Grown-up CSAR
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The Air Force's 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron biannually conducts an intensive, six-month, search-and-rescue training program for HH-60 instructor pilots with over 1,000 hours of helicopter time and at least 100 instructor hours. The Weapons Instructor Course program accepts a maximum of four students per period, or eight students a year. The trainees undergo six phases of instruction that include roughly 26 extremely demanding sorties. During the course of the program they receive 100 hours of flight training and 300 hours of academics.
Publication Name: Defence Helicopter
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0963-116X
Year: 2000
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Tilt!
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A helicopter industry executive noted that navigation/communication (nav/comm) systems have become so sophisticated that the challenge for the industry is to produce nav/comm systems which can process information with a minimum of workload but achieve maximum effectiveness. The advent of global positioning systems (GPS) technologies has fundamentally altered nav/comm design conceptualization since 1990. A number of defense electronics companies are integrating GPS with other nav/comm technologies.
Publication Name: Defence Helicopter
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0963-116X
Year: 2000
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USAF looking at BA 609
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The US Air Force is considering purchasing Bel//Agusta 609 tiltrotors to replace its current fleet of 62 N model Hueys. The aircraft are used for various missions, including the movement of high level Government official saway from Washington in time of war. They serve to provide security services at a number of sensitive sites, including launches from the Air Force's Vandenburg launch facility. Other contenders include helicopters such as UH-60 Black Hawks.
Publication Name: Defence Helicopter
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0963-116X
Year: 2001
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