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22 // SEPTEMBER 2017 #354 http://www.airforcesmonthly.com

Africa

Two more Rafales

delivered to Egypt

TWO ADDITIONAL Rafales

have been delivered to

the Egyptian Air Force.

The aircraft, single-seat

Rafale EMs 9254 and

9255, arrived at Cairo-

West Air Base on July

26. The latest arrivals
    bring the total delivered
    to date to 11. A further
    three are due to arrive
    before the end of the
    year, and the remaining
    ten on order are all due
    for delivery during 2018.

Egypt is acquiring 16

two-seat Rafale DMs and

eight single-seat Rafale

EMs. The first three

aircraft arrived in Cairo

on July 21, 2015. A further

trio were delivered on

January 28, 2016, followed

by three more on April 4,

2017. They are operated
      by 34 Squadron ‘Wild
      Wolves’ as part of the
      203rd Tactical Fighter
      Wing ‘Storm’ at Cairo-
      West. Dave Allport

Nigeria

receives new-

build Super

Mushshaks

THE NIGERIAN Air Force

(NAF) has received five

new-build Pakistan

Aeronautical Complex

(PAC) Super Mushshak

trainers. They were

delivered from PAF

Base Minhas aboard

an Il-76 transport, and

arrived in Nigeria on

July 14. The NAF signed

an agreement in Abuja

for the acquisition of

ten Super Mushshaks

on October 21 last

year. The contract also

included training and

technical support.

Formal induction took

place on December 5

with an initial batch of

four Super Mushshaks

provided from PAF

stocks as a stopgap

arrangement (see Nigeria

inducts Super Mushshak,

February, p22). The

aircraft will be based at

the 401 Flying Training

School at Kaduna for

primary flight training.

Waseem Abbas

Tanzanian Fokker 50 returns

Ruben Zammit

GOVERNMENT OF

Tanzania Fokker 50

5H-TGF transited through

Malta International

Airport, where it arrived

on June 28 after spending

a year in the Netherlands

undergoing maintenance.

After departing Luqa,

it flew to Egypt and

then on to Tanzania.

The Government of

Tanzania’s single Fokker

50 entered service in April

1992. It is based at Dar

es Salaam alongside the

rest of the governmental/

VIP fleet: one F28-

3000 Fellowship and

one Gulfstream VSP.

Angola eyes more Su-30Ks

ANGOLA IS reported to be

looking at purchasing a

further six former Indian

Air Force (IAF) Su-30K

fighters, in addition to

the 12 it has already

contracted for, according

to a report in Russian

newspaper Kommersant

on July 21. The Director

of the 558 Aircraft Repair

Plant (ARZ) at Baranovichi

in Belarus, where the jets

are stored, confirmed

at the recent MAKS

airshow that a search for

a buyer was continuing.

Military sources indicated

negotiations were

under way with Angola,

although they are said

to be at an early stage.

All 18 of the original IAF

Su-30Ks were placed in

storage at the 558 ARZ

and put up for sale after

being replaced by new

Su-30MKIs. They were

withdrawn from service

in 2006 and shipped to

Baranovichi five years

later. On February 12,

2014 it was confirmed

12 had been sold to the

Força Aérea Nacional de

Angola (FANA, National

Air Force of Angola)

under a contract signed

in October the previous

year. These are being

refurbished and upgraded

to Su-30KN standard,

the first having been

re-flown at Baranovichi

around January 31

this year, although

none have yet been

delivered. Dave Allport

Above: One of the 12 ex-Indian Air Force Su-30Ks already on order for the National Air Force of
Angola being rolled out after refurbishment by 558 ARZ at Baranovichi, Belarus. 558 ARZ

Extra Gulfstream for

Morocco

A SECOND-HAND

Gulfstream G550 has

been bought by the

Royal Moroccan Air Force

(RMAF) to supplement its

V VIP fleet. The aircraft,

previously Austrian-

registered as OE-LOK (c/n

5462), was ferried from

Vienna to Geneva on May

28 using callsign ‘MJF555’.

Following sale to the

RMAF, it was allocated

serial CN-AMR and flown

to Rabat on July 6 still

in its former owner’s

colour s, but with a

Moroccan flag on the fin.

The RMAF has

previously taken delivery

of a new-production

G550, CN-AMS, which

was handed over on

November 9, 2010,

before being ferried

to Morocco. It serves

with the VIP Squadron/

Royal Flight at No 1 Air

Base Rabat-Salé, which

also has a Gulfstream

IIT and Gulfstream

III. Dave Allport

The Egyptian Air Force’s latest

pair of Rafales taxies in to

Cairo on July 26. Egyptian MoD