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The Philippine Air Force has selected the Sikorsky H-76 for its troop support and COIN requirement. This 1s the first order for the military version of the Sikorsky S-76. The PAF will acquire 17 aircraft in all with 12 oftheH-76s being for the COIN role, the remainder will be used for special missions applications including VIP transport.
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34th Mirage Lost:
The RAAF lost its 34th Mirage fighter during early August. Squadron Leader John Kindler ejected safely when the developed troubles while exercising with the Navy off Jervis Bay, NSW The RAAF Williamtown-based Mirages are now logging considerable hours in fleet support duties which was task formerly operated by Nowra based RAN A-4G Skyhawks. Ironically while the primary reason for the axing of the Navy fixed-wing air component was lack of funds it is costing almost as much to deploy Mirages from Williamtown to the Jervis Bay training area as it was to operate Skyhawks from the local RAN air base. The RAAF’s longest-serving Mirage will celebrate its 21st birthday next year while the type will begin phasing down in favour of the F-18A from 1986 onwards in operational squadron service.
Boeing Vertol Examine AEW Chinook:
As a response to requests by the British Government during the Falklands conflict, Boeing Vertol examined the feasibility of an Airborne Early Warning version of the CH-47 Chinook The type would use the same Thorn-EMI Search water radar as fitted to Westland’s AEW Sea Kings. Boeing Vertol planned to fit the radar scanner into the rear ramp, the ramp then being lowered in the patrol mode to have the scanner hung below the primary airframe and provide full 360-degree coverage. The AEW Chinook would carry a crew of six and would also use four 500 gl cabin fuel tanks which would allow a 7 hr loiter endurance at 14,000 feet, 100 nm from base. The project was abandoned though, following the successful flight trials of the AEW Sea King.
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