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Introduction |
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Welcome to another newsletter!
The book on the Su-27 Flanker family arrived, I should
now have enough info to make some decent sections on those aircraft.
However, I still need to add the Tu-16 Badger and Tu-95/142 Bear to
complete the post-war Tupolev bomber series.In the mean time I am still
looking for photographers that can provide me with pictures for the air
force pictorials and specials. Next month I hope to release the Portuguese
Air Force pictorial, as well as one for the Army of Venezuela. We'll see
how it goes though!
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Webhost
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My contract with my current webhost is nearing
its end. That will mean I can either renew the account or move to another
webhosting company. Moving will mean that the website will be offline for
12 to 24 hours. I would like to hear if you have any complaints about the
speed of the website!?
I am looking to move because I would like
some more options. Do you have a recommendations for me? I seek a
professional webhost providing webhosting packages with at least 500MB
webspace, PHP, MySQL, subdomains at a reasonable price. I know there
are many companies offering this, but if you have excellent experience
with one please let me know. Also if you have terrible experience with
one, please let me know so I can avoid them.
Thanks.
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Website
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Updates since the last newsletter, with the bigger more
interesting updates in bold green. Unfortunately I was not able to add as
much as I liked too, but there have been some nice big updates anyway.
Including one exclusive on the Venezuelan Naval
Aviation, check it out.
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Military
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Another selection of headlines and short summaries
of military aviation related news from past month. The headlines are
linked to the original article. Headlines and summaries are provided by
ALERT 5, the website can be visited at http://www.alert5.com and is daily
updated with new items.
sorted by date - most recent first
Germany puts its first Eurofighters
into service
The German air force announced Friday that it had officially put its first five Eurofighter jets into service in the northern city of Rostock. Lockheed Martin F/A-22 Raptor Begins
Initial Operational Test & Evaluation
Phase
The U.S. Air Force has begun Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (IOT&E) of the F/A-22 Raptor air dominance fighter aircraft, an important phase of the program's overall acquisition. The F/A-22 is built by a Lockheed Martin. U.S. Air Force photo by Derk Blanset. TURKEY CAN'T DECIDE ON COPTER
PROJECT
Turkey cannot decide on an award for a $2 billion attack helicopter coproduction project. The competition for the Turkish project has pitted Bell Textron and its AH-1Z King Cobra against an Israeli-Russian consortium, which has offered the Ka-50-2 German combat jets collide over seaside
resort
Two German Tornado combat jets have collided over a North Sea tourist resort, killing two crew members. KUWAIT SEEKS F/A-18
UPGRADE
Kuwait has been discussing the prospect of an upgrade for its F/A-18. Iraq's once proud air force re-emerging
but without aircraft, for now
Iraq's once mighty air force is being rebuilt from scratch but without planes for now and with just 100 men who are currently undergoing training in Jordan. Edwards test team fires
F-16's first AIM-9X Sidewinder
A test team from the Global Power Fighters Combined Test Force fired the newest variant of the AIM-9 Sidewinder, the X variant, for the first time from an F-16 Fighting Falcon. U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Reynolds First ugraded MiG-27 successfully
test-flown
The country's first state-of-the-art prototype of the indigenously upgraded MiG 27 has been successfully test-flown in the first exercise of its kind, said Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd Chairman R Mohanty. Norway threatens to pull out of U.S.
Joint Strike Fighter project
Norwegian lawmakers today threatened to pull out of JSF project unless American companies, including Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin Co., make good on promises of defense contracts for Norway. Naval Aviation Museum Acquires Last
Buckeye to Make Carrier Landing
The National Museum of Naval Aviation acquired the last T-2C Buckeye to make a carrier landing, April 9. Sale of Skyhawk and Aermacchi fleet
finalised soon
The ex RNZAF 17 Skyhawks will go to Advanced Training Systems International and 17 Aermacchi jet training aircraft will go to Malaysia. RAF strips new £34m helicopters for
spares
The RAF has been forced to cannibalise two of its fleet of Merlin transport helicopters, each costing £34 million, to keep the only two on operations flying. X-35's price tag balloons
again
Lockheed Martin's joint strike fighter program, already the largest weapons program ever, has become $45 billion, or 23 percent, more expensive since June, the Pentagon said. Eurofighter Typhoon Gun and IRIS-T
Firing
Eurofighter GmbH announced the successful completion of the first in a series of in-flight gun firing trials of the BK27mm Mauser cannon and the first air launch of an IRIS-T short range air-to-air missile (SRAAM) from the outboard and ITSPL station. More news next month!
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Quiz
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Answer April quiz: Rockwell International T-2C
Buckeye (US Navy)
The T-2C Buckeye has recently been retired from US Navy
service, being replaced by the T-45 Goshawk. However some examples remain
in service for the time being. The picture was taken in 2003 and is
courtesy of the US Navy
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Quiz
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The following visitors submitted the correct
answer:
In the May 2004 quiz there will
be ONE WINNER randomly selected from the correct and most
detailed answers. The winner will be contacted next month and will receive
an aviation related prize. Only participants that submit their real
name, a valid e-mail address and subscribe to the newsletter are
admitted to the random draw. All participants with the correct or almost
correct answer will still be listed on the website as in the past. Good
Luck!
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Picture
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Picture of this month is one of the
photos from the RAAF pictorial, the F/A-18C Hornet. More pictures can be
found at http://www.milavia.net/airforces/australia/raaf_pictorial.htm
 official RAAF photo by LAC Peter
Gammie, photo copyright Commonwealth of Australia
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Well, that's about it for this month. Next
month there will be another newsletter, in which I will reveal the winner
of the quiz prize. Be sure to participate! Hopefully I also have some
exciting updates ready for you again next month.
Goodbye,
Niels Hillebrand
MILAVIA Webmaster
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