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at [email protected]http://www.airforcesmonthly.com #361 APRIL 2018 // 23THE FIRST two H225
helicopters for the Kuwait
Police have been delivered.
The pair are among the four
Airbus Helicopters types
ordered for the service,
and follow two AS365N3+
aircraft that were delivered
previously (see Kuwait
Police Dauphin IIs on
delivery, February, p24).
The two H225 deliveries
comprise KMOI-05 (c/n
3012) with a VVIP interior
and KMOI-08 (c/n 3014) in
search and rescue (SAR)configuration. Both will
serve with the Kuwait
Police Rotary Wing at
Kuwait City Heliport. The
first group of Kuwaiti
H225 aircrews has
reportedly also completed
training in France.
The deal for the Kuwait
Police H225s is separate
to the $1.1bn contract for
30 militarised H225Ms
that was signed by
Airbus Helicopters and
the Kuwaiti government
in August 2016.Third C295W for Saudi Ministry of Interior
THE SAUDI Arabia Ministry of
Interior recently received its
third C295W Persuader, MOI-
C3 (c/n S-174, temporary
Spanish civil registration
EC-005), which passed
through Malta International
Airport, Luqa, on its delivery
flight on February 2. In early
2015, it was announced
that the Ministry of Interior
had ordered four of these
aircraft, which are in an
anti-submarine warfare/
maritime surveillance
configuration and carry
‘General Security Aviation
Command’ markings.
Previous deliveries were
MOI-C1 (c/n S-143, EC-003)
in December 2015 and
MOI-C2 (c/n 165, EC-007)
Ruben Zammit in November last year.Two more G 120TPs
delivered to Jordan
AN ADDITIONAL two
Grob G 120TP-A trainers
have entered Royal
Jordanian Air Force (RJAF)
service. The aircraft
were formally handed
over during a ceremony
in Amman on January
14 and were reportedly
donated by Germany.
The RJAF ordered 14 of
the type for operation by 4
Squadron at King Hussain Air
College, Al Mafraq Air Base,
to replace Slingsby T67Ms inthe training role. Deliveries
were completed last year
(see Jordan operating G
120TPs, February, p25). The
first 14 are serials 450 to
463, while the two new
deliveries are 464 and- One of the initial batch,
461, was written off last
December 10. Dave Allport
Left: One of the two
additional RJAF Grob G
120TP-As at the handover
ceremony in Amman. German
Bundeswehr
Upgrades for Adir fl eet
LOCKHEED MARTIN has
received a contract to deliver
specific upgrades for the
Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-35A
Adir fleet. The contract
modification was announced
by the US Department of
Defense on February 2 and
is part of a wider Block 3F+
software package valued
at $147.96m. Work will
continue until December- A DoD notification
said: “This modification
provides for the procurement
of Israel-unique weapons
certification, modification
kits, and electronic warfare
analysis in support of
the F-35 Lightning II
Israel System Design and
Development [SDD] to
provide 3F+ fleet capability
for the government of Israel
under the Foreign Military
Sales programme.”
Israel has requested that
its Adir fleet incorporate
various indigenous elements,
primarily relating to the
electronic countermeasures
suite and weapons.VVIP-confi gured H225 KMOI-05 is one of two examples ordered for the Kuwait Police Rotary
Wing. Babak TaghvaeeKuwait H225 deliveries
Above: F-35A Adir serial 913 (15-5157, AS-09) completed its fi rst fl ight on August 19 last year
and is now operational with 140 ‘Golden Eagle’ Squadron at Nevatim. Carl Richards