ond wacking ‘equipment bad no yet een installed. incegration testing ofthe MEP. wil Contin fight tens throughout the Summer in support of contin evelopment ofthe core MEP func tron and night sion ple sjstem NVPS) development sing X-A7A UCAV ready to fly ‘Nantrop Grumman's rece Completed several fein preparation for the fist Tight of ts XPA Pegasus Schade wcheduled for mig-2002 Inca was the hd engine run txt, mine run, Once the final integration tests have Been completed the UCAV tl be transported to dhe Naval Ai Weapons Saton China lake Calflora, where x texts and int Aight il be conducted. The ompany funded protorype ‘designed to demonstrate aerodynamic ‘uals suitable for autonomous carer Tigt operations, The ‘company wil use the ress of the Pegasus demon two on naval unmanned combat (DARD and the US Navy. The programme wll demonstrate the fas Fit of using an unmanned sytem 0 Conduct se based survelance, ake and suppression of enemy si UPGRADES AND MODIFICATIONS ‘Angola ELINT 707 nears service Bowing 707 equipped for electronic inlgence and sree oper ns fom a $20 milion Angola mara which ao ineded ara Mont of the ELINT and elecronk tel instal ysl Es IAs Taran dtsn, which ing sabsed long pial a TR se Cyprus ‘Hind’ upgrade plans News emer atthe Farnborough Show of Rosvetl PLE hellcopter Joup contac to upgrade a doren or So recently. delivered MUMS si *. fname sack he (Greek Cypriot, ome ofthe enhance ‘Seon during handling tits with dum 10001 -g) bombs, XX the frst Jaguar tbe fod with he Role Royce ‘Adour M106 engin, wit whic he ‘RAFs Jaguar Nets being r-engined. 6 ments ince provision of nigh cai seocated cockpt Egypt Chinook upgrades extended sing caer $400 al ABEND longhow standards in March RoI, $155 millon in Foreign Mi Stes funding was granted in May t toa sx EAT Agusta Merona Fp CH-176 mean elcoptrs Sut by the yearend, wth ive more Russi Upgraded Frogfoot uke Sukhoh design urea has Teun preliminary fight ests of lpg Si-259M tack aera The serif, which wis modified at Kubinka, has aed completed two {ato in preparation for Might tes The moxfcaion of second sitet vill be completed by July 2002. As Dut ofthe modieation the aie Feceied a las cockpit and wil be While Reuete sy nterote combat seal ad Up ® dozen ssn ‘expected from the Slovakia frevived a $56 millon contr fo overhaul and upgrade 18 Tal nds, fed by Lectske ‘opravenne in Trench, wil undertake Spain F-5B upgrade progress Following git development stared ist October at FADS Milary Aral Spain's (MAS) Getafe faci nM Mi two proto Spanish ar free (Eda) Northrop SF rworscit sdvanced avionics packages formal Bada acceptance of these srt ook place at Getafe on 17 July. Alter more {Coronel Jens Zant Nagore handed ‘ver the two aircraft the commas ‘er of Aa 2, st Talavera a Rel Madajoo),Cononel Ls Miguel anos Mersin These were the frst of four BAA protrype SPSBs being upgraded by ADSCASA Milian mction wil stl A AD tahav dvi and structural enhance ‘ments are involve inthis $19 milion fo sto include an atonal 0 millon contac o upgrade another 18 CASA-ult SE-B These are elng operate 3 AE tac ecce srt in 23 Wing Ala 25 from Talavera, fr advanced and feadsinfigter taining, Completion of al four uparaded EAA SE-38 peso types is expected this year United States First equipped MH-6OR flies The fist Sikrsky MH-GOR Seahawk rmuktmission hecopter equipped th flly operational weapon System flew fbr the fst ne a ed Mati» Tact in Owen, New York on Apri 2002” Carenty three MIVGOR aera are undergo Sul in sea the CEVs Caro ailityis this Mirage IR The tresaircraf Mirage fet which includes anther IR ‘and IE ited witha IR nas, fused forchase and photo datos during ‘weapon ets, especially a th Apache ‘stand-off isle ‘In lte 202 the Brimstone at-armour ‘weapon is tobe released for service ‘nth the RAFSTomado fleet This ‘GRAM is eon in May daring the ial nanan tests with 12 missiles card ‘onthe underfuseloge hardoits. Foor ALARMS ae aio cried. development andl operational resin atthe Naval Air Waar Contr, masion and wetpon sysems comprise the AN/AQS22aifome lew tron support metoure (0D, UH-Y and AH-Z progress secenly achieved 19 At 382 kt) ina sallow dive and 166 0 kan) In stra In adation, the ing up to 30 hank, Known te YL the averat has made more than Sights and accumulated over 1 hours of Might tm To dt, al of the fight teas have been conchae a Ainggon, Texas, however, Yl ands Fallon sip, ¥2, carey nh Fine AH-LZ, Ze completed ite rial Hight in Deceniber ‘Nc that te as acca than 250 hours of fg ime, The Inaction, the A117 has been ow and ben flown at 45 Kt (83 kavh) in ican and sideways Right Bal Helicopter delivered the second of thee AHELZ. protorypes to the Naval NAS Patuxent Rive, Maryland on Zul Thre, i actualy the hed prow pe bul, Zl Two fs eum crn Might et a Bs craft wil evel suppont weapons tong st Naval Ale Weapons Staton Chin Lake, Calor, Army accepts first CH-I7 remanufuclured CH-ATF Chinook heli ‘a end nafs cope ampbel Rerucky, ad ae fed fe fon Rocker Ashona fight sn sytem val Mion gi cn long th Training, will he cased out at For Toke! Hing wi bein mong thet CED wo ete con tite pean dls wi to Greyhound life extension ‘AUS Army Special Operations MHLATE tndergons socraicsytoms Compatibility tess, principally ots detensive suite. Air Power Intelligence pgramme (SEP) that wil extend the tons and cose ale suppon expat. Eerie Ife of the US Navy’ fleet of 36 C24 Greyhound care Zimbabwe daivery (COD) aera ee lifespan of the C-24 is ‘Hinds’ adapted for night attack hours and/or 15000 lending 2nd the Four in Sim (1.1) cannon SLEP wil extend these totals 0 15,000 armed Mi Mé-2P Hind ack heh hours andor "5000 ndings The coptes operated by the Air Force of later namin significant Because Zimbabwe (AFZ) are Being upgraded the aera wi ypealy reach ts init__ by Raster for nigh/allwether Sisto lecndiioi ie chaste wet tha ugeaess ‘Sepor level maintenance (SDIND. OMIT iin senor and plays, Although the fint of two validaton with Garmin 115L GPS las, a and verification aie ha akeady being Insta pee induce! ino the SDLM phase, "In Rss, Roser is undertaking the ene moxification sequence will further Mi24P development fom likey tke a fll year to complete, The incxporaton of some M338 fetronce teaches fll pxducion. Apt fom weighting measures, AVG systems and simplified CIP Viking fielded Ideas, the esting Mi 24PN The Checkates of VS22 at NAS Fetes Russian BREO- 2 rao equ Jacksonville recely became the int tent and 4 Zarevo night thermal Savacdron to opente $3Bs modified imaging sgh, pis standard day ‘nent programme (CIP) The CIP Dfthe Mi2PN fas now reached an Provides the Viking with improved adhanced sage ‘Aussie Hornets - HUG Phase 2 Ine ceremony et RAAF Wllamown on March 2002, theft F/B Hor tres nducted ata the sagond poe ofthe Homet Ungade Programme (HUG). Phase One contrred upgrages communications and avaaton systems. TASH 172 NS, AAC210 esstan rags ith maple Ou am tin WR ache upgrade (APK11) mission computer upgrese to XN and Sing to erate the use ofthe AiNe132 ASAAAM VAR mse. This pages Sod complet, wth 25 of he 71 area ompitaa by the te tht ta et Scrat for Phase Two wes inductes Phase Two tobe comgloved n tee 1m of Raytheon ANIAPG-79 Rada, Enhanced Itertrence iB ane sotare parade fo 1 \Opertosl Fight Progrem) MDS, Upgreded Tactical Dota Link, upgrade to 186 OF Cackpit tikcolour delays an tact dig moeng ap sytem, Due fr conplton rst 2008 Bra ENE? grade /ALO-165 AGPy,ALO214Nv1 or enuvaer and AWR BIN or equver Ts pose was gay = cormorant ot 2a sever retnnes win RAAF ches hav ened to be posed oat fshove equipment i what was cignly spectied. Completion of ths phase ‘hated arte oe oneae insets wl atts aan goon, opr ha i we Sina and 30 Screen else he soe soroianed beeen 2007 an 210, ‘ere wal ste tg be Tonnes fer 2012 b ekheed Mar 5 under Projet i 600, sie HUG ts deg to treblthe Heme rat cperetonly vale un at Nigel Pitaway ‘ARDU F188 42-101 was the main ts patorm forthe ASRAAM missile, and is een hore caring six mises. Nat the photo allivation markings and test Camera installation under the ea Tuselage Air Power Intelligence Despite he poor ua. this photo shows an Indian Navy I-38 May’ carrying a Sea Eagle missle ona pylon af of he wing walling edge. The bility teary the weapon ‘wae added in a recon spared PROCUREMENT AND DELI Austria Eurofighter selected fs vesuled in selection on 2 June of the Hurighter Typhoon, over the AS 39C Gripen anew or sph Fle. Contract negotiation then sed withthe European Acronales acute up t 2 ir dlence rood nds offs, eportcly roan 200 per cent ofthe extmated Auta frter expec wo eceve Borofigher, rom AIML-120€ AMRAAM for is beyond ‘intal-ange AM requlements, OcLk buys RAF Hercules Longstanding Oelk requirement fo from governs level acqusaion of thee RAF supius Lockheed! €-1308 then for C190K procurement wat, -1HIKs, delivered frm 1966, are Fetng eplaced by 25 © 130 and Stretch €-130)306 Lockheed! Main rele within the UR C-130) procure ies Lockhced Marin C-130K bid wis Angola Tucanos acquired prop tines withdrawn fom Peruvan bashed, following ther porchse by the Angin Peoples a force (APAF) Bahrain BAE Hawk selected announced in june action ofthe Hawk as ts future advanced tne BBAE reached agreement withthe BBAAP in July 20000 tu prospects sudan Ting ting aces tothe NFTC ia Canida, for which a ‘contact ws Waals tis amry. Sk avs are ill expect! to he ‘rere 0 suppenent an inal three wl presumably be open t foreign today aden The RAAF has rated plan o keep its Net of elderly de Havilland DNC-4A Corious in service wit No 38 Squadron at Amberey unl at oat 210, bu has ‘hopped plans to re-angin tam with rboprop engines. A project rapace the ‘anbou fight Tactical Ait Capability or AIRS) has lng been underay and ‘was narowed toa choice betwoen the Alni-Loothoed Martin 27d and CASA C285 ber the projet was once aga placed under review following Australia's Involvement in East Timor i 1988 Canada Challengers ordered plans to acquire eo Bombardier hatlenger 64 ara for use by the Adminstative Fight Services lect a ® cst of $100.9 malin, This cost wll the pally off these of sre currently in serie Operated {12 Tranaport Squadron at MacDonald (Caer IAP in Otway Ontario, the Adminstative Fight Services Peet ‘ened bythe Department of National Defence (DND) and supports the travel requirements ofthe mltary and ‘government ical. The Challenger fois which wil enter service in late 2002 are capatle of sing shore funy than current mos and ‘Cormorants replace CH-113As Retirement ofthe Tour 38 yearold tandemctor Boeing Verto CHITA Labradors operated hy No. 42 Transport & Rescue Sadon in ment by new ENOL AW 520 (CHL49) (Gonmerants had enc omn the

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