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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER 

Circumstances 

Each spring edition of AAD has as its editorial focus, the inter-related 

nature of the worldwide defense aircraft aftermarket. Following is a review 

of some recent 

developments from around the 

globe with an eye toward the 

role played by defensive aircraft 

and their support systems. 

Iran's ongoing nuclear ambition 

In the United Kingdom, Liam Fox 

of the out of power Tory party 

recently stated the obvious: that 

a nuclear armed Iran will be 

unacceptable to the security 

interests of every country around 

the world. Iran is run by a 

government willing to kill and torture any of its own people who disagree with 

it. This is a regime who has exported terrorism on a regular basis to Hezbollah, 

Hamas and the Iraq insurgency. In short, a nuclear empowered Iran would be a 

nightmare. Since an invasion of Iran is impractical, the most likely response is 

the use of Tomahawk cruise missiles to destroy nuclear sites coupled with the 

use of early warning aircraft and tankers for refueling aircraft involved with the 

operation. 

The $6.4 billion United States arms sale to Taiwan 

In any symbiotic relationship, occasional disagreements are to be expected. As 

examples, the United States is not happy with China's restrictions on internet 

freedom, while China is uncomfortable with President Obama meeting with the 

Dalai Lama. But when it comes to Taiwan, even though the stated position of 

the United States is to subscribe to the "one-China thesis", America has made 

it clear that it will oppose any use of force to integrate Taiwan with China. This 

is the reasoning behind the recent big sale of attack helicopters and other 

equipment to Taiwan. 

The stalling of defense modernization 

Recently, Italian electronics maker Selex bid on a contract to upgrade some 30 

defense airfields in India but lost out to domestic Indian supplier, Tata. Selex 

then sued, charging corruption, in the Delhi High Court. But what is really 

disturbing is the fact that the Indian Ministry of Defense (MOD) is engaged in 

the practice of blacklisting arms companies simply based upon such allegations 

of corruption, as was the case here. This practice serves only to tie up the 

system of modernizing defense related aviation equipment. 

In each of the news items above, the utilization of defensive aircraft systems 

is involved: reacting to a threat in the case of Iran, adding to tension in the case 

of Taiwan and the near paralyzing of a state in the instance of India. And each is 

a testament to the fact that the defense industries of nations are inter-related 

across the globe. The world today is a smaller place with ever shifting alliances 

based upon events of the day. In Hindu mythology there is a saying: "In 

international politics, for states there are no friends and no enemies. Only 

circumstances make enemies and friends." 



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RECAP OF THE CONFERENCES 

Special Promotional Section 

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FEATURES 

7 Annual Fall Meetings Recap 

By Steve Goodman 

10 Hercules Operators Conference 

15 P-3 IOSC 

19 C-130 TCG 

23 The Nimrod Accident: Could It Happen Here? 

Aging Aircraft, Aerial Refueling, and Oversight 

By James Wynbrandt 

30 European Military Fire-Fighting Aircraft 

Ready, Aim, Fire! 

By Thomas Withington 

34 Keeping the RQ-4 In the Air 

Challenges Faced by Maintainers of the RQ-4 UAV 

By Donna J. Kelly 

38 Quick Reaction Capabilities 

For Rapidly Changing Defense Requirements 

By Donna Doleman 

42 Industry’s Leading C-130 Providers 

Who To Turn To First 

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suppliers should be buying from these sources. 

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1 Circumstances 

Letter from the Publisher 

3 News Briefs 

What You Need to Know, Quickly and Accurately. 

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Northrop 

Grumman's 

Scalable Agile 

Beam Radar 

(SABR) 

Successfully 

Demonstrated 

Northrop 

Grumman, 

headquartered in 

Los Angeles, 

California, in 

conjunction with the U.S. Air Force, has successfully 

completed a series of demonstration flight tests of its 

Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) system, at Edwards Air 

Force Base, California. The equipment was installed in an F-16 

fighter, and the demonstration was in support of a U.S. Air 

Force F-16 active electronically scanned array (AESA) 

feasibility study. 

SABR is a scalable AESA radar system designed to be 

retrofitted in current F-16 aircraft and other legacy fighter, 

attack, and training aircraft. Compared to mechanically 

scanned array radars, SABR will provide added functionality, 

increased performance, and greater reliability. SABR also will 

provide improved situational awareness, enhanced detection 

capabilities, high-resolution SAR maps, interleaved air-to-air 

and air-to-surface mode operations, and an all-environment 

precision strike capability. 

www.northropgrumman.com. 

NEWS BRIEFS 

Lockheed Martin Contracts to Provide Sniper and LANTIRN Pods to Turkish Air Force 

Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin has signed a foreign military sales contract to deliver Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods 

(ATPs) and LANTIRN Enhanced Resolution (ER) navigation pods to the Turkish Air Force. Under the terms of the agreement, Lockheed 

Martin will provide Sniper ATP and LANTIRN ER pods to equip Turkish Air Force F-16 Block 40 and Block 50 Peace Onyx aircraft. The 

contract is valued at $118 million. 

Packaged in a single, lightweight pod, the Sniper ATP provides long-range, positive identification of both moving and stationary 

air and ground targets. It also possesses a video downlink, equipped with the widely used Rover ground receiver to relay highresolution 

streaming video to forward-deployed forces for non-traditional intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, as well as 

rapid target coordination. 

The LANTIRN ER navigation pod, an upgraded version of the previous LANTIRN version, provides terrain-following radar, a thirdgeneration, 

mid-wave forward-looking infrared radar (FLIR), enhanced image signal processing, and improved image quality. This 

upgraded navigation pod allows aircrews to operate in daylight or darkness, and at mission altitudes from sea level to 40,000 feet. 

www.lockheedmartin.com. 

Photo Courtesy Northrop Grumman 

Rolls-Royce Extends Support for UK Typhoon fleet 

Rolls-Royce has signed a service contract worth $1.3 billion 

with the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) for continued 

support of the Royal Air Force's (RAF) fleet of Eurofighter 

Typhoon aircraft, which are powered by Eurojet EJ200 engines 

Under the terms of the contract, which runs until 2019, 

Rolls-Royce will provide the 

RAF with a guaranteed level 

of availability for its EJ200 

engines, undertaking all 

aspects of EJ200 engine 

support, including technical 

support, both on-base and 

from the Rolls-Royce 

Operations Center in 

Bristol, England. Rolls- 

Royce also will provide 

replacement engines as 

needed to keep the RAF fleet fully operational. 

Rolls-Royce support operations are centered at the 

Typhoon Propulsion Support Facility at RAF Coningsby in 

Lincoln, England, where the RAF's Typhoon squadrons are 

based. These operations will be augmented in 2010 by a 

second main operating base at RAF Leuchars in Leuchars, 

Scotland, where Rolls-Royce also will have a support team. 

The majority of engine repairs will be performed at Rolls- 

Royce's facilities in Bristol and Ansty, West Midlands, England. 

Rolls-Royce has been contracted to support the RAF's EJ200 

engine fleet since November 2001. www.rolls-royce.com. 


Photo Courtesy Lockheed Martin 

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Lockheed Martin Contracts for Additional Sniper Advanced Targeting 

Pods 

Lockheed Martin, headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, has received $59 

million from the U.S. Air Force for additional Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods 

(ATP). This order is the second increment in the U.S. Air Force's Sniper ATP Lot 

9 contract, originally awarded in September 2009, bringing the total value of 

the buy to $95 million. 

The new ATPs will be used to support additional U.S. Air Force 

deployments. They also will allow the Air Force to allocate pod resources to 

home-station training, enabling aircrews to train with the equipment they will 

use in deployed operations. Deployed in theater on U.S. Air Force and 

coalition partner F-15, F-16, A-10, and B-1 aircraft, the Sniper ATP currently is 

the most widely used targeting pod in combat operations. 

Since its first deployment in 2005, the Sniper ATP has enabled air crews to 

operate well outside jet noise ranges, permitting forces to identify, track, and 

defeat targets without detection. Lot 9 Sniper ATP technology will include a 

new data link capability, an enhanced multiple moving target tracker, the 

capability to deliver weapons to moving targets, and weapon damage 

estimation radius displays to help reduce the potential for collateral damage. 

This system's common software and hardware interface provide 

interoperability across aircraft fleets. The Sniper ATP is operational on U.S. Air 

Force, U.S. Air National Guard, and multinational F-16, F-15, B-1, F-18, Harrier, 

and A-10 aircraft. Platform expansion will continue with the B-52, Tornado, and 

Typhoon aircraft, and with unmanned aerial vehicles. 


Boeing to Continue Providing F/A-18 Engineering Services to 

Royal Australian Air Force 

Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing 

Company, has been awarded a $1.5 million contract to provide 

engineering support services for the Royal Australian Air Force's 

(RAAF) fleet of F/A-18A/B Hornet aircraft. 

Under the terms of the 30-month contract, managed by 

the Tactical Fighter Systems Program Office (TFSPO) at 

RAAF Base Williamtown, Newcastle, New South 

Wales, Boeing Defence 

Australia will provide repair 

plans for faults uncovered 

during F/A-18A/B Hornet 

maintenance. Boeing 

Defence Australia has 

delivered engineering 

support services to the 

TFSPO for the past 6 years. 

www.boeing.com. 

Photo Courtesy Spanish Air Force 

CAE Awarded Military Contracts 

Valued at More Than $55 Million 

Montreal, Quebec-based CAE has 

announced a series of military 

contracts valued at more than $55 

million. Included in this total are 

several contracts to support the 

German armed forces with a range 

of simulator upgrades and training 

support services. Germany's 

procurement office, Bundesamt fur 

Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung 

(BWB), has contracted CAE to 

provide a range of on-site training 

support services for flight 

simulation equipment; this 

agreement covers a range of flight 

simulators, including those for the 

Tornado and Eurofighter aircraft. 

CAE also has been awarded a 

contract to perform upgrades 

on the German Air Force's 

Tornado full-mission simulators. 

CAE will integrate its STRIVE- 

Radar simulation software with the 

Tornado simulators to enable the 

German Air Force to perform 

additional training tasks in fullmission 

simulators, including air-toair 

radar, ground mapping radar, 

and terrain following radar 

functionalities. 

Other contracts recently signed 

by CAE include those with 

Canada's Department of Defence, 

Lockheed Martin, and 

the U.S. Army. Exact 

contract amounts were 

not released. 

www.cae.com. 

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Lockheed Martin Awarded 

$49.5 Million Apache Contract 

Varese, Italy-headquartered 

AgustaWestland has awarded 

Bethesda, Maryland-based 

Lockheed Martin a $49.5 million 

sustainment and support contract for 

the legacy Target Acquisition 

Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision 

Sensor (TADS/PNVS) and Modernized 

TADS/PNVS (M-TADS/PNVS) systems on 

the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MOD) 

Apache AH Mk-1 aircraft. 

The contract provides complete 

post-production services, including 

spare parts, in-country repair, and 

technical services, as well as integrated 

logistics, engineering, and depot repair 

support. The effort is part of the overall 

Integrated Operational Support (IOS) 

solution provided by AgustaWestland to 

the MOD for its Apache fleet. The 

contract runs through March 2014. 

The contract will support both 

TADS/PNVS systems through the end of 

the upgrade and integration process. 

Support activities will be performed in 

the United Kingdom and in Orlando, 

Florida. 


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Photo Courtesy Agusta Westland 

NEWS BRIEFS 

Rolls-Royce Awarded 

Missioncare Contract for 

Osprey Engine Support 

Rolls-Royce has been 

awarded a $75 million 

MissionCare contract by the 

U.S. Naval Air Systems Command 

(NAVAIR). Under the 11-month contract, 

Photo Courtesy Rolls-Royce 

which includes 4 option years, Rolls-Royce will 

provide support for the Rolls-Royce AE 1107C-Liberty engines that power the 

U.S. Marine Corps's MV-22 Osprey and the U.S. Air Force Special Operations 

Command's CV-22 Osprey. The total contract has a potential value of over $600 

million. 

This MissionCare contract will provide a full suite of engine management 

services support for more than 250 aircraft. The services will include engine 

management and repair, logistics support, and field service representatives at six 

V-22 operating locations in the United States. www.rolls-royce.com. 

General Dynamics Awarded F/A-18 Mission Computer Contract 

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, headquartered in Fairfax, 

Virginia, has been awarded a $30.6 million contract for the production of 118 

Type-3 advanced mission computers (AMC) for U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet 

aircraft. 

The advanced mission computer is the 

nerve center of the Super Hornet, providing 

situational awareness and combat systems 

control to the flight crew. It performs general 

purpose, input/output, video, voice, and 

graphics processing and is designed to 

operate reliably in extreme environmental 

conditions. The AMC also is able to process 

high-speed data flows from the latest in 

sensor technology. 

General Dynamics has been delivering AMCs for the F/A-18 since 2002. Since 

then, the nature of the work on this program has expanded from unit production 

for newly produced aircraft to include supplying the U.S. Navy with computers 

for retrofitting operational aircraft. This contracted work will be primarily 

performed at the General Dynamics facility in Bloomington, Minnesota, and is 

expected to be completed by the end of 2011. www.generaldynamics.com. 

New Rotor Inspection Stand Provides Easy Access to Aircraft Rotor Head 

Spika Welding, based in Lewistown, Montana, has developed a new single-user rotor inspection 

stand that provides easier access to aircraft rotor heads. Developed in accordance with U.S. Army 

specifications, the new stand promises to ease maintenance procedures and enhance workplace 

safety. 

The company states that the Rotor Inspection Stand (RIS) is constructed from lightweight 

aluminum with a rubberized powder coating. It features 20-inch-wide steps, an in-board side 

support, and removable safety rails. For maneuverability and safety, the RIS comes with mounted 

caster wheels, along with protective rubber bumpers to reduce the possibility of damage if the 

stand is inadvertently bumped into an aircraft. 

The product can be positioned to clear lower obstacles of the aircraft, while allowing the user to 

stand on the work deck, providing an ideal work height and position for inspecting and servicing the 

main rotor area. www.spikawelding.com. 


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10 HOC 

Hercules Operators Conference 

The HOC provides an opportunity for the entire 

Hercules community to come together and 

share in a conference comprised of meaningful 

briefings encompassing all L-100(382) and 

C-130B-J model aircraft. The objective of the 

HOC is to share common operational, 

technical, modification, and maintenance issues 

and successes among Hercules operators, 

suppliers, service centers, and Lockheed Martin. 

15 P-3 IOSC 

International Operators 

Support Conference 

Since 1988, the P-3 IOSC has provided an 

opportunity for P-3/CP-140 operators to share 

among themselves information on new 

modifications, information related to technical 

and maintenance issues, and possible solutions 

to these and other issues related to an aircraft 

that has been in operation for over 40 years. 

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Technical Coordination Group 

The C-130 TCG cordially invites you to attend 

the WWR Conference as an attendee, a briefer, 

or a display exhibitor. Participation in this annual 

event provides opportunities for the TCG staff, 

Commercial Contractors and C-130 Foreign 

Military Sales (FMS) customers, to discuss items 

of common interest and receive information on 

new or improved technologies important to the 

worldwide operation of the C-130 aircraft. 

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Who 

This Conference is hosted by 

Lockheed Martin Air Mobility 

Support Division. 

What 

All aspects of the C-130 Hercules are 

discussed and reviewed - 

past, present and future issues - through 

presentations and trade booths. 

Where 

This meeting is held in 

Marietta, GA. 

When 

Annually, mid- to late October. 

In 2009, it was on 

October 19-22. In 2010, it is 

scheduled for October 18-21. 

Why 

Conference is attended by operators 

and supplier companies that 

are associated with the C-130 Hercules 

aircraft worldwide. 

HOC 

Hercules 

Operators 

Conference 

The twenty-eighth annual Hercules 

Operators Conference (HOC) was held 

beginning on October 19, 2009 in Atlanta, 

Georgia. There were thirty-five different 

countries represented that operate the 

C-130 and over 750 individual attendees. 

According to Lockheed Martin, HOC 2009 

was a resounding success. 

"HOC 2009 was enormously successful," 

says Jim Grant, Vice President, Business 

Development, Lockheed Martin 

Aeronautics. "Anytime you can bring the 

entire C-130 family together that is a unique 

opportunity for us. The C-130 is a very 

special aircraft, in the sense that it is 

supporting air-land and air-drop operations 

in Afghanistan and Iraq every single day, 

but it also is the backbone to rescue 

operations, firefighting - everything we have 

just seen during the recent disaster in Haiti. 

The Hercules supports just about the full 

spectrum of air mobility requirements like 

no other asset in the world." 

It also can be said that the HOC 

conference brings together the community 

of C-130 operators, suppliers, and 

maintainers like no other conference in the 

world. "The HOC represents a unique 

opportunity to bring our team from 

Lockheed Martin, that designed, built, 

delivered, and now sustains this airplane, 

together with our supplier base and the 

operators who are using the airplane," 

states Grant. "HOC brings together 

representatives of the entire Hercules 

family, so to speak, to look at how we are 

performing, to look at joint opportunities to 

do better in the future, and, very specifically 

for Lockheed Martin as the OEM (original 

equipment manufacturer), HOC gives us a 

chance to hear from the customers, and 

likewise share with them our commitment 

to the entire service life of this great 

airplane." 

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WHY SHOULD I ATTEND THE HOC? 

If you did not attend the HOC last year, ask 

anyone who did attend about his or her 

experience. You likely will realize what you 

missed and how valuable an opportunity 

this event is in terms of meeting with the 

Lockheed Martin team and so many C-130 

operators. Everyone who attends the HOC 

leaves enriched, with a deeper 

understanding of where the C-130 program 

is headed and also a wider picture of airlift 

operations in general. 

"The goal of this conference is a simple 

one: How can we make the ‘Herc' better?" 

explains Grant. "This is a unique 

opportunity, and you want to be part of 

those discussions. Many operators may be 

facing issues with their airlift systems, and 

there may be operators in other 

countries who already have solved those 

particular issues." 

Armando Boucourt, Director of 

Distribution Management with South 

Florida-based Kellstrom Industries, was one 

of the presenters at HOC 2009. "As a 

person with a background in both 

operations, as well as heavy maintenance," 

says Boucourt, "I can tell you that the HOC 

represents a single point of access for 

operators and maintainers to an 

unparalleled amount of information. There 

is a multitude of briefings that can bring 

maintainers and operators up-to-the-minute 

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"The goal of this conference 

is a simple one: 

How can we make the ‘Herc’ better?" 

HOC - HERCULES OPERATORS CONFERENCE 

information about what is happening. For 

example, the rainbow fitting and redesign 

briefing gave you a glimpse into the future 

of what will be the design of the rainbow 

fitting, which is a critical part." 

Certainly no less important, and equally 

well-received, was Boucourt's own briefing 


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on Kellstrom's Short Pod auxiliary power unit 

(APU) upgrade. "The fleet is aging," explained 

Boucourt. "The auxiliary power unit is a key 

system on these older airframes. By upgrading 

it, the operators of the aircraft are bringing that 

system to a level of operability that is lightyears 

beyond its original system. The APU is 

critical in determining how well and how fast 

the engine will start, and what systems can be 

operated on the ground without the need for 

the engines to be running." 

THE BRIEFINGS 

The rainbow fitting briefing and Boucourt's talk 

on the Short Pod were only two of many 

notable presentations at the conference. If you 

did not attend HOC 2009, here is a summary of 

some of the other critical briefings you missed. 

RAMP RIGGING 

Frank McElwain, Structural Analysis Department 

Manager, Lockheed Martin Aero, and Kostas 

Kriatsiotis, of the Hellenic Aerospace Industries, 

gave a talk that went into detail on ramp 

rigging issues. The brief included a refresher on 

previously documented rigging problems and 

discussed recent discrepancies, structural 

impacts, the kinematics of hook actuation and 

lock, and structural impacts. 

The goal of the brief was to discuss at 

length what has been identified as the three 

main challenges reported by operators 

involving the C-130 cargo ramp and the 

consequences they present: 

• Excessive side-to-side movement. 

• An open ramp with hooks extended. 

• A hook at ramp station 10 that 

consistently does not engage its hook retainer. 

A series of news articles relating to ramp 

rigging over the last 20 years was presented. 

Hellenic Aerospace presented actual problems 

dealing with rust and corrosion and lock failure 

and discussed how these problems have been 

resolved and still are being addressed. 

Upgrades and repositioning of ramp hook 

retainers were discussed, as were specific 

problems and valuable solutions to particular 

cargo door rigging issues. 

Kriatsiotis concluded the brief: "The C-130 

ramp design is robust and versatile, but 

occasionally it requires the removal and 

replacement of worn parts and attention to 

detail throughout very specific and lengthy 

rigging procedures." 

SAFETY LESSONS 

Tom Lewis with Lockheed Martin Aero, Aviation 

Safety and Airworthiness, gave an intriguing 

talk on safety lessons learned by examining 

past incidents of aircraft failure. In the brief, 

several case studies were presented involving 

crashes of C-130 and L-382 aircraft. Each case 

was broken down into a specific series of 

events and subsets, identified by Lewis, that led 

to, or may have contributed to the incident. 

Three scenarios were presented in 

examining the cause of each failure: 1) crew 

miscalculation, 2) crew control and reaction, 

and 3) controlled flight into terrain. In each 

scenario, Lewis applied his forensic expertise 

and discussed what might have been done 

differently with an eye toward preventing future 

similar events. 

NAVAIR 

Rod Kirkland of the C-130 Fleet Support Team 

(FST), U.S. Naval Air Depot Cherry Point, North 

Carolina, presented a brief on U.S. Navy 

avionics issues. A potential problem with the 

generator connector on the KC-130J was 

discussed, solutions were presented, and the 

following conclusion 

was stated: 

"Operators should consider some type of 

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load-shedding procedure to help avert this 

potential problem. Wire specification callout 

is inadequate and needs to be corrected. 

And operators should consider replacing 

existing back shells with enclosed back shells 

with strain relief." 

In addition, Kirkland discussed a general 

wire damage bulletin that was issued for 

the KC-130J, a Rapid Action 

Maintenance/Minor Engineering Change 

(RAMEC) for APU wiring damage, and a 

potential chafe hazard between wire harness 

assembly 16MA001 and the forward-right 

corner of CNI-SP No. 2. 

At the conclusion of his brief, Kirkland 

provided these valuable contacts 

for avionics: 

C-130 FST Logistics: 

Jim Ballard 

Phone: 252-464-8326, DSN 451 

Email: jim.ballard@navy.mil 

C-130 FST Systems Engineering: 

Rod Kirkland 

Phone: 252-464-8256, DSN 451 

Email: rodney.w.kirkland@navy.mil 

C-130 FST Avionics 

Logistics Technical Team: 

Randy Taylor 

Phone: 252-464-5365, DSN 451 

Email: randolph.taylor@navy.mil 

C-130 FST Core Avionics 

Technical Team 

and C-130 FST Mission 

Avionics Technical Team: 

Steve Skinner 

Phone: 252-464-5868, DSN 451 

Email: stephen.c.skinner@navy.mil 

C-130 FST Information Warfare 

Technical Team: 

Jackie Dixon 

Phone: 252-464-5808, DSN 451 

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Jeff Pull with Lynden Air Cargo (LAC) gave a 

briefing, in which he discussed issues with 

cargo door side beam failures. He pointed 

out that while rare, side beam failures have 

occurred from time to time in the commercial 

fleets. LAC takes such failures very seriously. 

Pull reported that LAC has had two cargo 

The AC-130 also holds the record 

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The Hercules family has 

the longest continuous production 

run of any military aircraft in history 

JAPAN AIR SELF-DEFENSE FORCE C-130H 

door side beam failures since 2000, which 

resulted in a loss of cabin pressurization. Pull 

pointed out that, in both instances, these 

cracks happened to aircraft that had 

accumulated over 25,000 pressure cycles. 

He said that LAC had discovered pressure 

cycles could stress the lower cap, due to the 

large lower skin surface area between the 

bulkheads. The recommended solution is to 

install a plug-type door, which prevents these 

events from causing safety issues. 

Pull's brief went on to discuss the case 

studies of the two aircraft that had 

experienced the door failures and what LAC 

has done to address this issue. The latter has 

included requiring a detailed visual 

inspection of the cargo door aide beams 

fleet-wide at the next A (daily) inspection, a 

further reduction of the specified SP-112 

inspection interval to the B check interval (at 

700 hours), and revisions to the associated B 

check work card. Also, the inspection area on 

the beam was expanded from FS926-966 to 

FS858-1024. Finally, LAC decided at the June 

2009 Lynden Air Cargo CAS Board meeting 

to replace the entire 16-foot length LS4094 

lower angles, left-hand and right-hand, on all 

cargo doors with more than 25,000 cycles at 

the next C check. 

HIGH VELOCITY MAINTENANCE 

Doug Keene, HVM product lead with Robins 

Air Force Base/ Warner Robins Air Logistics 

Center-HVM, presented a brief on the U.S. 

Air Force's High Velocity Maintenance (HVM) 

Initiative. He explained that HVM is an Air 

Force Materiel Command (AFMC) initiative 

to dramatically transform production 

operations in support of increasing aircraft 

availability, seeking to better emulate the 

commercial industry's high daily rate of 

touch-labor maintenance. 

HVM examines all processes that impact 

programmed depot maintenance (PDM) of 

aircraft throughout the force. This includes 

not only product flow, but also funding, 

requirements, infrastructure, materiel 

support, and information technology. 

In the part of his presentation where 

Keene discussed "Why HVM, and why now?" 

he pointed out that an aging fleet and the 

inefficiencies of low-velocity maintenance 

typical of air force maintenance depots were 

compromising fleet availability for operations 

in the Global War on Terror. He compared 

the results with those of high-velocity 

maintenance practices of commercial fleets, 

which make more effective use of man-hours 

per day. 

Keene also pointed out that the C-130 is 

ideal to be the subject of the HVM pilot 

program. He then went into greater detail 

regarding the maintenance models 

employed by several commercial airlines and 

the practices that AFMC seeks to emulate. 

He further presented an outline for HVM 


processes and a timeline for their 

implementation. 

U.S. AIR FORCE STRUCTURAL 

INITIATIVES 

On the final day of the conference, 

Wednesday October 21, Peter Christiansen, 

with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, 

discussed C-130 structural issues and 

initiatives. Christiansen's brief went into the 

rainbow redesign program, which had a brief 

all of its own, problems associated with 

clevis bolts, reported cracking of the lower 

forward wing panel at WS72, outer wing 

service life, and the structural changes on the 

C-130J model. 

For each of the problems or potential 

problems discussed, Christiansen presented 

a detailed analysis of the issue and proposed 

corrections, such as elimination of the clevis 

bolts from truss mounts and the use of a Hi- 

Tigue countersink, under the truss flange 

through the spar web, spar cap, and backup 

structures, where applicable. For cracks and 

outer wing issues, similar detailed case 

studies were presented, and viable solutions 

given. Christiansen concluded by stressing 

the U.S. Air Force's commitment to working 

with Lockheed Martin to monitor and assess 

the impact of the structural changes that 

were incorporated into the J model. 

WRAPPING IT UP 

The above represents a sample of the 

briefings that we felt to be of particular 

interest to our readers. There were many 

more, each of which gave operators and 

maintainers of the C-130 Hercules 

unprecedented access to information vital to 

sustaining their aircraft. 

When asked if he felt that the HOC is 

important to those who attend, Kellstrom's 

Boucourt replies enthusiastically, "I would 

argue that the HOC is indispensable for 

people who are operating the C-130 and 

want to maintain the aircraft in its optimum 

condition." 

Grant echoes those thoughts, "The main 

concern our customers have is: If they have 

an issue, how do they get that issue 

resolved? HOC lets them know that, as the 

OEM, we are here. They are never out there 

alone." 

He concludes, "We sent a questionnaire 

out to the attendees, and almost all of the 

responses have been extremely positive. 

Most have said that they like the format of 

the conference, they enjoy the content, and 

they especially like the interactions that were 

available at HOC 2009." 

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Lockheed Martin. 

What 

All aspects of the P-3 aircraft are 

discussed and reviewed, past, 

present and future issues, through 

presentations and trade booths. 

Where 

This meeting is held in 

Marietta, GA. 

When 

Annually, mid- to late October. 




Why 

Conference is attended by 

operators and supplier 

companies that 

are associated with the P-3 


P3 - IOSC - INTERNATIONAL OPERATORS SUPPORT CONFERENCE 

P-3 IOSC 

International 

Operators 

Support 

Conference 

The P-3 International Operators Support 

Conference (IOSC) is the world’s single 

most important meeting for operators and 

maintainers of the P-3/CP-140 aircraft. P-3 

IOSC represents Lockheed Martin's equal 

commitment to the sustainability of the P-3 

and to those who operate it. 

This Lockheed Martin-sponsored event 

brings the entire P-3/CP-140 family 

together at one time, in one place, to share 

common concerns and successes. 

Lockheed Martin has been putting on 

the P-3 IOSC since 1988, as a forum in 

which operators of this aircraft can share 

information on new modifications, as well 

as technical and maintenance issues, and 

possible solutions to these and other issues 

related to sustaining a valuable air asset 

that has been in operation for over four 

decades. 

The conference also allows interested 

parties, contractors, and vendors the 

opportunity to present the P-3/CP-140 

community with briefings on information 

that may provide solutions to current issues 

facing one or more P-3/CP-140 operators. 

In addition, attendees to the P-3 IOSC are 

able to attend breakout sessions that cover 

three significant areas of interest: 

airframe/structure/mechanical issues, 

avionics/mission issues, and supply/logistics 

issues. 

At P-3 IOSC 2009, most of the briefings 

and other discussions seemed to relate to 

one particular issue of concern to the P-3 

community: that of diminishing sources of 

material supply (DSMS), which is a constant 

problem for operators of a 40-year-old 

aircraft. This issue was discussed extensively 

in a brief given by Ric Loeslein with Naval 


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Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and 

entitled "Diminishing Manufacturing 

Sources and Material Shortages." 

Loeslein opened his brief by defining 

DMSMS as the loss, or impending loss, of 

the manufacturers of parts, of suppliers of 

parts, or of essential raw materials. He 

then explained how this situation could 

endanger the capability and lifecycle of a 

weapons system or other asset, leading to 

obsolescence. He followed this with a 

description of the five types of 

obsolescences recognized by the military: 

• Technical obsolescence 

• Functional obsolescence 

• Planned obsolescence 

• Postponed obsolescence 

• Style obsolescence 

Loeslein then went on to discuss the 

ways to deal with potential DMSMS as an 

exercise in management style. He likened 

anticipating issues with DMSMS to 

anticipating the approach of an 

impending hurricane, the impact of which 

can be estimated in terms of duration and 

magnitude, and adequately be prepared 

for. Finally, he offered several 

obsolescence management tools and a 

model for a pro-active DMSMS 

management strategy. 

According to Lockheed Martin, other 

briefs identified by the attendees as the 

most valuable included the following: 

JMSDF P-3C OPERATIONS 

An interesting brief was presented by 

Captain Siegeru Koyangi of the Japanese 

Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF). 

Koyangi discussed how the P-3 is 

instrumental in securing the peace and 

safety of Japan. The theme was the 

JMDSF's recognition that it needs to be 

able to respond rapidly not only to fullscale 

invasion, but also to diverse threats, 

such as piracy and terrorism. Intelligence, 

surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) is 

crucial in that mission, and the P-3 is a 

valuable asset for gathering daily 

precautionary surveillance and 

intelligence data. 

The briefing went on to discuss 

specific situations where P-3s operated by 

JMSDF participated in action against 

Somalian pirates. Close to 600 hours were 

flown in counter-piracy operations, with 

P-3s providing vital information regarding 

4,800 commercial vessels to foreign 

warships nearly 400 times, proving the 

continued value of the venerable aircraft. 

PAKISTAN NAVY P-3 FUTURE 

RELEVANCE 

Captain Abdul Basit of the Pakistan 

Navy gave a brief that, once again, 

discussed the continued relevance of 

the P-3C. Basit's talk began with an 

overview of Pakistan naval aircraft 

operations, and then he went into 

specifics of its P-3 operations. 

The Pakistan Navy (PN) procured eight 

P-3Cs from the U.S. Navy in 2004. It 

subsequently decided to modify seven of 

{ } 

“At P-3 IOSC 2009, ... one particular issue 

of concern to the P-3 community: that 

of diminishing sources of material 

supply (DMSMS)." 

the airframes under an aircraft 

improvement program (AIP) initiative and 

to dismantle the eighth airframe for spare 

parts. Lockheed Martin was awarded the 

contract to upgrade the seven remaining 

P-3s; to date, two of these aircraft have 

been fully modified and are being used 

for training purposes. 

With the P-3's proven performance in 

maritime ISR operations, the PN expects 

the planes to have continued relevance, 

as it is tasked with patrolling the Arabian 

Sea. According to Basit, 70 percent of the 

world's oil supply passes through this 

region, which also happens to be infested 

with pirates, smugglers, and drug 

traffickers. Basit pointed out that Pakistan 

provides assistance to any vessel in 

distress within an area reaching out 84,000 

nautical square miles from Karachi. He 

said that the P-3 is the only asset Pakistan 


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has that is capable of responding within 

such a wide area. 

U.S. NAVY MPRA 

Kurt Muller, Deputy Director, U.S. Navy, 

Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance 

Aircraft (MPRA) Programs, gave a briefing 

updating the U.S. Navy's MPRA operations 

worldwide and discussing where the P-3 

fits in. The brief began with a breakdown 

of the MPRA's organization and command 

structure, and an overview of its global 

operations. 

The main point of Muller's brief was 

how to keep the P-3s flying until the P-8A 

Poseidon model becomes fully 

operational. He asserted that through 

funded sustainment programs, mission 

systems sustainment programs, and 

airframe sustainment programs, as well as 

innovative maintenance plans, the U.S. 

Navy P-3s and their variants should be able 

to remain in service beyond 2020. 

The brief also was designed to inform 

and advise foreign military service (FMS) 

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P-3 operators of U.S. Navy P-3s of 

NAVAIR's Transition Management Plan for 

out-of inventory (OOI) aircraft. Muller 

assured his audience that the OOI plan is 

very comprehensive and starts 5 years 

prior to the OOI date. The OOI date for 

U.S. Navy P-3s is 2019. 

Muller concluded his talk by assuring 

the FMS community of the U.S, Navy's and 

NAVAIR's commitment to P-3s 

internationally. He also assured the 

audience that they will continue to support 

the U.S. Navy P-3s beyond their sundown 

in 2020. 

BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE 

Lieutenant Colonel Paulo Augusto Tricai 

Cavalini, of the Brazilian Air Force, gave a 

brief on the force's P-3 modernization 

program. He began by informing the 

audience that the Brazilian Air Force 

operates a fleet of twelve P-3s: Nine are to 

be modernized under the program, and 

three are to be dismantled and used for 

spare parts. For those aircraft to be 

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modernized, the program includes: 

• Propellers overhaul. 

• Engines conversion and overhaul. 

• New avionics. 

• New mission system suite. 

• New tactical management system. 

• Refurbished interiors. 

Cavalini discussed manufacturers and 

vendors who will be providing the 

equipment and components for the various 

upgrades. He also outlined the delivery 

schedule of such modernized aircraft 

through June 2012. 

U.S. NAVY P-3 AIRFRAME 

SUSTAINMENT UPDATE 

Commander Shane Tallant and Lieutenant 

Commander Mike LaPaglia, both of the U.S. 

Navy, presented a brief outlining the "P-3 

Airframe Sustainment Update." Again, the 

theme of this brief was to discuss the U.S. 

Navy's commitment to sustaining the P-3 

until the arrival of the P-8. The key points 

discussed in this brief were safety, aircraft 

fatigue, and sustainability issues as related 

to: 

• Propeller fairings. 

• T-56 turbine failures. 

• Corner fittings. 

• ECS duct contamination. 

• Detailed airframe sustainment. 

Tallant and LaPaglia agreed that, in an 

aircraft that has been in operation as long 

as the P-3, fatigue becomes a major 

concern. They described NAVAIR's overall 

philosophy relating to fatigue is to "design, 

certify, and maintain our aircraft with the 

intention of repairing or retiring primary 

airframe structures prior to the initiation of 

cracks." Programs designed to implement 

this philosophy were discussed, including: 

• Fatigue Life Management Program 

(FLMP). 

• Phased Depot Maintenance (PDM). 

• Fatigue inspections, repairs, and kit 

installations. 

The various companies involved in the 

P-3 sustainment supply chain were 

discussed. Also mentioned were depot 

locations nationwide for sustainment repairs 

and fatigue modifications. 

Overall, the audience left this brief with 

an understanding that the industrial 

footprint for P-3 recovery and sustainment is 

extensive, and that NAVAIR is committed to 

working with industry leaders to obtain 

provide support across all P-3 sustainment 

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Who 


the U.S. Air Force. 

What 

All aspects of the C-130 Hercules are 

discussed and reviewed - past, present 

and future - through presentations and 

trade show booths. 

Where 

Hyatt Regency on the 

riverfront in Jacksonville, FL. 

When 

Annually, in late October. 




Why 

Conference is attended by operators 

and supplier companies that 

are associated with the C-130 Hercules 


The C-130 Technical Coordination 

Group (TCG) was formed in 1987 to 

provide a more direct line of U.S. Air 

Force technical assistance to the foreign 

military sales (FMS) users of the C-130 

Hercules aircraft. The C-130 TCG 

currently supports thirty-two 

international customers with 

approximately 346 C-130 (B, E, H and J 

model) aircraft. 

The current members of the TCG 

include Argentina, Australia, Botswana, 

Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Egypt, 

Greece, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, 

Jordan, Korea, Morocco, Netherlands, 

New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, 

Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, 

Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, 

Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Tunisia, and 

Turkey. The current TCG chief is Danny 

Fowler, who leads a staff of twenty-five. 

C-130 TCG - TECHNICAL COORDINATION GROUP 

C-130 TCG 

Technical 

Coordination 

Group 

The C-130 TCG conference usually is 

held each year in October, in 

Jacksonville, Florida. This TCG 

Worldwide Review (WWR) is designed to 

provide TCG representatives of member 

nations with an opportunity to present 

their concerns and to attend briefings 

that relate to maintaining and sustaining 

their aircraft. Open meetings allow for 

discussions that almost always are of 

value and general interest to the 

national representatives. 

According to Fowler, "The WWR 

provides a forum for members and 

aerospace contractors to interface, view, 

and discuss the latest offerings from the 

industry and real world experiences of 

the U.S. Air Force." 

In addition to the WWR, TCG 

provides its membership with ongoing 

service and support. This can be as 


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simple as providing an aircraft part number 

or as complex as designing a countryspecific 

structural modification. 

According to Fowler, TCG expects to 

take on a greater role in the coming years, 

as the U.S. Air Force continues to retire its 

C-130E fleet and make more surplus aircraft 

available to the FMS market. 

THE BRIEFINGS 

Kellstrom's Boucourt once again gave a 

brief on the company's Short Pod APU 

upgrade, and it was as well-liked at TCG, as 

it was at HOC. The rainbow fitting redesign 

briefing touched on a critical 

C-130 maintenance issue. Perhaps the most 

significant briefing was the one presented 

by Chris Culp with Rolls-Royce. 

ROLLS-ROYCE 

Culp's presentation on T-56 updates went 

into great detail on the T-56 program and 

addressed the advantages of and how-to's 

for upgrading and converting to T-56 II and 

T-56 III engines. According to Culp's brief, 

there are 8,000 T-56 engines on 

C-130s, which are operated by over sixty 

nations. 

Culp discussed at length the limitations 

{ } 

"TCG provides its membership with ongoing service 

and support. This can be as simple as providing 

an aircraft part number or as complex as designing 

a country-specific structural modification." 

in lift capacity of the T-56 and gains that can 

be made by converting to the T-56 Series III 

model, which can increase load capacity by 

as much as 12,500 pounds. He went on to 

show how increased load capacity can 

affect not only aircraft's ability to carry more 

cargo, but also enable the plane to carry 

more fuel, which can extend mission time 

and range. The brief also talked about 

Rolls-Royce's MissionCare service, which 

reflects the company's commitment to the 

T-56 and the needs of its operators and 

maintainers. 

Culp's presentation concluded with a 

summary of the advantages of the latest 

upgrade to the T-56, the T-56 3.5, and how 

this engine has answered the U.S. 

government's call for increased fuel 

efficiency on large air transport systems. In 

his wrap-up, Culp stated, 

"The development program for the 

T-56 3.5 is on schedule. We are using 

application of proven technologies, with no 


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installation or interface changes required 

to provide significant fuel savings of 7 to 12 

percent, depending on mission. The T56- 

A-15 Series 3.5 engine enhancement 

program is intended not only for those 

customers who are planning to extend the 

operational service lives of T56-A-15 

propulsion systems up to and beyond 

2025, but also for customers who are 

looking for ways to reduce operational fuel 

costs and lifecycle maintenance costs, all 

the while providing more hot-day/highaltitude 

mission capability options. The T56 

3.5 will provide C-130 operators with all 

these benefits, using proven Rolls-Royce 

materials and technologies, with no 

airframe modifications required, and, in 

most cases, less than a 5-year financial 

payback." 

Vital briefings unique to TCG included 

the following: 

C-130 WHEEL BRAKES SYSTEM 

IMPROVEMENT 

A briefing on wheel brakes system 

improvements (WBSI) for the C-130 was 

given by Egan Wheeler, of Air Force Global 

Logistics Support Center (AFGLSC). 

Wheeler began his brief with the current 

status of the program, and he discussed its 

three main goals: improving safety, 

improving maintainability, and reducing 

costs. 

Wheeler also described the program's 

scope, which included developing antiskid 

capacity, improving wheels and brakes, and 

upgrading the brake-metering valve. A 

timeline and program milestones were 

presented, with a fleet retrofit projected to 

begin in October 2011 and end in 

September 2014. 

U.S. AIR FORCE PDM FINDINGS 

The 330th Air Sustainment Group gave a 

valuable brief on programmed depot 

maintenance issues for the C-130 E and H 

series. The talk focused on the problems of 

chine angle corrosion and FS858 sloping 

longerons. Details of the causes and 



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LOOKING AHEAD IN 2010 

WHAT TO 

EXPECT AT 

THE 2010 

MEETINGS 

symptoms of the two problems were 

discussed, and resolutions and repair 

scenarios to address the various issues 

were presented. 

C-130 INTERCOMMUNICATION 

SYSTEMS UPGRADES 

Telephonics Corporation gave the TCG's 

brief on intercommunication systems 

upgrades. The talk began with an intro to 

Telephonics. It then went into the various 

digital upgrades available for the P-3 and 

the advantages of these upgrades, which 

included: 

• Digital audio and digital control 

• Improved audio quality and clarity 

• Greater functionality and flexibility 


• Improved operator controls 

• Improved reliability 

• Reduced weight and wiring 

The second part of the briefing 

introduced the TruLink Wireless 

Intercommunication System. Applications 

and benefits were discussed, mainly 

eliminating the need for excessively long 

cords and for the use of hand signals by 

ground crews communicating with cockpit 

during towing, push back, hanger, and 

maintenance activities. 




Clearly, the fall 2009 conferences presented a wealth of invaluable information for C-130 and P-3 

operators. As the pages of the calendar turn toward fall 2010 and these fleets become a year older, 

undoubtedly there will be another year of issues and solutions to bring to the table. For anyone working 

to keep these venerable aircraft in the air, year after year, these events can be important resources. 

So mark your calendar. The 2010 HOC has been scheduled for October 18-21. P-3 IOSC is set for 

October 25-28. The TCG WWR is scheduled for October 25-29. 

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THE NIMROD ACCIDENT: 

COULD IT HAPPEN HERE? 

AGING AIRCRAFT, 

AERIAL REFUELING, 

AND OVERSIGHT 

BY JAMES WYNBRANDT 

AIRCRAFT REFUELING 

In September, 2006 a British Royal 

Air Force (RAF) Nimrod MR2 

aircraft caught fire immediately 

following a refueling rendezvous with 

an RAF Lockheed TriStar tanker over 

Afghanistan. The resulting explosion 

claimed all fourteen crew members 

onboard the Nimrod. 

A British Board of Inquiry 

determined that the accident most 

likely was caused by a fuel leak, 

associated with the refueling 

operation, which came in contact with 

a hot Cross Feed/Supplementary 

Cooling Pack (SCP) duct in the 

Nimrod. These conclusions later were 

reaffirmed by the U.K. Air Accident 

Investigation Branch and the U.S. Air 

Force Safety Center. 

Despite these findings, many 

defense experts believed that wider 

systemic issues contributed to the 

accident, and a further analysis was 

undertaken. The resulting Haddon- 

Cave Review (named for principal 


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author and Queen's Counsel Charles 

Haddon-Cave) was released in October, 

2009. It blamed a culture of complacency 

and prioritizing cost savings above safety 

by the U.K. Ministry of Defense (MOD) as 

laying the groundwork for what the 

review called an "avoidable" accident. 

For those of us on this side of the 

Atlantic, such conclusions raise several 

questions. For instance, given increasing 

budgetary constraints, are similar 

deficiencies to be found in the 

maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) 

programs supporting similar U.S. military 

aircraft? Does the age of the U.S. Air 

Force tanker fleet - the basis for the 

current, contentious KC-X acquisition 

program - affect the safety of the Air 

Force's aerial refueling operations? And 

if the answer to these two questions is 

"yes," what is the potential for an 

accident, like what happened to the 

RAF's Nimrod, occurring? 

THE REFUELING PROCESS 

Aerial refueling is inherently dangerous. 

Thousands of pounds of flammable 

liquid are transferred at high pressures 

near hot engines. Aircraft maneuver in 

close proximity at high speeds, and 

several may do so at once. They 

complete such refueling maneuvers both 

day and night, in all weather conditions, 

and sometimes under the constraint of 

radio silence. 

The U.S. armed forces use a variety of 

aircraft as aerial refueling platforms. The 

most well known, and the oldest and 

largest, are those operated by the U.S. 

Air Force: the KC-135 Stratotanker (the 

aircraft slated for replacement by the 

KC-X) and the KC-10 Extender. Two 

methods of aerial refueling exist: the 

boom method, and the probe and 

drogue method. 

The boom refueling method entails 

the pilot of a receiving aircraft 

positioning it behind the tanker. An 

operator on the tanker maneuvers a 

boom (essentially a flying telescoping 

arm) into a refueling receptacle on the 

receiving aircraft for fuel delivery. This 

method, established as the U.S. Air 

Force standard in 1960 by General Curtis 

LeMay, still is used by all Air Force 

aircraft. 

The probe and drogue method 

employs a fuel hose that dangles from 

the refueling aircraft. At the end of the 

hose is a basket-like receptacle, known 

as a drogue. The receiving aircraft has a 

refueling probe that the pilot of that 

plane maneuvers into the drogue; this is 

done without assistance from an 

operator on the refueling aircraft. The 

probe and drogue method is used by 

the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines. 

In order to accommodate the widest 

range of aircraft, many KC-135s are 

configured with a boom system and 

probe and drogue systems. Such aircraft 

may refuel U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. 

Marine, and Allied forces aircraft. 

The Air Mobility Command (AMC) 

operates the U.S. Air Force tankers. The 

Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) 

has the related responsibilities of 

managing acquisition of new platforms 

and sustainment of those in the service's 

inventory. 

A HOT TOPIC 

Military operating and maintenance 

procedures are the first line of defense 

against aircraft accidents. The AMC, 

AFMC, Office of the Secretary of the Air 

Force, and other arms of the U.S. Air 

Force all declined to provide a 

spokesperson to discuss aerial refueling 

or aerial tanker operations for an article 

in which the British Nimrod accident is 

mentioned. 

Other organizations, including the 

Office of the Inspector General at the 

Department of Defense (DOD), the 

House Armed Services Committee 


(HASC), and the Congressional Research 

Service, either declined to speak to 

Aviation Aftermarket Defense Magazine 

on the subject, or would speak only on 

background. We received the same 

response from several Senators and 

Congresspersons, and their staffers, 

known to address such issues of national 

defense. 

Nevertheless, off-the-record 

briefings, the public record, 

conversations with members of the 

aerial refueling community and defense 

analysts, and the Haddon-Cave Review 

taken together make it possible to come 

to reasonable conclusions about the 

mechanisms in place to identify safety 

issues and the potential for system 

failures in U.S. aerial refueling 

operations. 

SAFETY FIRST 

In 1978, a small group of military and 

civilian aerial refueling experts 

interested in furthering the safety and 

efficiency of refueling operations met at 

Strategic Air Command Headquarters in 

Omaha, Nebraska. The group began 

developing common standards for 

refueling operations and equipment, 

and it grew to become the Aerial 

Refueling Systems Advisory Group 

(ARSAG). 

ARSAG's first technical document, 

issued in 1985, was written in response 

to a request that the U.S. Air Force 

received from the Federal Republic of 

Germany (West Germany) to conduct 

KC-135 refueling operations with a West 

German Luftwaffe Panavia Tornado. 

ARSAG developed the standards for the 

procedures and equipment employed in 

the refueling. In the years since, ARSAG 

has developed the standards for all 

phases of aerial refueling that are used 

by United States, NATO members, and 

other air forces around the globe. 

Now known as ARSAG International, 

the organization is chartered as a 

Department of Defense Joint 

Standardization Board (JSB) under the 

Defense Standardization Program (DSP). 


Through this JSB mandate, ARSAG 

develops standards, procedures, military 

specifications, and NATO 

Standardization Agreements (STANAGS) 

and designs aerial refueling systems. 

ARSAG standards for NATO's air-to-air 

refueling are codified in ATP-3.3.4.2 and 

ATP-56(B), last updated in January of 

2010. The document sets airspeeds for 

refueling, light signals, and all other 

operational procedures. 

From rendezvous to breakaway, 

every facet of aerial refueling and every 

emergency procedure is defined by 

ARSAG, both for fixed-wing and rotary 

aircraft. (Refueling standards for tilt-rotor 

aircraft are in development.) ARSAG also 

develops maintenance standards for 

refueling equipment. The group works 

year round, and it holds an annual 

meeting that draws civilian and military 

members from as many as eighteen 

countries for panels and seminars. 

Aerial refueling also is provided via 

private contractors to the U.S. Navy and 

U.S. Marine Corps. Omega Air, of 


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Alexandria, Virginia, operates two 

modified K-707 aircraft and a modified 

McDonnell Douglas KDC-10 under 

contract to NAVAIR SYSCOM PMA207.5. 

As with military-owned aerial tankers, 

such contractor-supplied aircraft are 

required to operate to ARSAG 

standards. 

The U.S. military's recognition and 

adoption of ARSAG standards is one 

measure taken against potential 

accidents. The Hadden-Cave Review 

makes it clear that such measures were 

not available to the operators of the RAF 

Nimrod that crashed in 2006. The 

Hadden-Cave Review also faulted the 

MOD's practice of outsourcing 

maintenance to private contractors. The 

U.S. Air Force likewise has significantly 

increased outsourced maintenance, but 

its level of oversight is significantly 

greater than that exercised by the MOD 

as described in the review. 

Training is another important 

component of ensuring operational 

safety. KC-135s typically operate about 

500 flight hours per year, spending 

approximately 55 percent of those hours 

on refueling missions and 45 percent on 

training. However, U.S. Air Force tanker 

crews may spend little or no time 

training with the specific aircraft of the 

foreign forces that they refuel. 

INSPECTOR GENERAL 

The DOD Inspector General (IG) reviews 

and audits programs and investigates 

and pursues possible criminal matters 

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related to military operations. The IG has 

investigated reports of sexual assaults at 

U.S. service academies and reports of 

electrocution deaths of U.S. troops in 

Iraq alleged to have occurred due to 

faulty electrical contracting work. 

The IG normally would not 

investigate shoddy maintenance work 

resulting from an individual's 

carelessness or from a localized training 

deficiency. However, if allegations 

surfaced of irregularities in a contract 

pertaining to maintenance of aerial 

tankers, the IG would be among those 

investigating such reports. Currently, 

according to the office, the IG is not 

investigating any issues relating to aerial 

refueling operations or aircraft 

maintenance. 

GOVERNMENT CHECKS AND 

BALANCES 

Congress and its institutions play critical 

roles in military operations through 

oversight and funding. And even though 

the focus of the legislative branch often 

is on budgetary issues, the safety of the 

warfighter is a primary concern in the 

halls of Congress. 

The following institutions have the 

power to intercede if credible safety or 

maintenance issues involving military 

programs were to arise: 

THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 

Often called the Watchdog of Congress, 

the General Accounting Office (GAO) 

investigates government waste and 

fraud, and maintains accountability of 

federal spending. In addition to 

guarding the vault, the GAO also weighs 

in on matters where it views a lack of 

action as potentially costly. 

In 1996, the GAO released a study 

that concluded the long-term viability of 

the KC-135 fleet was questionable and 

advocated investigating suitable 

replacements. That report led to the 

current KC-X acquisition program. 

Following the DOD's selection of the 

Northrop Grumman-EADS partnership 

as winner of the aerial tanker contract in 

2006, it also was the GAO that 

investigated the Boeing Company's 

formal protest that the competition was 

flawed. (Under the Competition in 

Contracting Act of 1984, the GAO is 

tasked with hearing contested 

government contract disputes.) In June 

2008, the GAO concluded that the DOD 

had made significant errors in its 

evaluation process that could have 

affected the outcome of the tanker 

contract award. 

The agency recommended the 

competition be reopened and that the 

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contract with Northrop Grumman-EADS 

be terminated if Chicago-based Boeing 

won the reconfigured competition. 

Along with its finding, the GAO stated, 

"The product of a protest before GAO - 

our legal decision - does not address 

broad programmatic issues such as 

whether or not a weapons program is 

being managed effectively or consistent 

with best practices." 

Implicit in that statement is the fact 

that the agency is so empowered, 

providing one method of Congressional 

oversight on safety practices in the 

military. Nevertheless, the 1996 

recommendation for replacement 

tankers was based on economic, not 

safety concerns, as the GAO projected 

that the MRO costs for the KC-135 fleet 

would increase significantly with age. 

The GAO (and the armed services 

themselves) also can report findings of 

conflicts of "reduced resources and 

increased demand" to appropriate 

committees. Such reports typically 

trigger a Congressional investigation 

and, if warranted, remedial action. 

THE CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH 

SERVICE 

A division of the Library of Congress, 

the Congressional Research Service 

(CRS) provides research assistance for all 

issues that play a role in legislative 

initiatives. With 450 policy analysts and 

other experts among its staff of 700, the 

CRS can - under its own initiative, as 

directed by a committee, or at the 

request of legislators or their staffs - 

provide research, reports, and 

Congressional testimony. It also may 

conduct workshops for committee 

members and individual legislators on 

matters before them. 

If a legislator, staffer, or CRS policy 

analyst became concerned about the 

safety of aerial refueling operations, 

about questionable MRO practices 

related to military aircraft, or another 

potential deficiency that might have a 

legislative remedy, the CRS likely would 

be involved in researching the issue. 

Because the issue of aerial tanker 

procurement is a legislative matter 


(Congress must approve funding of any 

such program), the CRS has issued indepth 

general reports on aerial 

refueling to inform legislators on the 

topic. The CRS has not issued any 

reports on the safety, maintenance, or 

operation of current systems. 

THE ARMED SERVICES 

COMMITTEES 

The Senate's Committee on Armed 

Services (CAS) and the House Armed 

Services Committee have primary 

responsibility for legislative oversight of 

the U.S. armed forces and the safety of 

military operations. In addition to 

ongoing oversight, both committees 

can convene hearings and issue 

subpoenas to seek information about 

matters that the committees deem 

within their mandate. 

Many committee members and 

staffers have military backgrounds. They 

make frequent visits to military bases, 

U.S. Navy shipyards, U.S. Army and 

Navy depots, and the plants of defense 

contractors that build the hardware. In 


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this way, they gain and maintain firsthand 

knowledge of defense programs and 

military operations. Press reports, GAO 

findings, and tips from whistle blowers 

are among additional sources of 

information. 

The military regularly briefs the 

committees on programs and 

operational issues, and it answers 

queries from legislators. The committees 

also receive defense budget briefings 

each budget cycle, which include data 

on demand levels of the U.S. armed 

forces aircraft fleets, their projected 

MRO requirements, and requested 

maintenance budgets. 

The HASC produces the annual 

National Defense Authorization Act 

(NDAA), which addresses DOD policy via 

the power of the purse. Among other 

items, the NDAA sets the military's 

maintenance budgets. (HR2647 is the 

2010 NDAA.) While other committees 

make appropriation recommendations, 

HASC is the sole committee in Congress 

that produces an annual authorization 

bill, currently totaling approximately 

$500 billion in annual expenditures. 

Unlike other Congressional 

committees, both HASC and ASC are 

empowered to refuse to authorize 

funding for a program under their 

purview. For example, if safety was 

believed to be an issue with the KC-135 

fleet, the committee could withhold 

funds for the fleet's operation. The 

committees have their own investigative 

subcommittees, and they also can ask 

the DOD's IG and the GAO to conduct 

investigations. 

The committees' oversight role was 

on prominent display following the inflight 

break up of a U.S. Air National 

Guard F-15C Eagle over Missouri in 

November 2007. The Air Combat 

Command Accident Investigation Board 

determined that the cause was the 

failure of the upper right longeron, a 

critical support structure, due to fatigue 

cracking. Metallurgical analysis initially 

indicated that all F-15 A-D models might 

not be airworthy. 

Members of both HSAC and ASC 

were briefed on the accident and 

subsequent findings, and the 

committees working closely with the 

DOD in crafting a response to the safety 

concerns. In early December 2007, all A 

to D model F-15s were grounded. The 

fleet was carefully inspected, using new 

inspection techniques developed to 

detect minute fatigue cracks. In January 

2008, 60 percent of the grounded F-15s 

were returned to service, while the 

remaining 40 percent were "red striped" 

(an actual red stripe is painted across the 

aircraft to indicate that it is grounded) 

until repairs could be made. 

The committees also monitor safety 

issues through reports of Class A 

mishaps routinely provided by the 

military. A Class A mishap is one that 

results in damage of $1 million or more; 

an incident in which an aircraft is 

destroyed, is identified as missing, or 

must be abandoned; or an accident that 

leads to a fatality or permanent disability. 

Mishaps are categorized as caused by 

human factors, environmental factors, or 

material factors. 

Maintenance issues fall under the 

category of material factors, and 

maintenance has been a factor in some 

mishaps. However, since 2006, no Class 

A mishap involving a military aircraft has 

been directly linked to a maintenance 

deficiency. 

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 

Individual members of Congress can 

bring concerns about military issues to 

the attention of appropriate oversight 

committees. If a constituent in the U.S. 

armed forces or one of their family 

members, for example, provided 

information about significant safety 

shortcomings or dereliction of 

maintenance, legislators could intervene. 

Additionally, Senators can exert 



pressure on any given area of concern 

through their individual power to block 

presidential appointees from approval. If 

a Senator was concerned that some 

aspect of military operations was not 

being adequately addressed, he or she 

could use this power to bring attention 

to the problem and seek resolution. 

Following Boeing's successful 

protest against the Northrop Grumman- 

EADS tanker contract, the Alabama 

Senate delegation put a hold on all 

presidential nominees for DOD 

positions. This reportedly was due to 

their unhappiness that the tanker 

contract was overturned, as the aircraft 

would have been built in Alabama. This 

same blocking procedure could be used 

in an attempt to remedy an issue of 

safety or maintenance practices. 

CONCLUSION 

It's impossible to declare any operation 

or procedure as completely safe, no 

matter how carefully audited and 

conducted. Accidents can happen, 

despite the best preventive efforts. But 

the U.S. military's acceptance of 

standardized, safety-based refueling 

procedures, along with the legislative 

branch's numerous institutional 

oversight groups, have been effective in 

proactively addressing safety concerns. 

Together, the checks and balances 

provided by these institutions, along 

with the dedicated work of personnel in 

the field, appear to make it unlikely that 

the lapses blamed for the loss of the 

RAF's Nimrod could fester within the 

U.S. armed forces with similarly tragic 

results. 

AAD 


SPECIAL EQUIPMENT 

U.S. Air Force Aerial Refueling 

Platforms: 

The KC-135 Stratotanker provides 

the core aerial refueling capability 

for the U.S. Air Force. The KC-135 

is derived from Boeing's model 

367-80 aircraft, from which the 707 

airliner also was developed. The 

first KC-135 was delivered to the 

U.S. Air Force in 1954, the last in 

1965. 

Most KC-135s have been 

retrofitted with CFM International's 

CFM-56 engines and are 

designated as R or T models. Thus 

equipped, these aircraft can carry 

150,000 pounds of transfer fuel. 

The Air Mobility Command 

manages an inventory of more 

than 415 Stratotankers, of which 

the U.S. Air Force Reserve and U.S. 

Air National Guard fly 235 in 

support of the AMC's mission. 

The KC-10 Extender 

The KC-10 Extender is a derivative 

of Boeing's DC-10-30 airliner. It 

entered service in 1981. 

Capable of carrying 356,000 

pounds of transfer fuel, the KC-10 

can refuel via boom at a maximum 

rate of 1,100 gallons per minute, 

and via a probe and drogue 

system at a maximum refueling 

rate of 470 gallons per minute. The 

Air Mobility Command currently 

has fifty-nine of these aerial 

tankers in its inventory. 


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EUROPEAN MILITARY FIRE-FIGHTING 

AIRCRAFT 

READY, 

AIM, 

FIRE! 

BY THOMAS WITHINGTON 

As southern Europeans prepare 

for another cold winter and eye 

the ski slopes of France's 

Pyrenees and Switzerland's Alps, the 

thought of forest fires will be far from 

their minds. Large conflagrations in 

woodlands usually are associated with 

the long, hot summers that sweep 

across the continent, not with the biting 

winters that send temperatures 

plunging and snow falling. However, 

the watch of the Croatian Air Force and 

Air Defence Force, the Hellenic Air 

Force of Greece, and the Spanish Air 

Force will remain vigilant should a dry 

winter cause fires to develop in the 

wilderness regions of these nations. 

Croatia, Greece, and Spain all have 

entrusted such aerial fire-fighting 

mission to their air forces. These 

services have, in turn, outfitted 

themselves with specialist amphibious 

aircraft, principally the Canadair CL-215 

water bomber and its successor, the 

Bombardier 415, both of which are built 

in Canada by Bombardier Aerospace. 

Spain operates fourteen Canadair 

CL-215Ts, which are "vanilla" 215s that 


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have been upgraded with a turbine 

engine in place of the original piston 

powerplant, along with three Bombardier 

415s. Greece operates thirteen CL-215s 

and eight 415s. Croatia currently has five 

415s, although according to Christian 

Bergeron, Director of Sales for 

Specialized and Amphibious Aircraft for 

Europe and Africa at Bombardier 

Aerospace, the country soon will be 

taking delivery of a sixth example. 

In terms of the Canadair CL-215's 

history, Bergeron says, "The aircraft was 

certified in 1969, and the deliveries 

started in the early 1970s. In the late 

1980s, Canadair produced a second 

version of the aircraft called the 215T," in 

which the powerplants were replaced 

with new turbine engines 

Bergeron continues, "In 1994, we 

certified a third version of the 215, which 

was an enhanced version of the 215T, this 

was designated as the Bombardier 415. 

The 415 has a new cockpit, new avionics, 

and a new water system with more 

capacity, while also retaining the same 

engine that was found on the 215T. In 

2004, we delivered our first 415MP 

Southern Europe benefits from cooperation between 

the air forces and civil agencies operating the 

Canadair CL-215 and the Bombardier 415 firefighting 

aircraft. In this picture, Spanish aircraft (in 

blue and white) can be seen flying in formation with 

French Securité Civile water bombers. 

The successor to the highly successful Canadair CL- 

215 has been Bombardier's 415 design. This aircraft 

has been procured by the air forces of Croatia and 

Greece, among other aerial fire-fighting platforms. 

Canadair's CL-215 and Bombardier's 415 series of 

fire-fighting aircraft have sold well around the world, 

saving countless lives and acres of woodland from 

devastating forest fires. 

multipurpose aircraft, which is in 

operation in Greece and Malaysia." 

One of the reasons why Europe's air 

forces operate a mix of 215 and 415 

aircraft is because it is relatively easy for 

experienced 215 crews to fly both aircraft 

types. According to Luc Lanuoue, 

Director of Customer Support and 

Engineering for Specialized and 

Amphibious Aircraft at Bombardier, "For 

an experienced 215 pilot, there's 

conversion training that will last, 

depending on the individual, between 50 

to 100 flight hours, after which you will 

be competent flying a 415. This aircraft 

has more power, but basically the 

airframes are the same." 

As Bergeron points out, "Several 

countries that are operating two aircraft 

have the same pilots essentially being 

able to fly both. Once they are certified 

on the 415, it is quite easy to go back 

and interoperate those variants." 

One feature of these aircraft strongly 

appreciated by air force operators is their 

robust construction. "The aircraft has 

been designed for the particular mission 

of firefighting," notes Lanuoue. "The 

FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT 

airframe is designed to withstand from - 

1G to, in certain conditions, 3.25Gs, 

which is an outstanding design 

compared to existing commercial 

airframes." 

Bergeron further explains: "The wing 

design is such that this aircraft has quite 

exceptional slow-speed characteristics. It 

is very stable, and that is particularly 

useful for firefighting, as you need to get 

fairly close to the fire and have precision 

in your drop of water. That really caters 

for the effectiveness in fighting the fire - 

not simply flying over it and dropping 

water." 

According to Bergeron, it is not only 

maneuvering over fires that presents 

challenges. "The aircraft will go and get 

filled up simply by scooping from the 

surface of a body of water. That is a 

demanding exercise, and essentially the 

aircraft will do this on average about five 

times an hour. We have seen cases where 

it can do up to ten and even eleven 

scoopings per hour when the water is 

very close to the fire. You can compare 

this to normal airliner operations, where 

these aircraft will take off and land an 


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hour later." Moreover, the CL-215 and 

415 can scoop up from stretches of 

water that have waves up to 5 feet high. 

Having been designed as 

amphibious water bombers, the 215 and 

415 have the flexibility to perform other 

missions involving the dispersal of 

liquids. For example, there is the 

opportunity to convert these aircraft into 

agricultural or environmental protection 

spraying aircraft (see below). 

The aircraft's amphibious design also 

lends it to performing a wide range of 

search and rescue operations. In fact, 

with the removal of the water tanks, the 

sizeable cabin would readily 

accommodate casualties and emergency 

SPECIAL EQUIPMENT 

Bombardier's 215 and 415 aircraft 

are outfitted with specialized 

equipment to perform the firefighting 

role. This equipment 

includes four liquid tanks, 

positioned in the aircraft's main 

fuselage, which can carry a total 

capacity of 1,621 gallons. 

When taking water from the 

surface of a lake, for example, the 

aircraft uses a pair of scoops that 

are hydraulically lowered into the 

water, and the aircraft's forward 

momentum propels the water into 

the tanks. This method allows the 

aircraft to completely fill all of its 

tanks in 12 seconds when traveling 

across a 4,396-foot stretch of water 

(The minimum depth of the water 

must be 4.5 feet.) 

When the aircraft reaches the 

fire, the water is emptied onto the 

flames using four water tank doors. 

Each door can be operated 

independently to enable the crew 

to control the quantity of liquid 

being dropped in each location. 

In addition to using water as its 

main fire-fighting product, these 

aircraft also can drop a mix of water 

and fire retardant chemicals, or 

foam, which can be mixed with the 

water inside the aircraft's tanks. 

Special chemical tanks are installed 

for this purpose beneath the 

aircraft's fuselage jump seats. 

As an alternative to the water 

drop doors, the aircraft also can be 

outfitted with a spray rig that can 

be used to disperse chemicals such 

as pesticides or oil dispersal 

products, should the aircraft be 

used for agricultural or 

environmental clean-up operations. 

equipment. 

In addition, a maritime patrol variant 

of the 415, known as the 415MP has 

been developed; four of these aircraft 

were delivered to the Hellenic Air Force 

in 2004. The 415MPs are outfitted with a 

forward-looking infrared system, sidelooking 

radar, weather and sea-search 

radar, secure radios, and rescue beacon 

transponders. 

Along with the aircrafts' design, their 

robust performance depends on the 

maintenance they receive. "Obviously, 

checks are performed after a day of 

missions for the purpose of cleaning up 

and verifying the safety of all the 

components inside the airplane, and 

there are further checks every fifty, 500, 

and 1,000 hours, and after 6 years," 

notes Lanuoue. 

By their very nature, forest fires rarely 

occur in areas with comprehensive 

access to fire hydrants and welldeveloped 

road networks. This is 

especially true in Southern Europe, 

where infrastructure can be poor. 

However, Bergeron points out that one 

of the design requirements for the CL- 

215 was "the aircraft needed to be 

deployed to remote areas with little 

infrastructure and ground support 

equipment." 

Needles to say, Bombardier works 

closely with the Croatian, Greek, and 

Spanish air forces in supporting their 

Canadair and Bombardier fire-fighting 

aircraft, says Lanuoue. "If required, we 

can dispatch field service representatives 

to assist. We also provide spare parts 

and logistics. We have direct contact 

with our customers to provide the parts 

they may require, and we deliver them 

accordingly." 

An important part of the strategy for 

supporting these aircraft is ensuring that 

the company builds up stocks of spare 

parts during the winter to ensure that 

these spare parts are available during 

the summer, when most fires occur. 

However, Bergeron and his colleagues 

have observed that the European forest 

fire season seems to be increasing, with 

forest fires starting to appear in the 

winter in some areas of Europe. 

Accordingly, support for the aircraft is 

being extended, too. 

The Spanish Air Force is all too 

familiar with the destruction that forest 

fires can bring to that country's 

spectacular landscape. The service's 

involvement with fire-fighting aircraft can 

be traced back to 1971, when the first 

two Canadair CL-215 aircraft arrived in 

Spain. Their arrival would lead to the 

A Spanish air force Bombardier 415 

demonstrates the quantity of water that it can 

disperse during fire-fighting operations. The 

aircraft in this shot is flying over the tranquil 

Spanish coast. 

formation of the 404 Squadron, which 

was tasked with the fire-fighting mission 

when an additional four Dornier 27 

aircraft entered service in the waterbombing 

role. 

No sooner had the aircraft entered 

service with the 404 Squadron, than they 

were working hard fighting wildfires. In 

1979, the squadron amassed 3,000 flying 

hours, performing 6,000 individual water 

drop operations. Today, fire-fighting 

operations are under the command of 

the Spanish Air Force's 43rd Group. 

Francisco Jesus Berzosa Reyes of the 

Spanish Air Force says their mission 

requires them to be on duty from, "from 

dawn to dusk." The air force's 43rd 

Group, which is tasked with firefighting 

must be "ready to fly as soon as a forest 

fire is notified." 

According to Reyes, "Between 

October 1 and June 15 every year, two 

aircraft are ready for immediate 

departure from the Torrejon air base 

outside Madrid. However, during the 

summer season, from June 15 to 

September 30, when the unit makes its 

biggest effort, a minimum of ten aircraft 

and their crews must be operative and 

ready to fly anywhere around the 

country. During the summer, the unit 

deploys to five different locations, which 

are Santiago de Compostela (northwest 

Spain), Zaragoza (northeast Spain), 

Albacete (southeast Spain), Malaga 


(southern Spain), and Palma de Mallorca 

(western Mediterranean), along with the 

rapid response service in Torrejon." 

Such is the forest fire menace across 

southern Europe that the Spanish Air 

Force fire-fighting units regularly fly with 

their foreign counterparts. Reyes 

explains, "The 43rd Group takes part in 

international missions, working with 

different nations that own the same kind 

of aircraft with the aim of sharing 

experiences and working procedures. 

"For example, in 2003, the unit 

worked alongside the Securité Civile (the 

French civilian emergency service tasked 

with fighting forest fires) in several 

devastating conflagrations in southern 

Europe. The 43rd Group flew on those 

missions, together with French, Italian, 

and Greek units. In September of the 

same year, the 43rd Group collaborated 

with Portugal, fighting the numerous 

forest fires that took place in that 

country." 

Particularly important to the Spanish 

Air Force has been cooperation with 

southern Europe's other CL-215 and 415 

operators. "In November of 2004," Reyes 

continues, "a delegation of the Croatian 

Air Force visited the 43rd Group to 

become acquainted with the way in 

which the Spanish unit is organized 

regarding instruction and maintenance. 

In December 2004, there was an 

exchange with the Greek Air Force, and 

an exchange with the Croatian Air Force 

in May 2007, in order to continue with 

the exchange program of the previous 

years. Last summer, the 43rd Group 

collaborated with some different 

countries, such as Greece, Portugal, and 

Italy." 

The challenge for the 43rd Group is 

that the tempo of firefighting has not 

decreased. In recent years, the unit has 

found been tasked ever more frequently 

to fight conflagrations raging across 

Spain and other southern European 

countries. For example in 2005, the 43rd 

Group performed 125,000 hours of flying 

FIREFIGHTING AIRCRAFT 

operation - a huge increase from the 

3,000 hours of flying operations 

performed in 1979. 

While the 43rd Group consistently 

has risen to these challenge, their vital 

missions have come at a tragic cost. 

"Since the creation of the unit," notes 

Reyes, there have been "five fatal 

crashes, causing fifteen casualties." 

While units such as the 43rd Group 

and their Croatian and Greek 

counterparts may not fly the high-speed, 

swept-wing fighters that their air forces 

are perhaps better known for, they 

nonetheless provide an essential mission, 

saving lives, property, and great ranges 

of wilderness. Meanwhile, Bombardier 

works hard to ensure that their workhorse 

aircraft are ready when the fires return 

once more after the long, dark winters. 

AFTERMARKET OPPORTUNITIES 

The rugged construction of the basic 215 design has meant that Bombardier has not had to perform a huge number of 

modifications or upgrades, save for the development of the 215T and 415 models. In fact, it is the simplicity of the aircraft's 

design that has made it attractive for the fire-fighting role. 

That being said, the air forces discussed above are always keen to improve the fire location capabilities of these aircraft. 

Therefore, subsystem suppliers may well benefit from future opportunities to outfit these aircraft with equipment such as 

specialized electro-optical products that could enable their crews to better locate and identify wildfires. 


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Photo Courtesy Spanish Air Force

K E E P I N G T H E 

RQ-4 IN THE AIR 

CHALLENGES FACED BY 

MAINTAINERS OF THE RQ-4 UAV 

Airman 1st Class Maximus Todd, 9th 

Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Crew 

Chief, observes as an RQ-4 Global 

Hawk's wheel rolls onto a scale. The 

Global Hawk is weighed after each 

refueling as part of routine maintenance 

procedures. 

BY DONNA J. KELLY 

Northrop Grumman's sophisticated 

RQ-4 - known to the U.S. Air Force 

as the Global Hawk and to the U.S. 

Navy as the Broad Area Maritime 

Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System, or 

BAMS UAS - is a unique flying platform 

with equally unique maintenance 

requirements. This high-altitude, longendurance, 

unmanned aircraft has proven 

its usefulness in a variety of applications. In 

the context of these missions, the crews 

maintaining the RQ-4 A, B, and N models 

are constantly learning about what it takes 

to keep this valuable asset in peak 

operational condition. 

A continuing work in progress, the RQ- 

4 has gone through some interesting 

stages of development. Larry Martinsen, an 

Air Force Integrated Logistics Support 

Manager, assigned to the Global Hawk 


Photo by Airman 1st Class Krista Rose

program at Beale Air Force Base in California, 

explains that the aircraft is largely automated and 

occasionally does the unexpected. When that 

happens, Northrop Grumman technicians have 

been able to go back and determine why the 

aircraft did what it did from reviewing the data 

logs. 

For example, early on in the program, it was 

discovered that taxiing a Global Hawk presented 

problems. The RQ-4 is designed to turn short of its 

programmed waypoints to provide a smooth taxi 

line. Taxiing around a curved taxiway is achieved by 

plotting a series of points on the intended track. 

The first time that technicians attempted to taxi an 

RQ-4 around a curve, they found that the result of 

the turn-short feature was that the radius on the 

curve the aircraft actually followed was substantially 

less than the radius on the mission plan. The 

solution to this problem was to plot additional 

points and use a wider radius circle than the 

intended taxi path. That way, when the aircraft 

turned short, it was where it was supposed to be. 

Long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) 

design puts a premium on light weight. RQ-4 

aircraft use integrated fuel tanks, as opposed to 

fuel bladders, to cut down on weight and increase 

fuel capacity. 

To further minimize weight, the fuel system on 

the first RQ-4s, the Block 10s, is very rudimentary. 

These aircraft are refueled using the over-the-wing 

method (to refuel, the maintainer must hold a fuel 

hose nozzle in an opening on the wing), as 

opposed to having a single-point receptacle. This 

technique results in uncertainty about the quantity 

of fuel loaded, so the aircraft must be weighed 

after each refueling to determine if it has received 

the full amount of fuel needed for its mission. 

In the beginning, maintenance crews used the 

same type of scales utilized to weigh cargo pallets 

for this task. This approach was problematic, 

however, because maintainers had to find and 

attach ramps to the scales, and then tow the 

aircraft up these ramps to get them onto the 

scales. Since then, a variety of lower profile scales 

have been used that have smaller ramps built into 

them, thus making the process much easier. The 

scales currently in use at Beale Air Force Base are 

made by the Intercomp Company, of Medina, 

Minnesota. 

In Block 10 aircraft, fuel inevitably flows to the 

lower wing during the refueling process, resulting 

in the need to elevate this heavier wing section 

with a jack to ensure that fuel gets out to the 

farthest fuel tanks in both wings. Newer Block 20 

RQ-4s have been equipped with single-point 

refueling capabilities, a feature that was strongly 

advocated for by maintenance personnel, mainly 

for ease of refueling and de-fueling. 

In addition to the single-point capability, 

Northrop Grumman added capacitance probes to 

replace the float switches used in the earlier Block 

10s. Unfortunately, it was discovered during testing 

that not enough probes were added to give 

KEEPING THE RQ-4 IN THE AIR 

Airman Todd, refuels 

the Global Hawk on 

the flightline at Beale 

Air Force Base in 

California. 


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Photo by Airman 1st Class Krista Rose

accurate fuel readings, so the newer 

aircraft still must be weighed. 

The batteries in the RQ-s are 

crucial, because they are the only thing 

powering the UAV in the event of an 

engine failure. This was tested early on 

in the Global Hawk program. When 

engine stalls occurred, the aircraft was 

able to glide to a landing, while using 

battery power for the flight controls. It 

is absolutely necessary to get the full 

charge out of the batteries, because a 

Global Hawk may need to be able to 

glide for up to 45 minutes in order to 

reach a suitable airfield at which to 

land. 

Block 10 models of the RQ-4 use 

NiCad batteries, which are difficult to 

maintain. Martinsen explains that 

NiCad batteries have a tendency to 

discharge to the same point each time 

and to resist further discharge. (It is said 

that they have a memory for how much 

they discharge.) In order to ensure that 

these batteries will provide their full 

charge, it has been learned that NiCad 

batteries must receive a deep-cycle 

charge after every three flights and 

must be fully discharged periodically. 

NiCad batteries also must be recharged 

if the time between flights exceeds 6 

hours, because the batteries become 

slightly drained during time sitting on 

the ground. 

In the Block 20 aircraft, these 

problems have been solved by 

switching to Lithium Ion batteries. On 

March 1, 2007, the first flight of the 

newly upgraded Block 20 Global Hawks 

took place at Edwards Air Force Base, 

{ } 

...it was discovered during testing that 

not enough probes were added to give 

accurate fuel readings, so the newer 

aircraft still must be weighed. 

California. This test successfully 

validated the platform's first integration 

of the Lithium Ion battery; the battery is 

used for emergency power and also 

serves as the main power source for 

specific onboard systems. The Lithium 

Ion batteries being used in the Block 20 

aircraft are over 180 pounds lighter than 

their NiCad counterparts and are a 

modified version of the batteries used 

on the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber. They 

are made by Yardley Lithion, of 

Pawcatuck, Connecticut. 

Normal turnaround time between 

flights for the RQ-4 is approximately 4 

hours, and maintenance procedures 

include refueling, through-flight 

inspection, and battery maintenance. 

All actions are performed in accordance 

with technical data that is provided in a 

digital format, which could be 

categorized as somewhere between a 

Class 2 and Class 3 Interactive 

Electronic Technical Manual. (This 

means that it is more than just a PDF 

page turner, but not as fully integrated 

into the weapon system as in the case 

of the technical data used by, for 

example, the Air Force's F-22 Raptor 

fighter jet.) Global Hawk maintainers 

use the Joint Architecture for Technical 

Data Interchange (JTDI) as the 

repository for technical manuals; the 

laptops are docked every night and 

pick up any updates automatically. 

The diagnostic device in use by the 

U.S. Air Force on the Global Hawk, 

called the Vehicle Test Controller (VTC), 

is similar to the portable maintenance 

aid (PMA) used on the F-22. This 

Windows-based laptop computer is 

equipped with Ethernet and MIL-STD- 

1553 connectivity to the aircraft. The 

VTC serves as the main interface to the 

aircraft. It is used for powering up the 

RQ-4, as well as for monitoring the 

internal systems and providing fault 

indications regarding malfunctions. 

Northrop Grumman technicians first 

used Kontron computers, but they 

currently are migrating to the use of 

GETACs. 

To verify sensor performance, the 

U.S. Navy uses a complex piece of 

support equipment called an O-Cart. 

Mounted on wheels, this computerized 

diagnostic device is manufactured by 

Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems 

at its facility in El Segundo, California; 


Photo by Airman 1st Class Chuck Broadway 

Staff Sergeant Matthew Lopez, a 9th Maintenance Squadron 

nondestructive inspection technician, lays track on an RQ-4 Global Hawk 

wing at dock 3. The track allows the mobile automated ultrasonic 

scanner to travel along the wing in search of imperfections. 

Senior Airman David Bayle, a 9th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron 

nondestructive inspection technician, makes adjustments to the mobile 

automated ultrasonic scanner in maintenance dock 3, Beale Air Force 

Base, California. The scanner searches for imperfections on the Global 

Hawk's wings; the process usually takes 16 hours to perform. 

Photo by Airman 1st Class Chuck Broadway

A Global Hawk sits on the runway before 

beginning a nighttime mission. The aircraft is 

unmanned, and is used to capture imagery from 

high altitudes. 

the same company makes the 

Integrated Sensor Suite, which includes 

the electro-optical, infrared, and 

synthetic aperature radar imaging used 

on all RQ-4As. To keep them in top 

operational order, the seven primary 

sensor LRUs on the RQ-4 are hand 

massaged on a daily basis. 

Maintenance providers need 

replacement parts to keep aircraft 

flying, and this can be a problem for the 

current operational RQ-4, because 

there are only nine Block 10 models in 

the entire world. U.S. Navy Captain 

Robert Dishman, Program Manager for 

Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft 

Systems, at Patuxent River Naval Air 

Station in Maryland, tells us that a daily 

report is circulated to all units involved 

with RQ-4 operations, providing the 

status and availability of critical parts 

used on the aircraft. 

Cannibalization is a fact of life for 

Block 10 RQ-4s, as these UAVs have 

been projected to be replaced by more 

capable follow-on variants since the 

program's inception. This results in a 

higher cannibalization rate than 

normally is considered acceptable for a 

weapons system intended for long-term 

use. 

The fuselage of the RQ-4 is 

aluminum, and the wings and 

empennage are composite and, as 

such, are pretty standard in terms of 

maintenance upkeep. The issue faced 

by maintainers is that the RQ-4, like any 

new aircraft, still is undergoing damage 

tolerance assessment; this results in the 

need for engineering dispositions from 

Northrop Grumman before making 

most related repairs. 

Technicians update maintenance 

manuals as they encounter and repair 

damage to the skin of the RQ-4 in order 

to continually improve its capabilities. 

For example, U.S. Navy BAMS RQ-4N 

aircraft will include leading-edge 

modifications, which have undergone 

hail and bird strike tests. 

Another difference between the 

U.S. Navy's planned BAMS version of 

the RQ-4B and the U.S. Air Force's 

Blocks 20-40 is the addition of leadingedge 

anti-icing and de-icing 

capabilities. Icing is a definite problem 

encountered in RQ-4 operations, so 

much so that the Air Force has lost 

quite a few sorties due to icing 

conditions. 

During initial design, the 

assumption was made that the aircraft 

would transit the icing regime quickly 

enough, so that ice buildup would not 

be an issue. It took further engineering 

analysis and in-flight experience to 

determine that was not the case; 

however, this still was unknown during 

initial reviews of the U.S. Air Force 

variants. 

As more data was available when 

the U.S. Navy went on contract, a 

requirement for anti-icing and de-icing 

features was added. Since retrofitting 

this desirable capability is expensive, 

the U.S. Air Force is looking at adding it 

to future production models. 

U.S. Navy RQ-4Ns also will have 

KEEPING THE RQ-4 IN THE AIR 

increased wing strength to allow for 

greater gust load environments and 

increase safety factors. This has been 

accomplished by adding several more 

layers of composite to the wings, while 

taking some of the thickness away from 

the wing spars. This tradeoff allows the 

wing shape to remain the same. 

Despite these subtle model 

differences, the U.S. Air Force and the 

U.S. Navy are working together in their 

RQ-4 operations around the world, 

sharing maintenance technicians, parts, 

and ground support equipment, such as 

the LRE (Launch and Recovery Element). 

Most important, the two services are 

sharing their experiences and ongoing 

information, with the goal of improving 

and maximizing the use of the versatile 

RQ-4. 

This cooperation is exemplified by 

the recent 380 Air Expeditionary Wing's 

addition of the first operational U.S. 

Navy RQ-4A. This joint mission is an 

outgrowth of the GHMD program, 

known as the Broad Area Maritime 

Surveillance Demonstrator. 


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Photo by John Schwab, Beale Air Force Base, California

QuickReaction 

Capability 

Dave Werkheiser 

Northrop Grumman Corporation, 

Vice President and General Manager for the 

Lifecycle Optimization and Engineering Group 

QUICK REACTION 

CAPABILITIES 

FOR RAPIDLY 

CHANGING DEFENSE 

REQUIREMENTS 

BY DONNA DOLEMAN 

Bob Gamache 

Northrop Grumman Corporation, 

Director of Global Materials and 

Surveillance Programs 

Northrop Grumman has been 

providing innovative Quick 

Reaction Capability (QRC) 

services for its customers since 1997. 

Aviation Aftermarket Defense interviewed 

Dave Werkheiser, Vice President and 

General Manager for the Lifecycle 

Optimization and Engineering Group, 

and Bob Gamache, Director of Global 

Materials and Surveillance Programs, to 

discuss their capabilities in efficiently 

developing effective solutions in a world 

where rapidly changing defense 

requirements are becoming the norm. 


QAAD: Northrop Grumman Technical 

Services is offering Quick Reaction 

Capability to its government 

intelligence, surveillance, and 

reconnaissance (ISR) customers. Can you 

tell us more about what you mean by 

"quick reaction capability"? 

A 

A 

INTERVIEW: DAVE WERKHEISER TEST & BOB GAMACHE 

“...we have the engineering support, facilities, and equipment to 

drive to a usable capability in a very short time, and that includes 

rapid prototyping. ” 

Werkheiser: With most major 

aerospace development programs, it 

can take years and years before a 

product can be delivered. Our Quick 

Reaction Capability is a service that 

enables us to take a customer 

requirement and respond to it much 

more quickly, usually using commercial 

off-the-shelf (COTS) technology. 

Whether a customer needs to modify 

an existing system or have us provide a 

new one, we have the engineering 

support, facilities, and equipment to 

drive to a usable capability in a very 

short time, and that includes rapid 

prototyping. 

On the MQ-5B Hunter unmanned 

aerial vehicle for example, our customer 

had an idea to add a couple of Viper 

strike missiles under the wings and 

asked us if it would be possible. We did 

the evaluation, testing, and 

implementation, and fielded the 

product for them in just 90 days. 

Gamache: Our vision of a QRC service 

is not to cut corners. It is a disciplined 

activity that can be executed with speed 

through reliance on modular integration 

approaches and in-depth experience 

with all the underlying "cutting-edge" 

technologies. 

Q 

AAD: On what programs do you offer 

QRC now? Can you provide examples 

where customers have saved time or 

money, improved performance, or 

realized other benefits? 

Gamache: Indeed, last year, we 

completed an Airborne ISR Advanced 

Concept Technology Demonstration 

(ACTD) program for our Office of the 

Secretary of Defense customer. We 

integrated five complex sensors into our 

King Air B200 test bed aircraft in less 

than 4 months. The ACTD was 

successfully completed under budget in 

a very demanding demonstration 

program with zero integration-related 

failures. 

Werkheiser: Today, it is all about speed. 

We are facing irregular warfare where 

the question is, "How do I find the bad 

guys who are often operating in a 

civilian environment?" They may be 

planting an improvised explosive device 

(IED) in Iraq. How can we find them and 

deploy the military response we need 

to? 

These enemies are very capable and 

are able to modify their behavior, 

technology, and tools to try to stay a 

step ahead of us. In order to pre-empt 

them, we have to be able to move fast, 

because the requirements are constantly 


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changing. We might need to change a 

sensor to add a new capability quickly, 

for example. That's how QRC operates. 

We can very quickly respond to 

changing needs with confidence that 

the product is safe and will achieve the 

intended mission. 

In aerospace, speed saves time and, 

therefore, money. Additionally, using 

COTS technology reduces cost and 

makes it easier to maintain the product. 

Customers can avoid long development 

programs through the capabilities we 

can provide almost at "the speed of 

light." JSTARS is an example of a fourengine 

707 program where the onboard 

computer system is mostly COTS. We 

helped the Northrop Grumman product 

center to update it. 

Q 

A 

AAD: We see that you are certified by 

the Federal Aviation Administration 

(FAA). Why is that if your customers are 

primarily defense-oriented? 

Werkheiser: While our end users are 

primarily government customers, most 

of the aircraft involved are commercial 

models like Hawker Beechcraft King 

Airs, DeHavilland Dash-8s, and EADS 

ATR 42s. Because we are modifying a 

commercial aircraft on the aviation side 

of the business, we must be FAAcertified, 

even if the end use is military. 

We also modify military aircraft and 

unmanned systems for the U.S. Army, 

U.S Navy, and U.S. Air Force. The end 

use is usually for ISR work. 

Q 

A 

AAD: Is QRC available for 

modifications, upgrades, and new 

programs? 

Werkheiser: Oh, yes. The MQ-5B 

Hunter unmanned vehicle I mentioned 

is a modification. We also perform 

many upgrades, especially to U.S. Air 

Force electronic warfare devices at our 

Systems, Maintenance, and 

Modification Center at Robins Air Force 

base in Georgia. 

Even within Northrop Grumman, we 

“...with the decline in brand-new programs, the 

wave of the future is the ability to reconfigure the 

airplane rapidly for new mission requirements.” 

work with designers who need to 

modify a platform to handle a particular 

mission. We can help product 

development get a new capability from 

the drawing board to the field. 

Our Rolling Meadows facility near 

Chicago, Illinois, specializes in 

Electronic Warfare, handling many 

upgrades on the F-15 ALQ 135 

countermeasures set. It is a jammer 

designed to counter surface-to-air and 

air-to-air threats. They also perform 

upgrades on the ALQ 131 tactical 

electronic warfare systems for the Air 

Force. The ALQ 131 self-protection 

jammer pod is currently operational on 

the A-10, F/RF-4, F-16, and C-130 

aircraft. 

They do a lot of F-15 and A-10 

projects, and they work with us on how 

to update aging electronics - like nonsupported 

or obsolete avionics, for 

example. We can help them with 

everything, from reverse engineering to 

designing a new product that meets 

their form, fit, and function 

requirements but utilizes newer 

electronics and adds more advanced 

capabilities. 

Gamache: A QRC fits well with most 

any "type" program. It is well suited to 

fielding new revolutionary capabilities, 

as well as to modification and upgrade 

of existing platforms to yield 

evolutionary capabilities. It delivers 

solutions using standardized tools, 

procedures, and methodologies. 

However, what makes a QRC truly 

effective is a highly skilled team with 

the experience to execute in a very 

dynamic environment. 

AAD: Does QRC play a role in 

maintenance programs? 

A Q 

sends a crew out in the field to handle 

Werkheiser: Absolutely. For the ISR 

platforms, Northrop Grumman is under 

contract for product support, and it 

the maintenance. 

In addition to manufacturing, 

modifying, and maintaining the 

Northrop Grumman-built Hunter, our 

aerospace systems side is also under 

contract to perform maintenance on the 

Global Hawk and the Fire Scout 

unmanned helicopter. 

Q 


AAD: What role does your King Air test 

bed play in supporting the rapid 

development and fielding of systems?

A 

A Q 

Werkheiser: We have our own King Air 

B200 test bed that is easily 

reconfigured. We can try out the 

integration of various modifications. It is 

airworthy, so we can actually do the 

flight tests, too. It is a capability that 

enhances the speed with which we can 

design, implement, and deploy a 

change. 

Gamache: This platform allows us to 

demonstrate new technologies and gain 

insight into new operational 

employment concepts. Because this 

aircraft is configured for rapid 

integration of plug-'n'-play payloads, we 

can greatly reduce the schedule and the 

nonrecurring engineering cost to 

integrate new sensors and components. 

Q 

A 

AAD: Where do you offer QRC? 

Werkheiser: I mentioned that the 

Systems, Maintenance, and Modification 

Center is at Robins Air Force base in 

Georgia. Our Electronic Systems sector 

campus is in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, 

and was appraised at Capability 

Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) 

Maturity Level 5 - the highest rating 

possible - in December 2009. They 

handle a broad range of systems, 

software, and hardware engineering 

processes, together with key 

manufacturing, program management, 

logistics, and supply chain 

management. 

ISR platforms will be centered at a 

new facility we are constructing in 

Aberdeen, Maryland. Finally, we have an 

unmanned vehicle center of excellence 

in Sierra Vista, Arizona. 

INTERVIEW: DAVE WERKHEISER TEST & BOB GAMACHE 

AAD: What future capabilities do you 

hope to add and when? 

Werkheiser: The whole idea of QRC is 

taking hold with the government. We 

hope to leverage all four areas of new 

design, modification, upgrade, and 

maintenance to support rapidly 

changing needs in the field. We foresee 

growth, especially through 

modifications and upgrades, and 

through sustainment. 

With the reduction in new program 

development, operational and 

maintenance issues become more 

important. Customers are trying to 

squeeze every last ounce of 

performance out of their older aircraft. 

Wars have become more 

unconventional. In a number of cases, it 

is really urban warfare nowadays, and 

electronics capabilities play a key role in 

those cases. 

All of the electronics and dynamics 

are changing rapidly. Think of it like 

your computer, where it seems to 

become obsolete every few years. 

Technology is growing fast, and 

electronics move forward rapidly. COTS 

technology takes advantage of the new 

technologies. It is similar to you going 

to the store and finding a new add-on 

for your computer that enhances its 

capabilities and performance. You can 

take it home, and it is plug and play. It 

works. That's a lot like what we can do 

for complex defense systems. 

When things are built to military 

standards, it is very difficult to change 

them and often hard even to sustain or 

maintain them when they become 

“...using COTS technology reduces cost and 

makes it easier to maintain the product. 

Customers can avoid long development 

programs through the capabilities we can 

provide almost at ‘the speed of light.’” 

obsolete. COTS results in cost savings 

and makes it much easier to replace 

what you need. It is much, much easier. 

We are getting a lot of keen 

attention from customers, because we 

offer engineering, testing, 

manufacturing - everything necessary to 

go from concept to field in the fastest 

time possible. We hope to sell more of 

our capability to a broader range of 

customers and programs. 

In our opinion, with the decline in 

brand-new programs, the wave of the 

future is the ability to reconfigure the 

airplane rapidly for new mission 

requirements. We are operating in that 

service sector and are able to offer our 

customers the best value solution. 

AAD 


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Tumwater, WA 98501 

Phone: 360-956-0800 

Fax: 360-956-1099 

Email: 

fsao@aol.com 

Address: 445 North Fox St., 

San Frenando, CA 91340 

Phone: 818-898-1998 

Fax: 818-837-9546 

Email: frazier@frazieraviation.com 


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Kitco Defense 

www.kitcodefense.com 

Kitco Defense has been a leader in aerospace distribution and supply 

chain support for more than 39 years. As a small business, Kitco 

Defense provides solutions for military, overhaul and OEM customers, 

delivering the best in engineered parts, distribution, and services. Call 

1.801.489.2100 or visit www.kitcodefense.com. 

Loos & Company 

www.loosco.com 

Loos & Co., Inc. is the leading manufacturer of military specification 

wire rope and wire rope assemblies. We are unique in the industry 

since we manufacture our own wire for the wire rope. We manufacture 

the fittings to military specifications and then fabricate the assemblies. 

We are ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100 registered. 

MHD International Aviation Parts 

www.mhdintl.com 

MHD is a major supplier and stockist of C-130, P-3, and KC-135 military 

aircraft spares & rotables, and we perform component overhaul 

management for most related systems. MHD is an authorized "seller" for 

the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hologram Parts Program worldwide and the 

Certified Canadian distributor for C-130 parts and components. MHD is 

AS9120 and ISO 9001 certified. 

Tactair Fluid Controls Inc. 

www.tactair.com 

Tactair Fluid Controls is the OEM manufacturer for the C-130J Elevator, 

Aileron and Rudder Primary flight controls. We continue to support 

maintenance and repair operations for flight controls on the B-H 

models from our facility in New York. Tactair is dedicated to providing 

spare part support and overhaul services for C-130 operators 

worldwide. 

Address: 1625 N. 1100 W., PO Box 900 

Springville, UT 84663 

Phone: 801-489-2100 

Fax: 801-489-2034 

Contact: Ron McLean 

Email: sales@kitcodefense.com 

Address: 1 Cable Road 

Pomfret, CT 06258 

Phone: 800-533-5667 

Fax: 860-928-6167 

Email: sales@loosco.com 

Address: 1830 Marie Victorin, 

St. Bruno, Quebec, 

Canada J3V 6B9 

Phone: 450-441-5111 

Fax: 

450-441-4974 

Address: 4806 West Taft Road 

Liverpool, N.Y. 13088 

Phone: 315-451-3928 

Fax: 315-451-8919 

Contact: Steve Moreno 

Email: smoreno@tactair.com 


FOUR STAR QUALITY 


Our FAA certified repair station (EP3R483L) is rated 

for Accessory Class I, II and III (unlimited). 

Four Star is an approved EASA-145 

facility operating under EASA-145.4452. 


★★★★ 

Lockheed Martin Approved Repair Center 

While our shop capabilities continually 

expand to meet the ever-changing requirements 

of our customers, our focus remains constant. 

Accessories. 

That's what we do... 

That's who we are. 


7711 New Market Street SW • Tumwater, WA 98501 

Ph: 360-956-0800 • Fax: 360-956-1099 • E-mail: fsao@aol.com • www.gofourstar.com 


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HOLOGRAM PARTS PROGRAM 

HOLOGRAM PRODUCTS 

PROGRAM 

Lockheed Martin 

Global Supply Chain Services 

210 Industrial Park Rd, Ste 120 

Johnstown, PA 15904 

Ph: 814-262-4483 

CERTIFIED PARTS 

LICENSEES 

A&M Aerospace 

2332 S. Delaware St., 

Denver, CO 80223 

Ph: 303-871-9400 

Aero Components 

5124 Kaltenbrun Rd, 

Ft. Worth, TX 76119 

Ph: 817-572-3003 

Aero Engineering & Mfg. Co. 

28217 Avenue Crocker 

Valencia, CA 91355 

Ph: 661-295-0875 

Airborne Technologies Inc. 

999 Avenida Acaso 

Camarillo, CA 93012 

Ph: 805-389-3700 

American Valley Aviation, Inc. 

550 Orion Way, 

Quincy, CA 95971 

Ph: 530-283-7298 

Beacon Industries 

1814 Woody Rd, Dallas, TX 75336 

Ph: 972-557-3494 

Frazier Aviation 

445 North Fox St, 

San Fernando, CA 91340 

Ph: 818-898-1998 

GKN Aerospace Bandy Machining 

PO Box 7716 

Burbank, CA 91054 

Ph: 818-846-9020 

GKN Aerospace Svcs - Cowes 

Ferry Road-East Cowes 

Isle of Wright PO32 6RA -UK 

Ph: +44(0) 1983- 294101 

Heroux Devtek Inc. 

755, Thurber St. Longueuil, 

Québec, Canada J4H 3N2 

Ph: (450) 679-5454 

International Precision, Inc. 

9526 Vassar Ave., PO Box 4839 

Chatsworth, CA 91313-4839 

Ph: 818-882-3933 

Loos & Co., Inc. 

1 Cable Rd, Pomfret, CT 06258 

Ph: 800-533-5667 

Kitco Defense 

1625 North 1100 West 


Ph: 801-489-2019 

Nor-Ral Plastics, Inc. 

164 Hickory Springs Ind Dr., 

Canyon, GA 30115 

Ph: 770-720-0526 ext. 274 

Tactair Fluid Controls, Inc. 

4806 West Taft Road 

Liverpool, N.Y. 13088 

Ph: 315-451-3928 

Williams Aerospace & 

Manufacturing, Inc. 

2820 Via Orange Way 

Spring Valley, CA 91978 

Ph: 619-660-6220 

APPROVED APPROVED REPAIR 

CENTERS 

REPAIR CENTERS 

American Valley Aviation 

550 Orion Way, 

Quincy, CA 95971 

Ph: 530-283-0711 

Associated Aircraft Mfg & Sales 

2735 NW 63 Ct. 

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309 

Ph: 954-772-6606 

Derco Repair Services, Inc. 

8065 West Fairlane Ave. 

Milwaukee WI 53223 

Ph: 414-355-7770 

ExpressJet Services 

(formerly American Composites) 

9730 N.W. 14th Way 

Medley. FL 33178 

Ph:305-823-5556 

Floats & Fuel Cells 

4010 Pilot Drive, Suite 103 

Memphis, TN 38118 

Ph: 901-842-7110 

Four Star Accessory 

Overhaul, Inc. 

7711 New Market St. S.W. 

Tumwater, WA 98501 

Ph: 360-956-0800 


755, Thurber St. Longueuil, 

Québec, Canada J4H 3N2 

Ph: (450) 679-5454 


Kearsley Airways, Ltd. 

Romeera House, 

tansted Airport, 

Essex CM24 1QL, UK 

Ph: 44 (0)1279 871000 

LMALC 

120 Orion St, 

Greenville, SC 29605 

Ph: 864-236-3714 

The Nordam Group 

11200 E. Pine St, 

Tulsa, OK 74117 

Ph: 918-401-5000 

Triumph Air Repair 

4010 So. 43rd Pl., 

Phoenix, AZ 85040 

Ph: 602-470-7231 

Ultimate Aircraft Composites 

3420 NW 53rd St. 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 

Ph: 954-486-8797 

APPROVED REGIONAL 

APPROVED DISTRIBUTORS REGIONAL 

DISTRIBUTORS 

* MHD Int’l Aviation Parts 

1830 Marie Victorin, St. Bruno, 

Quebec, Canada J3V 6B9 

Ph: 450-441-5111 

* MilSpec Services Pty Ltd. 

151 Currumburra Rd 

Ashmore, QLD, 4214; Australia 

Ph: 61-7-5557-9700 

CERTIFIED PARTS MSP 

CERTIFIED PARTS MSP DISTRIB 

DISTRIBUTOR 

UTOR 

ISA (c/o Kitco Defense) 

1625 No. 1100, W. POB 900 


Ph: 801-489-2034 

AUTHORIZED AUTHORIZED HERCULES HERCULESSERVICE 

SERVICE CENTERS 

ADAT/GAMCO 

POB 46450, Abu Dhabi, UAE 

Ph: 971-2-505-7227 

Airod Sdn. Bhd 

Locked Bag 4004; 

Pejabat Pos Kampung Tunku, 47309 

Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 

Ph: 603-746-3334/3344 

DENEL (PTY) Ltd. 

PO Box 11,Kempton Park, 

1620, Republic of South Africa 

Ph: 27 (11) 927-4575 

Empresa Nacional de Aero. 

Avenida Jose Miguel Carrera 11087; 

Paradero 36 1/2, Comuna de El 

Bosque 

Santiago - Chile 

Ph: 56-2-383-1919 

Hellenic Aerospace 

Industry Ltd. 

Tangara, POB 23, GR-320 09, 

Schimatari, Greece 

Ph: 30-262-5 3121/2141 

Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina 

SA 

Av. Fuerza Aerea Argentina 5500, 

5010 Cordoba, Argentina 

Ph: 54-351-466-8737 

LMALC 

107 Frederick St., 

Greenville, SC 29607 

Ph: 864-422-6262 

Marshall Aerospace 

The Airport, 

Cambridge, CB5 8RX, UK 

Ph: 44-1223-373737 

OGMA 

2615 Alverca, Portugal 

Ph: 351-1-958-1000 

Rolls-Royce Engine Svs; 

Oakland 

POB 6069, Bldg 815, 

Oakland, CA 94614 

Ph: 510-635-1500 

Sabena Technics - Brussels 

Bldg. 24B/304, 

1930 Zaventem, Belgium 

Ph: 32-2-723-4958 

Sabena Technic - BOD 

Aeroport de Bordeaux-Merignac 

19 rue Marcel Issartier 

CS 50 008 

33693 Merignac Cedex, France 

Ph: 33-556-55.22.66 

ST Aerospace Eng. Pte. Ltd. 

540 Airport Rd, Paya Lebar, 

Singapore 539938 

Ph: 65-382-7846 

Wood Group Turbopower 

14820 NW 60th Ave., 

Miami Lakes, FL 33014 

Ph: 305-820-3225 

*Inclusion in this list does not in any way 

imply that the companies listed are 

“Distributors” for Lockheed Martin for this 

program. 


TRANSPORTS 

TRANSPORTS 

Firms that specialize in parts for Transports 

Distribution / Manufacturing / Repairs 

QUICK REFERENCE:

ACCESSORIES & ACCESSORY OV 

ACCESSORIES & ACCESSORY 

ERHAUL OVERHAUL 

AIR PARTS & SUPPLY CO. 

12840 SW 84th Ave. Rd. Miami FL 33156 305-235-5401 

Contact: Sheri Murray FAX: 305-235-8185 

sales@apscomiami.com www.apscomiami.com 

AIRBORNE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 

999 Avenida Acaso Camarillo CA 93012 805-389-3700 

Contact: Gary Ferris FAX: 805-389-3708 

Repair Station #WY2R283L 

P.O. Box 2210 Camarillo CA 93011 

www.airbornetech.com sales@airbornetech.com 

CHARLOTTE AIRCRAFT CORP. 

7705 E. Harris Blvd. Charlotte NC 28227 704-537-0212 

Contact: Jenks Caldwell, Jr. FAX: 704-537-7910 

cacclt@aol.com 

16641 Airport Rd. Maxton NC 28364 910-844-5775 

Contact: Millard E. Hall FAX: 910-844-5705 

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 25555 Charlotte NC 28229 

CONSOLIDATED AIRCRAFT SUPPLY CO., 

INC. 

55 Raynor Ave. Ronkonkoma NY 11779 631-981-7700 

Contact: Steve Matza (President) FAX: 631-981-7706 

Toll Free: 800-422-6300 

In California: Contact: Rich Noll 

consol1291@aol.com 818-321-8510 

www.consolac.com FAA#GI1R167K 

**Inventory Available on ABDOnline.com 

CUNICO, INC. 

1910 W. 16th St Long Beach CA 90813 562-733-4600 

www.cunicocorp.com FAX: 562-733-4640 

FOUR STAR ACCESSORY OVERHAUL 

7711 New Market Street Tumwater WA 98501 

www.gofourstar.com 360-956-0800 

FAX: 360-956-1099 

Contact: Larry Childers larry.c@4star-accy.com 

FRAZIER AVIATION, INC. 

445 North Fox Street San Fernando CA 91340 

FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 

FAA Repair Station #QN3R795L & JAA #5409 



HIGHER SOURCE AVIATION 

908 Upward Road Flat Rock NC 28731 828-698-7490 

www.highersourceaviation.com FAX: 828-698-7492 

Kearsley Airways, Ltd 

Romeera House, Stansted Airport Stansted, Essex 

United Kingdom CM24 1QL 0044(0)1279 871 000 

www.kalair.co.uk FAX: 441279 891187 

KELLSTROM DEFENSE AEROSPACE, INC. 

3701 Flamingo Rd. Miramar FL 33027 954-538-2000 

FAX: 954-538-2564 

www.kellstrom.com Contact: Hayley Armstrong 

info@kellstrom.com 

PACIFIC SKY SUPPLY, INC. 

8230 San Fernando Rd. Sun Valley CA 91352 

FAX: 818-767-6278 818-768-3700 

www.pacsky.com Contact: Glen Anderson 

**Inventory Available on ABDonline.com 

glen@pacsky.com FAA Repair Station #QQPR566K 

Praxair Surface Technologies, Inc. 

1234 Atlantic Street North Kansas City MO 64116 

Toll Free: 800-444-2131 816-556-4600 

FAX: 816-556-4615 

www.praxairssurfacetechnologies.com 

keith_bennett@praxair.com Contact: Keith Bennett 

R & B AIRCRAFT SUPPLY INC. 

6848 Farmdale Ave. N. Hollywood CA 91609 

Repair Station #ZW3R039M 818-764-3910 

roger@rbaircraft.com FAX: 818-765-2436 

www.rbaircraft.com Contact: Jack Rogers 

TACTAIR FLUID CONTROLS 

4806 W. Taft Rd. Liverpool NY 13088 315-451-3928 

www.tactair.com FAX: 315-451-8919 

WESCO MANUFACTURING, INC 

299 Duffy Avenue Hicksville NY 11801 516-933-1900 

www.wescomfginc.com FAX: 516-933-4300 

ACTUATORS 


INC. 



Toll Free: 800-422-6300 


consol1291@aol.com 818-321-8510 



DIMO CORP. 

44-A Southgate Blvd. New Castle DE 19720 

Contact: Sohrab Naghshineh 302-324-8100 

FAX: 302-324-8277 

www.dimo.net sales@dimo.net 


Firstmark Aerospace 

1176 Telecom Dr Creedmoor NC 27522 919-956-4200 

www.firstmarkaerospace.com FAX: 919-682-3786 



FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 





755 Thurber Ave. Longueil, PQ Canada J4H3N2 

FAX: 450-679-4554 450-679-5454 

Contact: Jean Gravel www.herouxdevtek.com 

jgravel@herouxdevtek.com 




Kearfott Guidance and Navigation Corp 

Astronautics Corporation of America 

2858 US Highway 70W Black Mountain NC USA 

28711-9111 828-350-5300 

FAX: 828-686-5764 


3701 Flamingo Rd. Miramar FL 33027 

954-538-2000 

www.kellstrom.com FAX: 954-538-2564 

Contact: Hayley Armstrong info@kellstrom.com 




ACTUATORS AIRFRAME & AIRFRAME PARTS 

AIRFRAME/AIRFRAME OVERHAUL 

PARTS & 

Aero Component 

104 Commercial Place Schertz TX 78154 

FAX: 210-566-9764 210-566-9755 


999 Avenida Acaso Camarillo CA 93012 

805-389-3700 





DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT, INC. 

45681 Oakbrook Ct., Unit 107 Sterling VA 20166 

FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 

www.defense-tech.com 

sales@defense-tech.com 



E D N Aviation, Inc. 

6720 Valjean Ave Van Nuys CA 91406 818-988-8826 

FAX: 818-904-6799 

FLOATS & FUEL CELLS(FFC) 

4010 Pilot Drive, Ste: #103 Memphis TN 38118 

www.ffcfuelcells.com 901-794-8431 

Toll Free: 800-647-6148 FAX: 901-842-7135 

FAA Repair Station #TH4R544M 

Contact: Kevin Brewer kbrewer@ffcfuelcells.com 




FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 




Hawker Pacific Aerospace 

11240 Sherman Way Sun Valley CA 91352 

Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 

www.hawker.com Contact: Carlo Ventittelli 


HC Pacific 

19844 Quiroz Court Walnut CA 91789 909-598-0509 

Contact: Cynthia Tubal/Sylvia Sao FAX: 909-598-1411 

www.hcpacific.com hcpac@ix.netcom.com 





IMP AEROSPACE 

Stanfield Intl Airport 

557 Barnes Rd. - Hgr #3 Enfield, Nova Scotia Canada 

B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 

www.impgroup.com 



FAX: 954-538-2564 

www.kellstrom.com 

Contact: Hayley Armstrong 


LIMCO Airepair, Inc. 

5304 South Lawton Ave. Tulsa OK 74107 

Contact: Matt Petersen 918-445-4300 

FAX: 918-446-8704 

www.limcoairepair.com sales@limcoairepair.com 

MRO Aerospace, Inc. 

2210 Tall Pines Drive, Ste. 220 Largo FL 33771 

FAX: 727-531-8836 727-531-8835 

www.mroaerospace.com 

Contact: Sandi Cornett 

MHD International Aviation Parts Inc 

1830 Marie-Victorin, St-Bruno Quebec 

Canada J3V 6B9 450-441-5111 

Contact: Art Thorburn FAX: 450-441-4974 

NELL-JOY INDUSTRIES, INC. 

8 Reith St. Copiague NY 11726 631-842-8989 

www.nelljoy.com FAX: 631-842-8040 


Quality Aviation Inc. 

15042 Whittram Ave. Fontana CA 92335 

www.qaviation.com 909-829-3031 

FAX: 909-350-3630 

Contact: Ron Typer ron@qaviation.com 




FAX: 818-765-2436 

roger@rbaircraft.com 


QUICK REFERENCE: TRANSPORTS 

S3 INTERNATIONAL, LLC. 

6110 N Flint Road Milwaukee WI 53209-3716 

www.s3international.com 414-351-1506 

FAX: 414-351-1543 

sales@s3international.com 

Wallach-Grager Corp 

28 E 10th St Ste 9E New York NY USA 10003 

graceraero@aol.com 212-228-6980 

FAX: 212-228-6621 




ALTERNATORS 

ALTERNATORS 


INC. 



Toll Free: 800-422-6300 


818-321-8510 

consol1291@aol.com 

www.consolac.com 

FAA#GI1R167K 


DIMO CORP. 



FAX: 302-324-8277 




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ANTENNAS/ANTENNA SYSTEMS 


ASB Avionics 

1032 Sabovich Street Mojave CA 93501 

www.asbavionics.com 661-824-1005 

FAX: 661-824-1006 

AAR Aircraft Component Services-New York 

747 Zeckendorf Blvd. Garden City NY 11530 

www.aarcorp.com 516-222-9000 

FAX: 516-357-2709 

Contact: Kristian Norheim 

New York kristian.norheim@aarcorp.com 

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION 

19382 Baywatch Lane Huntington Beach CA 92646 

www.northrupgrumman.com 818-715-3290 

FAX: 818-598-2089 

Wilco, Inc. 

3502 W. Harry Wichita KS 67213 316-943-9379 

www.wilcoaircraftparts.com FAX: 316-943-9664 

Toll Free: 800-767-7593 


Contact: Charles Nelson sales@wilco.com 

AUXILIARY POWER UNITS & APUS 

OVERHAUL 

AUXILIARY POWER UNITS & 

AEROSPACE MAINTENANCE SOLUTIONS 

8759 Mayfield Rd Chesterland OH USA 44026 

www.aerospacellc.com 440-729-7703 

CANFIELD ELECTRONICS, INC. 

90 Remington Blvd. Ronkonkoma NY 11779 

Contact: Ray Zaun 631-585-4100 

FAX: 631-585-4200 

www.canfieldelectronics.com 

info@canfieldelectronics.com 




FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 

www.defense-tech.com sales@defense-tech.com 


Fokker Aerotron 

456 Aerotron Pkwy. LaGrange GA 30240 

ARINC/SITA:LGBALXD 706-812-1700 

FAX: 706-812-1700 



Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 



carlo.ventittelli@hawker.com 



FAX: 954-538-2564 





Canada J3V 6B9 450-441-5111 









FAX: 818-765-2436 



Triumph Group, Inc. 

W136 N5283 Campbell Drive Menomonee Falls WI 

53051 262-437-7500 

www.triumphgroup.com FAX: 262-437-7535 

Contact: Michael Krueger 

mkrueger@triumphgroup.com 

AVIONICS & AVIONICS 

AVIONICS & AVIONICS OVERHAUL 

AVIONICS SPECIALIST, INC. 

3833 Premier Ave. Memphis TN 38118 901-362-9700 

FAX: 901-375-8310 

Contact: Roger Dahler Repair Station #PK4R443M 

asinc@avionics-specialist.com 

www.avionics-specialist.com 


DAC INTERNATIONAL 

6702 McNeil Drive Austin TX 78729 512-331-5323 



FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 



Ducommun Technologies, Inc. 

23301 S. Wilmington Ave. Carson CA 90745 

FAX: 310-513-7298 310-513-7200 



FAX: 818-904-6799 

EMTEQ Family of Companies 

5349 S Emmer Drive New Berlin WI 53151 

Toll Free: 888-679-6170 262-679-6170 

FAX: 262-679-6175 

www.emteq.com sales@emteq.com 

Firstmark Aerospace Corp 

921 Holloway Street Durham NC 27701 

www.firstmarkaerospace.com 919-956-4286 

FAX: 919-682-3786 

bharbaugh@firstmarkaerosapce.com 




FAX: 706-812-1700 

IMP AEROSPACE 



B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 


K-Tech Aviation, Inc. 

6001 S. Wilmot Rd. Tucson AZ 85706 520-747-4417 

www.k-techav.com FAX: 520-745-6139 




FAX: 954-538-2564 



Luminescent Systems Inc. 

4 Lucent Drive Lebanan NH USA 03766 603-643-7766 

Contact: Martin Gradijan FAX: 603-643-5947 

www.lumsys.com 

salesnh@lumsys.com 




FAX: 818-598-2089 

Pacific Southwest Instruments 

1721 Railroad St. Corona CA 92880 951-737-0790 

Toll Free: 800-621-1736 FAX: 951-273-7149 

www.psilabs.com 

rmcdonald@psilabs.com Contact: Ray McDonald 

Smiths Aerospace 

3290 Patterson Ave Grand Rapids MI 49512 

616-241-7000 

www.smiths-aerospace.com Contact: Jim Smith 

Teltron Technologies, Inc 

2 Rija Lane Birdsboro PA 19508 610-404-5347 

FAX: 610-582-0851 

www.teltrontech.com Contact: Clyde Mock 



53051 262-437-7500 







BATTERIES/BATTERY CHARGERS 







www.canfieldelectronics.com FAX: 631-585-4200 



Concorde Battery Corporation 

2009 San Bernardino Rd. West Covina CA 91790 

FAX: 626-813-1235 626-813-1234 

www.concordebattery.com Contact: Skip Koss 

ENERSYS-HAWKER BATTERIES 

2366 Bernville Road Reading PA 19605 610-208-1831 

FAX: 610-208-1630 

www.enersys.com/defense Contact: Frank Metzger 

frank.metzger@enersys.com 

Wilco, Inc. 



Toll Free: 800-767-7593 



BEARINGS 

Dixie Aerospace 

Suite 100, 560 Atlanta S. Pkwy. Atlanta GA 30349 

Telex: 542141 SITA: ATLDBXD 404-348-8100 

Toll Free: 800-241-8471 FAX: 404-763-2577 

www.dixieaerospace.com sales@dixieaerospace.com 



FAX: 818-767-6278 818-768-3700 







FAX: 212-228-6621 

CABLE FITTINGS 

& OVERHAUL 

BEARINGS 


Co-Operative Industries Aerospace 

5133 Northeast Parkway Fort Worth TX 76106 

FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 

www.coopind.aero.com Contact: Dave Wright 

coop-sales@coopind.com 

LOOS & COMPANY INC. 

Wire Rope Division 

1 Cable Rd. Pomfret CT 06258 860-928-7981 

Toll Free: 800-533-5667 FAX: 860-928-6167 

900 Industrial Blvd Naples FL 33942 239-321-5667 

M & M Aerospace Hardware Inc. 

10000 N.W. 15 Terrace Miami FL 33172 

FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 

111 West Ocean Blvd. Suite 560 Long Beach CA 90802 

FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 

5611 Kimball Court Chino CA 91710 909-597-7211 

FAX: 909-597-0881 

Mayday Aviation Inc. 

1003 Oakmead Dr. Arlington TX 76011 817-649-0900 

Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 

United Terex, Inc. 

2579 Industry Lane, P.O. Box 250 Fairview Village PA 

19409 610-631-1800 

uniterex@aol.com FAX: 610-631-1819 


CABLE & WIRE 

CABLE & WIRE 















FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 

IMP AEROSPACE 



B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 





Toll Free: 800-533-5667 FAX: 860-928-6167 




FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 


FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 


FAX: 909-597-0881 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 




FAX: 818-598-2089 

U.S. AIRMOTIVE GSE 

5439 NW 36 St. Miami Springs FL 33166 

www.usairmotivegse.com 305-885-4992 

sales@usairmotivegse.com FAX: 305-885-9537 


CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT 


CARGO SYSTEMS, INC. 

2120 Denton Dr., Suite 108 Austin TX 78758 

Contact: Harold McElfish 512-837-1300 

FAX: 512-837-5320 

info@cargosystems.com www.cargosystems.com 

CUNICO, INC. 





FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 






19409 610-631-1800 


CARGO WINCHES 

CARGO WINCHES 

CUNICO, INC. 



CHEMICALS 




FAX: 631-585-4200 




Radco Industries, Inc 

PO Box 305, 39W930 Midan Drive La Fox IL 60147 

www.xceltherm.com 630-232-7966 

FAX: 630-232-7968 

Revere Products 

P.O. Box 35311 Cleveland OH 44135 

www.revereproducts.com 

Toll Free: 800-966-0502 

CONNECTORS 

CHEMICALS 

CONNECTORS 

Avnet IP&E Electro Air 

400 Franklin Road Ste 260 Marietta GA USA 

30067-7753 770-799-4900 

em.avnet.com/ipe FAX: 770-799-4945 

BENCHMARK CONNECTOR CORP. 

4501 N.W. 103rd Ave Sunrise FL 33351 

Contact: Wayne Nelson 954-746-9929 

Toll Free: 800-896-7153 FAX: 954-746-9448 

www.benchmarkconnector.com 

info@benchmarkconnector.com 





FAX: 631-585-4200 






FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 



CONNECTOR DISTRIBUTION CORP. 

2985 E.Harcourt St. Rancho Dominguez CA 90221 

www.cdc-online.com 310-632-2466 

Toll Free: 800-421-5840 FAX: 310-632-5413 

** Inventory Avialable on abdonline.com 

ELECTRONIC EXPEDITERS, INC. 

3700 Via Pescador Camarillo CA USA 93012 

Contact: Ira Berns 805-987-7171 

FAX: 805-987-3344 

www.expediters.com sales@expediters.com 


H S Electronics, Inc. 

P.O. Box 126010, 1665 W. 33rd Place Hialeah FL 

33012-1600 305-821-5802 

FAX: 800-823-6691 

Contact: Larry Campbell/Paola-Cara 

www.hselectronics.com hselectronics@aol.com 




Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 

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FAX: 818-598-2089 

Sunset Electronics Inc 

PO Box 818 Louisville CO USA 80027 303-664-0264 

www.sunsetelectronics FAX: 303-664-0248 




FAX: 305-885-9537 

sales@usairmotivegse.com 


ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC 

T 

O 

O 

L 

S 


COMPONENTS 

ELECTRONICS 

90 Remington Blvd. • Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 


631-585-4100 • AOG 631-648-1059 • Fax 631-585-4200 




FAX: 516-357-2709 






Associated Aircraft Mfg & Sales Inc. 

2735 NW 63RD COURT Ft. Lauderdale FL 33309 

FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 

www.aamsi.com Contact: Richard Simcox 

Astronautics Corp of America 

4115 N Teutonia Ave. Milwaukee WI 53209 

FAX: 414-447-8231 414-449-4000 

Austin Aerotech, Inc. 

2005 Windy Terrace Cedar Park TX USA 78613-3507 

Contact: Jeff Bruns 512-335-6000 

FAX: 512-335-0541 

AV-TECH INDUSTRIES, INC. 

P.O. Box 200366 Arlington TX 76006 817-640-4031 

www.av-techind.com FAX: 817-633-1971 

Shipping: 1180 Corporate Drive W. Arlington TX 76006 




FAX: 901-375-8310 








Toll Free: 800-896-7153 FAX: 954-746-9448 












FAX: 805-987-3344 



SYMETRICS INDUSTRIES 

1615 W. NASA Blvd Melbourne FL 32901 

www.symetrics.com 321-254-1500 

FAX: 321-308-0796 

Contact: Randy Koller rkoller@symetrics.com 

ENGINE & ENGINE PARTS 


AVIALL 

2750 Regent Blvd. Dallas TX 75261 972-586-1000 

www.aviall.com 

Contact: Wayne Goodland wgoodland@aviall.com 


7705 E. Harris Blvd. Charlotte NC 28227 

Contact: Jenks Caldwell, Jr. 704-537-0212 

FAX: 704-537-7910 

cacclt@aol.com 




David Aviation, Inc. 

107 Industrial Blvd. Pensacola FL USA 32505 

www.davidav.com 850-456-6163 

FAX: 850-456-4647 



FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 



DIMO CORP. 



FAX: 302-324-8277 






Logistical Support LLC 

19734 Dearborn Street Chatsworth CA 91311 

www.logisticalsupport.com 818 885 0300 

FAX: 818 885 5091 



FAX: 818-767-6278 818-768-3700 







FAX: 818-765-2436 






FAX: 414-351-1543 


SIMTECH 

66 A Floydville Road East Granby CT USA 06026 

www.simtech.com 860-653-2408 

FAX: 860-653-3857 

SUNRISE HELICOPTER INC 

20803 Stuebner Airline #12 Spring TX 71379 

www,sunrisehelicopter.com 281-251-4005 

FAX: 281-251-8848 

Comtact Name: James Holdman 

jamesh@sunrisehelicopters.com 





299 Duffy Avenue Hicksville NY 11801 

516-933-1900 


ENGINE SERVICES 




FAX: 818-765-2436 



FASTENERS 

A & M Aerospace, Inc. 

2332 So. Delaware St Denver CO 80223 

www.amaerospace.com 303-871-9400 

FAX: 303-871-9407 

A & M Maintenance Services, Inc. 

134 S.Claw Int’l Parkway, Suite 8 Bolingbrook IL 

60490 630-759-8130 

FAX: 630-759-0701 









FAX: 631-585-4200 




EXCEL AEROSPACE SUPPLY, INC. 

11855 Wicks St. Sun Valley CA 91352 818-767-6867 

Telex: 371-7938 FAX: 818-504-2979 

www.excelaero.com 

General Aircraft Co. 

321 Kinetic Drive Oxnard CA 93030 888-923-7196 

www.generalairgraft.com FAX: 888-317-7103 

Contact: Will Hutchins 

T K O 

145 C-Vallecitos De Oro San Marcos CA 92069 

Contact: Ken khill4tko@aol.com 

760-744-6630 FAX: 760-744-6636 

Wilco, Inc. 



Toll Free: 800-767-7593 



FITTINGS 


FASTENERS 

FITTINGS 

AERO COMPONENT ENGINEERING CO. 

28887 Industry Drive Valencia CA 91355 

www.aerocomponent.com 818-841-9258 

FAX: 818-841-2342 

Contact: David Bill 

davidwbill@aerocomponent.com 










FAX: 631-585-4200 




Essex Cryogenics 

8007 Chivvis Drive St. Louis MO 63123 314-832-8077 

www.essexind.com FAX: 314-832-8208 




Telex: 371-7938 FAX: 818-504-2979 




FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 


FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 


FAX: 909-597-0881 

FLIGHT TEST OPERATIONS 


TACTICAL FLIGHT SERVICES 

1800 Airport Rd, Hgr. II Kennesaw GA 30144 

678-438-7271 

www.tfs2.com FAX: 770-794-3222 

Contact: Mark Ott m.ott@tfs2.com 

FUEL CELLS 

FUEL CELLS 

AOG TANK TIGERS 

2742 Burbank St. Dallas TX 75235 214-350-5334 

Toll Free: 800-635-9535 FAX: 214-358-3835 

FAA Repair Station #DBER248K 

www.aoginc.com 




Toll Free: 800-647-6148 FAX: 901-842-7135 


Contact: Kevin Brewer 

kbrewer@ffcfuelcells.com 




FAX: 954-538-2564 



FUEL TANK REPAIR - 

FUEL TANK REPAIR 



Toll Free: 800-635-9535 FAX: 214-358-3835 

www.aoginc.com FAA Repair Station #DBER248K 




Toll Free: 800-647-6148 FAX: 901-842-7135 





Sargent Fletcher Inc. 

9400 Flair Dr. El Monte CA 91731 626-402-2036 

FAX: 626-402-2322 

GASKETS & O RINGS 








DBR Industries, Inc. 

18 Penns Trail Newtown PA 18940 215-968-6100 

FAX: 215-860-1043 



Telex: 371-7938 FAX: 818-504-2979 


ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFIED 

AS9120 CERTIFIED 

GROUND POWER/GROUND 


SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 

Air Spares Incorporated 

609 No. Levee Rd Puyallup WA 98371 253-286-2525 

SITA: SEASAXD FAX: 253-286-2526 







NUTS 

Hex Nuts 

Self Locking 

Plate Nuts 

Anchor 

12 Point Nuts 

Wing Nuts 

Barre 


SPECIALISTS IN HARD TO FIND... 

FASTENERS • ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS 

& MISC. AIRCRAFT PARTS 

DISTRIBUTOR OF AN, MS, NAS & NA 

Fastener & Electronic Components • Aerospace & Commercial 


1180 Corporate Dr. West, Arlington, Texas 76006 

817-640-4031 • FAX: 817-649-1355 

1-800-551-1342 

www.av-techind.com 

BOLTS 

Hex Head Bolts 

Close Tolerance 

Twelve Point 

Hi Tensil Bolts 

InternalWrenching 

Eye Bolts 

U-Bolts 


3833 Premier Ave. Memphis TN 38118 

901-362-9700 

FAX: 901-375-8310 





Dixie Air Parts Supply Inc. 

2202 W Malone St. San Antonio TX 78224 

FAX: 210-924-4901 210-924-5561 

PO Box 3583 San Antonio TX 78211 


AIRCRAFT FASTENERS AND HARDWARE 

RIVETS 

Blind Rivets 

Lock Bolts 

Collars 

Jo Bolts 

Taper Locks 

Rivnuts 

Hi-Loks 

EXCELLING IN QUALITY & SERVICE 

11855 WICKS ST, SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 • (818) 767-6867 • FAX (818) 504-2979 

www.excelaero.com • email: sales@excelaero.com • TLX: 3717938 


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"Delivering The Take-off You Need" 

KEEPING YOU POWERFUL 

Distributor Quick Response Quality Throughout Internationally Focused Overhaul Services 

¥ F-16 Fighting Falcon 

¥ F/A-18 Hornet 

¥ C-130 Hercules 

SIMTECH, INC. 

66A Floydville Rd, E, Granby, CT 06026 

T: 860.653.2408 | F: 860.653.3857 

www.simtech-inc.com 

DYNAMIC FABRICATION INC. 

2615 S. Hickory St. Santa Ana CA 92707 

FAX: 714-662-1052 714-662-2440 

EQUIPMENT & SUPPLY, INC. 

4507 Highway #74-West Monroe NC 28110 

FAX: 704-283-1206 704-289-6565 






FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 




HOSE & HOSE FITTINGS 


KITCO DEFENSE 

1625 North 1100 West Springville UT 84663 

FAX: 801-489-2034 801-489-2019 

Contact: Ron McClean www.kitcodefense.com 

Specialty Hose Grp. 

7800 Freedom Ave. NW N. Canton OH USA 44720 

Contact: Skip Jenks 

FAX: 330-497-0415 

Toll Free: 800-362-6533 

www.specialtyhose.com 

Tulsa Propulsion Engines, Inc. 

8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 

www.tulsapropulsion.com FAX: 918-756-6226 

Contact: Matt Jessee sales@tulsapro.com 

HYDRAULIC PARTS & 

HYDRAULIC FLUIDS 

¥ P-3 Orion 

¥ SAAB 39-Gripen 

¥ UH-60 Black Hawk 

TECHNOLUBE PRODUCTS 

8015 Paramount Blvd Pico Rivera CA 90660 

562-776-4039 

www.technolubeproducts.com FAX: 562-776-4004 


HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS PARTS & 




Contact: David Bill FAX: 818-841-2342 





Military Platforms 

¥ CH-47 Chinook 

¥ AH-64 Apache 

¥ Sidewinder Missile 









FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 









info@kellstrom.com FAX: 954-538-2564 




FAX: 801-489-2034 801-489-2019 





IGNITION SYSTEMS 

¥ Simulators 

¥ Ground Equipment 

Certified to ISO 

9001:2000/AS9120 



12840 SW 84th Ave. Rd. Miami FL 33156 

Contact: Sheri Murray 305-235-5401 

FAX: 305-235-8185 



INC. 



Toll Free: 800-422-6300 


consol1291@aol.com 818-321-8510 



INFORMATION SERVICES 


ABDONLINE.COM 

116 Radio Circle Dr. Ste 302 Mount Kisco NY 10549 

www.abdonline.com 914-242-8700 

FAX: 914-242-5422 

INVENTORY LOCATOR SERVICE, LLC 

8001 Centerview Pkwy - STE: 400 

Memphis TN USA 38018 901-794-5000 

www.lismart.com FAX: 901-794-1760 

INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENT 

OVERHAUL 






asinc@avionics-specialist.com FAX: 901-375-8310 





7705 E. Harris Blvd. Charlotte NC 28227 

Contact: Jenks Caldwell, Jr. 704-537-0212 

cacclt@aol.com FAX: 704-537-7910 





6702 McNeil Drive Austin TX USA 78729 

512-331-5323 



FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 






FAX: 706-812-1700 




IMP AEROSPACE 



B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 






Contact: Martin Bowman martin.bowman@kalair.co.uk 



FAX: 954-538-2564 






FAX: 818-598-2089 




FAX: 818-765-2436 






INTERIORS & INTERIORS 

INTERIORS & INTERIOR 

OVERHAUL 








LANDING GEAR 

LANDING GEAR PARTS/ 

ACCESSORIES & OVERHAUL 







Crane Aerospace & Electronics 

16700 13th Avenue West Tynwood WA 98037 

FAX: 425-743-8371 425-743-1313 

www.craneae.com Contact: Cgaig Hunter 

info@craneaerospace.com 



FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 





FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 




HHeroux Devtek Inc. 

755 Thurber Ave. Longueil, PQ Canada J4H3N2 

FAX: 450-679-4554 450-679-5454 

Contact: Jean Gravel www.herouxdevtek.com 





9526 Vassar Ave. Chatsworth CA 91311 

FAX: 818-882-0319 818-882-3933 



FAX: 801-489-2034 801-489-2019 





FAX: 818-765-2436 






FAX: 414-351-1543 







53051 262-437-7500 




LIGHTING 

LIGHTING 




FAX: 631-585-4200 






INC. 



Toll Free: 800-422-6300 


818-321-8510 

consol1291@aol.com 





FAX: 818-904-6799 

Specialty Bulb Co. Inc. 

PO Box 231 Bohemia NY USA 11716 

631-589-33089 

www.bulbspecialists.com FAX: 631-589-3393 

Toll Free: 1-800-331-2852 

Contact: Edie Muldoon info@bulbspecialists.com 

MACHINING - CNC & 

CONVENTIONAL 


CONVENTIONAL 



FAX: 714-662-1052 714-662-2440 

MATERIAL SUPPLIERS 





FAX: 512-837-5320 



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Premier Metals 

1484 W. 135th Street Gardena CA USA 90249 

www.premier-metals.com 1 310 532 6185 

FAX: 1310 532 6188 

METAL FABRICATION 

& ASSEMBLY 

METAL FABRICATION & 

Aero Engineering & Mfg Co. 

28217 Ave. Crocker Valencia CA 91355 661-295-0875 

www.aeroeng.com FAX: 661-295-5886 









FAX: 714-662-1052 714-662-2440 



FAX: 818-904-6799 

Planes (and Parts) from All Over 

DYNAMIC FABRICATION, INC. (DFI) 

2615 S. Hickory Street, 

Santa Ana, CA 92707 

CUSTOM METAL FABRICATION, CERTIFIED WELDING 

& PRECISION MACHINING 

Tooling • Fixtures • Jigs • Ground Support Equipment 

• Prototype - R&D • All Alloys • Quick Turn Around 

• Same Day Quotes • Parts In Days 

• Est. 1981 


8007 Chivvis Drive St. Louis MO 63123 

314-832-8077 




FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 




MODIFICATIONS 

Ph: 714-662-2440 

Fax: 714-662-1052 

mike@dynamicfab.com 

Approved by Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rockwell, Aerojet, Raytheon 

W W W . D Y N A M I C F A B . C O M 

MODIFICATIONS 



FAX: 818-904-6799 



FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 




Countries with smaller economies always have faced 

obstacles maintaining, repairing, and supplying a wide 

range of aircraft from different manufacturers. Through 

1933, the air force in El Salvador had a manageable 

size fleet of twenty-one aircraft, but those planes came 

from seven different manufacturers with incompatible 

parts and maintenance procedures. Today, El Salavdor's 

air force has about seventy aircraft built by nine 

different manufacturers: Basler, Bell, Cessna, ENAER, 

Fouga, Hughes, IAI, Morane-Saulnier, Rockwell, and Sino Swearingen. 

In fact, logistics problems contributed to the toll during what became 

known as the "soccer war" in 1969. The brief conflict between El Salvador 

and Honduras began when tensions based on immigration and social issues 

erupted during a soccer game between the two nations. Despite 

Honduras's smaller population and notably less developed economy, the 

Honduran air force destroyed most of El Salvador's active aircraft. 

Sources: Aeroflight, www.aeroflight.co.uk; GlobalSecurity.org, www.globalsecurity.org; and Scramble, the 

Dutch Aviation Society, http://www.scramble.nl. 

Vector Aerospace (Formerly Sigma Aerospace) 

12 Imperial Way, Croydon Surrey UK CR9 4LE 

www.VECTORAEROSPACE.COM 44-20-8688-7777 

FAX: 4420-8603-2380 

NAV/COM SYSTEMS 


6702 McNeil Drive Austin TX USA 78729 

512-331-5323 



FAX: 954-538-2564 






FAX: 321-308-0796 


PAINTING 

DEFT, INC. 

17451 Von Karman Ave. Irvine CA 92614 

Contact: Tracy Garrett Jr. 949-474-0400 

Toll Free: 1-800-544-3338 FAX: 949-474-7269 

www.deftfinishes.com 

PAINTING 

DEFT, INC. 



Toll Free: 1-800-544-3338 FAX: 949-474-7269 


IMP AEROSPACE 



B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 


PLASTIC FABRICATION 







PNEUMATIC 

NAV-COM SYSTEMS 

PAINTS & LACQUERS 

PAINTING 

PLASTIC FABRICATION & 

ASSEMBLY 

PNEUMATIC PARTS & 

COMPONENTS 




Contact: Kristian Norheim FAX: 516-357-2709 








FAX: 954-538-2564 








53051 262-437-7500 



PROPELLERS PARTS & 

PROPELLERS/PARTS & 

PROPELLERS/PARTS OVERHAUL 

Aero Union Corporation 

100 Lockheed Avenue Chico CA 95973 530-230-1900 

www.aerounion.com FAX: 530-230-1537 

Contact: Bob Farinsky bfarinsky@aerounion.com 

DIMO CORP. 



FAX: 302-324-8277 













FAX: 954-538-2564 





FAX: 818-767-6278 818-768-3700 







FAX: 818-765-2436 






FAX: 414-351-1543 


Warren-Knight Instrument Company 

2045 Bennett Road Philadelphia PA USA 19116 

www.warrenind.com 215-464-9300 

FAX: 215-464-9300 

SEATING, SEAT BELTS, TRACKS 

SEATING, SEAT BELTS , TRACKS 










FAX: 512-837-5320 






FAX: 1310 532 6188 

SIMULATORS: FLIGHT & 

COMPONENTS 










FAX: 818-904-6799 

SUPPLIES - OPERATIONAL 

Dynamo Aviation, Inc 

16147 Leadwell St Van Nuys CA 91406 818-785-9561 

www.dynamoaviation.com FAX: 818-785-2892 

Repair Station #LZ3R676L 

richard@dynamoaviation.com Contact: Fay Burdich 

HYDRO USA CO 

1220 37th St; N.W. Suite 101 Auburn WA 98001 

www.hydrousa.com 253-876-2100 

FAX: 253-876-2110 

Contact: Steve White swhite@hydrousaco.com 

SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT & 


SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT OVERHAUL 



FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 



Life Support International 

200 Rittenhouse Circle Bristol PA 19007 

greg@lifesupportintl.com 215-785-2870 

www.lifesupportintl.com FAX: 215-785-2880 




FAX: 818-765-2436 



SURVIVAL PRODUCTS INC. 

5614 SW 25th St. Hollywood FL 33023 954-966-7329 

Contact: Donna Rogers/V.P. FAX: 954-966-3584 

www.survivalproductsinc.com 

sales@survivalproductsinc.com 

SWITCHES 

SWITCHES 




FAX: 818-598-2089 

Peerless Electronics Inc. 

PO Box 9052 Bethpage NY 11563 516-594-3500 

Contact: Sales Department FAX: 516-593-2179 

www.peerlesselectronics.com 


FLIGHT TEST • CREW TRAINING 

The Best in the Business and also the Most Economical 

Just Ask Our Customers: 

Norway, New Zealand, Thailand, Poland, Romania, Brazil, 

Pakistan, Italian Air Forces and the U.S. Coast Guard 

1800 Airport Road • Hangar II • Kennesaw, GA 30144 • 404.518.1615 • Fax 770.428.9266 • CAGE 3MHH6 

service@tfs2.com • www.tfs2.com 


Compliant To DCMA 8210.1 and AvP67, 

Tactical Flight Services is committed to 

excellence and safety. We are professional 

aircrew with years of military service. 

TEST EQUIPMENT 





FAX: 516-357-2709 





FAX: 901-375-8310 






FAX: 901-375-8310 








FAX: 631-585-4200 




CK Technologies, Inc. 

3629 Vista Mercado Camarillo CA 93012 

www.ckt.com 805-987-4801 

FAX: 805-987-4811 

Eastern NDT, Inc. 

1404 City Point Road Hopewell VA USA 23860 

Support@easterndt.com 804 458 1780 

FAX: 804 458 1780 




FAX: 818-598-2089 

SpaceAge Control Inc. 

38850 20th St. East Palmdale CA 93550 

www.spaceagecontrol.com 661-273-3000 

FAX: 661-273-4240 



678-438-7271 

www.tfs2.com FAX: 770-794-3222 



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TOOLS 







Dakota Electronics 

PO Box 2238 Georgetown TX USA 78627 

www.crimptools.com 512-930-9371 

FAX: 512-869-4853 

HYDRO USA CO 



FAX: 253-876-2110 

Contact: Steve White 

swhite@hydrousaco.com 

J R Potter & Associates 

PO Box 40270 Cleveland OH USA 44140 440-835-9723 

www.toolsforaircraft.com FAX: 440-835-4622 

Contact: Jim Potter 

pottercorp@aol.com 

Monogram Aerospace Fasteners 

3423 So. Garfield Ave. Commerce CA 90040 

FAX: 323-721-1851 323-722-4760 

USATCO/U.S. AIRTOOL INT’L 

60 Fleetwood Court Ronkonkoma NY 11779 

Toll Free: 800-645-8180 631-471-3300 

FAX: 631-471-3308 

1219 W. Mahalo Place Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220- 

5446 

310-632-5400 

FAX: 310-632-3900 

VALVES 

TOOLS 

VALVES 






A Winding Path 



FAX: 954-538-2564 





Canada J3V 6B9 450-441-5111 






8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 



WELDING - CERTIFIED 




FAX: 714-662-1052 714-662-2440 

WHEELS/BRAKES & 

WHEELS/BRAKES OVERHAUL 


Aero Brake & Spares Inc. 

6202 Civic Drive Lago Vista TX 78645-5143 

www.aerobrake.com 512-356-9621 

FAX: 512-356-9653 

scott@aerobrake.com 



FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 






Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 




The paths of technology can be winding indeed. At the dawn of the 

twentieth century, a Spanish artillery captain and a Swiss engineer founded 

the Hispano-Suiza automobile company. 

Decades of development produced 

outstanding internal combustion engines for 

cars and, eventually, for airplanes. 

Company ownership passed to the French, who 

produced the widely used Hispano-Suiza 12Y, a twelvecylinder, 

supercharged, liquid-cooled engine with a cruising output of 848 

horsepower. In the 1930s, the Klimov company began operations in Russia 

specifically to manufacture and further develop the Hispano-Suiza 12Y, for 

which the Soviets had obtained a license. 

And develop they did, eventually creating a range of advanced modern 

turbofan engines. Their RD-93, a variant of the RD-33 workhorse that powers 

various MiG aircraft, is the powerplant in China's FC-1, a modern, 

lightweight, multi-role combat fighter. 

Sources: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org. 









www.kellstrom.com FAX: 954-538-2564 

Contact: Hayley Armstrong info@kellstrom.com 



Canada J3V 6B9 450-441-5111 







Wilco, Inc. 



Toll Free: 800-767-7593 



WINDOWS & & WINDSHIELDS 









FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 



DIMO CORP. 



FAX: 302-324-8277 





Canada J3V 6B9 450-441-5111 


Shercon, Inc 

PO Box 709 Cypress CA 90630 800-228-3218 

Contact: Ricardo Sanchez FAX: 800-955-8988 

Wilco, Inc. 



Toll Free: 800-767-7593 



WIRE ROPE FITTINGS 





Toll Free: 800-533-5667 FAX: 860-928-6167 




FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 


FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 


FAX: 909-597-0881 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 


FIGHTERS 

Firms that specialize in parts for Fighters 

Distribution / Manufacturing / Repairs 

QUICK REFERENCE:



OVERHAUL 




FAX: 305-235-8185 










FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 




FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 



DIMO CORP. 



FAX: 302-324-8277 





FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 







FAX: 818 885 5091 

International Exchange 





Pacific Air Logistics, Inc. 

26763 Oak Ave. Canyon Country CA 91351 

Contact: Bill Neighbors 661-251-6581 

FAX: 661-298-7035 

www.sales@pacificairlogistics.com 





FAX: 818-765-2436 







8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 






ACTUATORS 

ACTUATORS 

Aviation Brake Service/Avcenter 

7274 NW 34th Street Miami FL 33122 305-594-4677 

www.aviationbrake.com FAX: 305-477-5799 

Contact: Andres Posse 

andres@aviationbrake.com 




If any doubts remain about the thorough internationalization of the aircraft 

industry, the transactions and announcements at the 2009 Dubai Air Show 

should dispel them. Major sales started the first day, when Ethiopian Airlines 

placed a $3 billion order with Airbus for twelve A350 XWBs. Five days later, 

sales had totaled over $14 billion worth of strikingly international deals. 

Messier-Bugatti of France sold $40 million worth of wheels and carbon 

brakes to Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. The Indian Air Force bought nineteen 

low-level radar systems from the Thales Group, a French electronics and 

avionics company. The UAE Air Force and Air Defence bought two Saab earlywarning 

aircraft and twenty-five PC-21 training aircraft from Switzerland's 

Pilatus Aircraft. 

Pakistan revealed plans to export its JF-17 Thunder fighter jet, already in 

production, as well as its K-8 Karakorum 

trainer jet - both joint Chinese- 

Pakistani products. And the UAE's 

PERLA Aviation, which owns Ukraine's 

DBAerocopter Company, sold AK1-3 gasolinepowered, 

two-seater light helicopters to 

customers in India, Pakistan, and the United 

Kingdom. 

Sources: DefenseNews, http://defensenews.com; Defenseworld.net, 

www.defenseworld.net; and Dubai Air Show 2009, http://dubaiairshow.aero. 



FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 







FAX: 818 885 5091 






53051 262-437-7500 




AIRFRAME & AIRFRAME PARTS 

OVERHAUL 

AIRFRAME/AIRFRAME PARTS 



FAX: 210-566-9764 210-566-9755 

Aero Kool Corporation 

1495 SE 10th Ave. Hialeah FL 33010 305-887-6912 

www.aerokool.com FAX: 305-885-2828 

Toll Free: 800-458-4255 

Contact: Rick Weltmann 

rweltmann@aerokool.com 








Aircraft Ducting Repair 

101 Hunters Circle Forney TX 75126 972-552-9000 

FAX: 972-552-4504 

www.acdri.com repairs@acdri.com 



FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 


CPI Aerostructures Inc 

200A Executive Dr. Edgewood NY 11717 

631-586-5200 

DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT, 

INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 



Eclipse Aeronautical 

2503 E. Riverside Spokane WA 99202 509-536-5000 

FAX: 509-535-5555 




Toll Free: 800-647-6148 FAX: 901-842-7135 







FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 






Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 





HC Pacific 



www.hcpacific.com 

hcpac@ix.netcom.com 




FAX: 818-882-0319 818-882-3933 







FAX: 954-538-2564 










FAX: 661-298-7035 






FAX: 818-765-2436 






FAX: 414-351-1543 





FAX: 212-228-6621 












FAX: 818-598-2089 


OVERHAUL 


Alturdyne 

660 Steele Street El Cajon CA 92020 619-440-5531 

FAX: 619-442-0481 

www.alturdyne.com Contact: Frank Verbeke 

BC Systems 

200 Belle Meade Rd. Setauket NY 11733 

FAX: 631-864-3700 631-864-3700 

QUICK REFERENCE: FIGHTERS 








INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 





Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 






FAX: 954-538-2564 










FAX: 818-765-2436 




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FAX: 516-357-2709 



AHR Avionics Inc. 

567 Sandall Rd. San Antonio TX 78216 210-377-3195 

ahraviation@att.net FAX: 210-377-1605 



FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 




FAX: 414-447-8231 414-449-4000 


INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 










FAX: 818-598-2089 



FAX: 610-582-0851 




53051 262-437-7500 








& OVERHAUL 




FAX: 631-585-4200 






FAX: 626-813-1235 626-813-1234 




FAX: 425-743-8371 425-743-1313 





FAX: 610-208-1630 







FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 






Toll Free: 800-533-5667 FAX: 860-928-6167 




FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 


FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 


FAX: 909-597-0881 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 



19409 610-631-1800 


CABLE & WIRE 




FAX: 631-585-4200 







Toll Free: 800-533-5667 FAX: 860-928-6167 




Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 




FAX: 818-598-2089 




FAX: 305-885-9537 



Wire Rope Corporation Of America 

609 N. 2nd Street St. Joseph MO USA 64501 

FAX: 816-236-5180 816-236-5180 

CARGO HANDLING 



FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 






19409 610-631-1800 


CHEMICALS 

CABLE & WIRE 

CARGO HANDLING EQUIPLMENT 

CHEMICALS 

B & B Tritech, Inc. 

P.O. Box 660776 Miami FL 33266 305-888-5247 

FAX: 305-887-4587 

C & H Chemical 

222 Starkey St. St. Paul MN 55107 651-227-4343 

FAX: 651-227-2485 




FAX: 631-585-4200 




Heatcon Composite Systems 

600 Andover Park E. Seattle WA 98188 206-575-1333 

FAX: 206-575-0856 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 




FAX: 630-232-7968 



www.revereproducts.com 

Toll Free: 800-966-0502 

CONNECTORS 

CONNECTORS 

Air Electro, Inc. 

9452 De Soto Ave Chatsworth CA 91311 

FAX: 818-407-5460 818-407-5400 

www.airelectro.com steve@airelectro.com 





Toll Free: 800-896-7153 FAX: 954-746-9448 






FAX: 631-585-4200 






FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 






Toll Free: 800-421-5840 FAX: 310-632-5413 





FAX: 805-987-3344 




1003 Oakmead Dr. Arlington TX 76011 

817-649-0900 

Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 




FAX: 818-598-2089 


PO Box 818 Louisville CO USA 80027 

303-664-0264 





FAX: 305-885-9537 




CONSULTANTS 

Fortbrand Services Inc. 

50 Fairchild Court Plainview NY USA 11803 

www.fortbrand.com 516-576-3200 

FAX: 516-576-3221 




FAX: 818-598-2089 


COMPONENTS 

COMPONENTS 



FAX: 414-447-8231 414-449-4000 



30067-7753 770-799-4900 










FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 





FAX: 425-743-8371 425-743-1313 





FAX: 805-987-3344 





Toll Free: 888-679-6170 262-679-6170 

FAX: 262-679-6175 









FAX: 818-598-2089 




FAX: 661-273-4240 




FAX: 321-308-0796 








AVIALL 



Contact: Keith Schlimper keith.schlimper@aviall.com 


You can rest assured that we remain committed to offering a 

consistantly excellent level Canfield of service, Electronics, along Inc.* with top quality products. 

Since 1989 

CANFIELD is ELECTRONICS 

CONSULTANTS 

Canfield Electronics, Inc., 

90 Remington Blvd., Ronkonkoma, N.Y. 11779-6910 

Ph. 631-585-4100 ● AOG. 631-648-1059 ● Fax. 631-585-4200 


CANFIELD is QUALITY 



INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 

www.defense-tech.com 

sales@defense-tech.com 


DIMO CORP. 



FAX: 302-324-8277 



E B Airfoils, LLC 

3591 SW Deggeller Court Palm City FL USA 34990 

FAX: 772-219-0600 772-219-4600 ext. 17 

Contact: Edwared B. Ajuelo 

www.ebairfoils.com 


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Herber Aircraft Service Inc. 

1401 E. Franklin Ave. El Segundo CA 90245 

Contact: Daryl Yeelitt 310-322-9575 

Toll Free: 800-544-0050 FAX: 310-322-1875 


www.herberaircraft.com sales@herberaircraft.com 




FAX: 818 885 5091 




FAX: 818-765-2436 






FAX: 414-351-1543 


SIMTECH 



FAX: 860-653-3857 

Standard Aero 

33 Allen Dyne Rd,Winnepeg Int’l Airport Winnipeg, 

Manitoba Canada R3H 1A1 204-788-5466 

www.standardaero.com FAX: 204-788-0038 

Contact: Richard Price 

team@standardaero.ca 

Standard Aero (Alliance) Inc. 

1029 Ross Drive Maryville TN 37801 865-983-2992 

FAX: 865-983-2092 

Alliance@standardaero.ca 

FAA# AE0R215N 

Business Aviation & Helicopters 

Suite1 29034 216th Ave SE Black Diamond WA 98010 

Pt6@standardaero.com 360-886-1906 

FAX: 360-886-1928 

Large Fleet and Airlines - Sales & Service 

525 Commerce St Southlake TX 76092 817-251-3579 

FAX: 817-251-4837 





8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 






FAX: 212-228-6621 




Williams Detroit Diesel Allison Midwest 

1395 Triplett Blvd. Akron OH 44306 

Toll Free: 800-229-6110 






FAX: 818-765-2436 



Wood Group TurboPower, Inc. 

14820 NW 60TH Ave. Miami Lakes FL 33014 

Toll Free: 800-403-6737 305-423-2300 

FAX: 305-820-0404 

TWX:810-848-8575 

Repair Station #NE4R385M 

2828 Donald Douglas Loop N. Santa Monica CA 90405 

FAX: 310-392-6644 310-392-8090 

FASTENERS 

Airspares International 

504 East Meadow Avenue East Meadow NY 11554 

info@airspares.net 516-334-0900 

FAX: 516-334-4109 

Avibank Mfg., Inc. 

11500 Sherman Way North Hollywood CA 91609-1909 

FAX: 818-255-2094 818-392-2152 




FAX: 631-585-4200 






Telex: 371-7938 FAX: 818-504-2979 




FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 


FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 


FAX: 909-597-0881 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 

Metropolitan Aircraft Parts Inc. 

172 Cabot St. West Babylon NY 11704 631-752-2290 

FAX: 631-752-1764 

www.metair.com sales@metair.com 



FAX: 323-721-1851 323-722-4760 

Nylok Aerospace 

313 Euclid Way Anaheim CA 92801 714-635-3993 

FAX: 714-635-9553 

Standard Aero Parts 

5100 Maureen Lane Moorpark CA USA 93021 

standardaero@earthlink.net 805-531-5410 

FAX: 805-531-5419 


8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 



FITTINGS 

FASTENERS 

FITTINGS 




FAX: 818-841-2342 












FAX: 631-585-4200 









Telex: 371-7938 FAX: 818-504-2979 




FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 


FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 


FAX: 909-597-0881 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 



FAX: 631-752-1764 


FUEL CELLS 

FUEL CELLS 



Toll Free: 800-635-9535 FAX: 214-358-3835 






Toll Free: 800-647-6148 FAX: 901-842-7135 


Contact: Kevin Brewer kbrewer@ffcfuelcells.com 



FUEL TANKS 



Toll Free: 800-635-9535 FAX: 214-358-3835 






Toll Free: 800-647-6148 FAX: 901-842-7135 





Sargent Fletcher Inc. 

9400 Flair Dr. El Monte CA 91731 626-402-2036 

FAX: 626-402-2322 

FUEL PUMPS & COMPONENTS 





FAX: 516-357-2709 





Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 










8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 



FUEL & LUBRICANTS 

FUELS & LUBRICANTS 




FAX: 630-232-7968 






FAX: 631-585-4200 




Conair Aviation Associates 

138 E. Rio Grande Ave. Wildwood NJ 08260 

FAX: 609-729-4616 609-729-2624 

Cummins NPower LLC 

7145 Santa Fe Dr. La Grange IL 60525 815-734-4917 

FAX: 815-734-7565 



FAX: 215-860-1043 



Telex: 371-7938 FAX: 818-504-2979 


JGILS, LLC 

144 Kingspoint Blvd. Slidell LA 70461 985-645-0739 

FAX: 504-649-2069 

Lynn Electronics Corp. 

154 Railroad Drive Ivyland PA 18974 215-355-8200 

FAX: 215-364-2944 



FAX: 631-752-1764 


National Parts Distributor 

3801 E. Roeser Rd Suite 14 Phoenix AZ 85040 

FAX: 602-453-9700 602-453-9600 


8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 



Valtec International, Inc. 

Essex Industrial Pk. Box 747 Ivoryton CT 06442 

Toll Free: 800-825-8321 860-767-8211 

SITA: BDLVTXD FAX: 860-767-2918 




Ace Aviation Service, Inc. 

3239 Roymar Rd. A Oceanside CA 92054 

FAX: 520-485-2555 760-721-2804 



FAX: 210-566-9764 210-566-9755 







Alturdyne 


FAX: 619-442-0481 

www.alturdyne.com 

Contact: Frank Verbeke 

BESTEK Industries, Inc. 

1343 SW 35th St. San Antonio TX 78237 

FAX: 210-434-1074 210-434-1071 

THE BOEING COMPANY 

Spares Services 

P.O. Box 3707 Seattle WA 98124-2207 206-662-7200 

Telex: 329606 SITA: BVUBOCR FAX: 206-662-7145 

100 N. Riverside Plaza Chicago IL 60606 

FAX: 312—655-1177 312-544-2000 

Engineering Division 

N. 8th & Park Ave. Renton WA 98055 425-234-9987 

FAX: 425-237-8893 

Fabrication Division 

1102 15th St., S.W. Auburn WA 98002 253-931-5716 

FAX: 253-931-2144 

Long Beach Division 

3855 Lakewood Blvd. Long Beach CA 90846 

FAX: 562-496-8720 562-593-9033 

Aircraft & Missile Systems 

P.O. Box 516 St. Louis MO 63166-0516 314-232-0232 

FAX: 314-777-1096 



FAX: 714-662-1052 714-662-2440 



FAX: 704-283-1206 704-289-6565 

YAMA Manufacturing, Inc. 

13102 Lookout Ridge San Antonio TX 78233 

FAX: 210-656-7552 210-656-1066 






FAX: 818-841-2342 

Contact: David Bill davidwbill@aerocomponent.com 



FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 





FAX: 425-743-8371 425-743-1313 





Toll Free: 800-544-0050 FAX: 310-322-1875 





FAX: 801-489-2034 801-489-2019 




8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 







562-776-4039 


HYDRAULIC PARTS & C 


COMPONENTS 




FAX: 516-357-2709 






FAX: 818-841-2342 











FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 






FAX: 801-489-2034 801-489-2019 





FAX: 818 885 5091 








FAX: 630-232-7968 


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Supersonic Services, Inc. 

12399 SW 53RD St. Suite 103 Cooper City FL 33330 

FAX: 954-680-0317 954-680-6707 




Technolube Products 


FAX: 562-776-4004 562-776-4039 



53051 262-437-7500 









FAX: 305-235-8185 




FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 




8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 



infoRMATION SERVICES 


ABDONLINE.COM 



FAX: 914-242-5422 

Not Exactly Training Wheels 



Memphis TN USA 38018 901-794-5000 


NSN-NOW.COM 

8200 Republic Airport;Hangar 43, Suite 6 Farmingdale 

NY 11735 631-847-3504 

www.nsn-now.com FAX: 631-847-0264 


OVERHAUL 




FAX: 414-447-8231 414-449-4000 


INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 





FAX: 310-513-7298 310-513-7200 








FAX: 818-598-2089 




FAX: 818-765-2436 






After the end of World War II, 

the Soviet Union tried and 

failed to develop a successful 

jet aircraft for tactical 

assignments. In England, 

however, Rolls-Royce already 

had a successful centrifugal 

compressor turbojet. To 

Joseph Stalin's astonishment, the company was willing to provide technical 

assistance and a manufacturing license to the Soviets. 

The reverse-engineered engine powered the MiG-15, a craft that 

proved extremely effective in the Korean War. Today, China is developing 

exports for its Hongdu L-15 Falcon, intended chiefly as a training aircraft 

for new military fliers. 

With a maximum speed of Mach 1.4 and a range of about 1,940 miles, 

the Falcon literally could leave the MiG-15 in the dust. In any event, the 

Falcon should provide an exciting experience for the novice flyer: Its limits 

range from +8 to -3 Gs. 

Sources: Military Factory, www.militaryfactory.com; Sinodefence.com, www.sinodefence.com; Wikipedia: 

http://en.wikipedia.org. 

OVERHAUL 









LANDING GEAR 



FAX: 661-295-5886 

www.aeroeng.com 

mail@aeroeng.com Contact: Dennis Junker 








INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 





FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 






FAX: 954-538-2564 





FAX: 801-489-2034 801-489-2019 





FAX: 818 885 5091 

Nassau Tool Works, Inc. 

34 Lamar St. West Babylon NY 11704 631-643-5000 









FAX: 414-351-1543 





LIGHTING 


OVERHAUL 

LIGHTING 




FAX: 631-585-4200 






FAX: 818-904-6799 



PO Box 231 Bohemia NY USA 11716 631-589-33089 


Toll Free: 1-800-331-2852 

Contact: Edie Muldoon info@bulbspecialists.com 




FAX: 714-662-1052 714-662-2440 

ASSEMBLY 

DEFT COATINGS - PROTECTING MORE THAN JUST THE ENVIRONMENT 

CHROME-FREE 



FAX: 661-295-5886 











FAX: 714-662-1052 714-662-2440 






FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 






FAX: 818-882-0319 818-882-3933 

MODIFICATIONS 

P R I M E R S 

Specialists in Topcoats and Primers 

Deft, Inc., a leader in innovative coating technologies, has developed a family of 

chrome free primers that will meet and exceed many anticipated VOC requirements. 

Our cutting edge epoxy and polyurethane primers and topcoats were developed for 

your environmental needs. They contain no Hazardous Air Pollutants and are nonflammable. 

They still meet chemical and durability requirements that are expected 

from many of today’s high performance and Military Specification coating systems. - 

Deft coatings - “clearing the air” for a better world. 

17451 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine CA 92614 

Tel 949-474-0400 • 800-544-3338 • Fax 949-474-7269 • www.deftfinishes.com 


CONVENTIONAL 


& ASSEMBLY 

MODIFICATIONS 










FAX: 516-334-4109 

Essex Cyrogenics of Missouri, Inc. 

8007 Chiwis Dr. St. Louis MO 63123 314-832-8077 

FAX: 314-832-8208 



FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 





Buy American 




FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 



1615 W. NASA Blvd Melbourne FL 32901 321-254-1500 

www.symetrics.com FAX: 321-308-0796 



B & B Tritech, Inc. 

P.O. Box 660776 Miami FL 33266 305-888-5247 

FAX: 305-887-4587 

DEFT, INC. 



Toll Free: 1-800-544-3338 FAX: 949-474-7269 


PAINTING 

QUALIFiED TO 

MIL PRF 85582 

MIL PRF 23377 



PAINTING 

DEFT, INC. 



Toll Free: 1-800-544-3338 FAX: 949-474-7269 



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RADOMES 




FAX: 818-598-2089 


HYDRO USA CO 



FAX: 253-876-2110 




INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 






FAX: 818-765-2436 



SWITCHES 



COMPONENTS 

RADOMES 




SWITCHES 



30067-7753 770-799-4900 





FAX: 818-598-2089 









New York 

kristian.norheim@aarcorp.com 



FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 





FAX: 631-585-4200 







FAX: 818-598-2089 




FAX: 661-273-4240 




FAX: 215-464-9300 

TOOLS 

HYDRO USA CO 



FAX: 253-876-2110 




FAX: 323-721-1851 323-722-4760 

Trans World Alloys Co. 

334 E. Gardena Blvd. Gardena CA USA 90248 

www.twalloys.com/abd.html 310 217 8777 

FAX: 310 217 0066 



Toll Free: 800-645-8180 631-471-3300 

FAX: 631-471-3308 

1219 W. Mahalo Place Rancho Dominguez, CA 

90220-5446 310-632-5400 

FAX: 310-632-3900 

VALVES 


TOOLS 

VALVES 





8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 







FAX: 714-662-1052 714-662-2440 


WHEELS/BRAKES WHEELS/BRAKES & & 



Aero Brake & Spares Inc. 

6202 Civic Drive Lago Vista TX 78645-5143 

www.aerobrake.com 512-356-9621 

scott@aerobrake.com FAX: 512-356-9653 




Contact: Andres Posse andres@aviationbrake.com 

Chem-Fab Corp. 

1923 Central Ave. Hot Springs AK 71901 

FAX: 501-624-4287 501-624-4140 



FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 




Honeywell International 

P.O. Box 2245, 101 Columbia Rd. Morristown NJ 

07962 973-455-2000 

www.honeywell.com FAX: 973-455-4807 

Turbocharging Systems & Power Systems 

Honeywell Ceramic Components 

2525 W. 190th St. Torrance CA 90504-6099 

FAX: 310-512-1561 310-323-9500 

Polymers 

P.O. Box 1039, 101 Columbia Rd. Morristown NJ 

07962 FAX: 973-455-6045 

Toll Free: 800-934-5679 

Honeywell Control Products 

11 W. Spring St. Freeport IL 61032 815-235-5500 

Toll Free: 800-537-6945 FAX: 815-235-6545 




FAX: 818-765-2436 






WINDOWS & WINDSHIELDS 



INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 








Toll Free: 800-533-5667 FAX: 860-928-6167 




FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 


FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 


FAX: 909-597-0881 


1003 Oakmead Dr. Arlington TX 76011 

817-649-0900 

Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 


ROTORCRAFT 

Firms that specialize in parts 

for Rotorcraft 

Distribution / Manufacturing / 

Repairs 

QUICK REFERENCE:


OVERHAUL OVERHAUL - ROTORCRAFT 





FAX: 516-357-2709 


New York 

kristian.norheim@aarcorp.com 




FAX: 305-235-8185 




FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 


Brown Helicopters Inc. 

10100 Aileron Ave. Pensacola FL 32506 850-455-0971 

FAX: 850-456-8231 



FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 



DIMO CORP. 



FAX: 302-324-8277 



Essential Turbines 

443 Meloche Street Dorval, QC H9P 2W2 Canada 

www.essentialturbines.com 514-633-4458 

FAX: 514-633-6308 

The Hungarian Fighter 

MP AEROSPACE 



B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 





FAX: 818 885 5091 








FAX: 661-298-7035 






FAX: 818-765-2436 








53051 262-437-7500 





8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 



Remembered today largely through a specialized hobby scale model, there 

once was a successful Hungarian-manufactured fighter plane known as the 

MÁVAG Héja ("Hawk"). It was the result of an early foray into multinational 

aircraft development. 

In 1939, the Hungarians bought seventy Reggiane Re.2000 fighters from 

Italy. They replaced the original Italian-made engines with Hungarian-built 

Manfred Weiss WM K-14s, driving a Hamilton Standard three-bladed, 

constant-speed propeller. The WM K-14 engine was itself a foreign import, 

being produced under a license from the French manufacturer Gnome- 

Rhône, which had, in turn, based the design on the British Bristol Jupiter 

engine. 

Hungary obtained the further licenses needed to produce the modified 

planes internally and went into full production. Between 1940 and 1945, the 

country built approximately 200 of the MÁVAG Héja fighters. As it turned out, 

combat results for the MÁVAG Héja were poor. Hungarian 

pilots found themselves time and again 

outgunned and outmaneuvered by 

Allied P-38s and P-47s. 

Sources: HistoryOfWar.org, 

www.historyofwar.org; HyperScale, 

http://kits.kitreview.com; and 

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org. 




ACTUATORS 

ACTUATORS 




FAX: 516-357-2709 






Contact: Andres Posse 

andres@aviationbrake.com 








Kearfott Guidance and Navigation Corp 

Astronautics Corporation of America 

2858 US Highway 70W Black Mountain NC USA 

28711-9111 828-350-5300 

FAX: 828-686-5764 




FAX: 818 885 5091 






53051 262-437-7500 




AIRFRAME & AIRFRAME PARTS 

OVERHAUL 

AIRFRAME/AIRFRAME PARTS & 



FAX: 210-566-9764 210-566-9755 



FAX: 661-295-5886 









FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 




FAX: 850-456-8231 

CPI Aerostructures Inc 

200A Executive Dr. Edgewood NY 11717 

631-586-5200 


INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 





FAX: 818-904-6799 





Toll Free: 800-647-6148 FAX: 901-842-7135 







FAX: 818-837-9546 818-898-1998 






Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 




IMP AEROSPACE 



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FAX: 661-298-7035 






FAX: 818-765-2436 



ROTAIR INDUSTRIES 

964 Crescent Ave. Bridgeport CT 06607 203-576-6545 

FAX: 203-576-6804 

Contact: Christine M. Kudravy, President 

sales@rotair.com www.rotair.com 





FAX: 414-351-1543 


United States Aviation Corporation 

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. 

6900 Main St. Stratford CT 06614 203-386-4000 




FAX: 212-228-6621 









FAX: 516-357-2709 



Electro-Tec Corp. 

1501 N. Main St. Blacksburg VA 24060 540-552-2111 

FAX: 540-951-3832 




FAX: 818-598-2089 


OVERHAUL 

APUS OVERHAUL 


Alturdyne 


FAX: 619-442-0481 





FAX: 631-585-4200 





INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 





Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 











FAX: 818-765-2436 




OVERHAUL 





FAX: 516-357-2709 









FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 




FAX: 414-447-8231 414-449-4000 


INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 





FAX: 310-513-7298 310-513-7200 

QUICK REFERENCE: ROTORCRAFT 



FAX: 818-904-6799 



Toll Free: 888-679-6170 262-679-6170 

FAX: 262-679-6175 


IMP AEROSPACE 



B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 


Innovative Solutions & Support 

720 Pennsylvania Drive Exton PA 19341 

FAX: 610-646-0146 610-646-9800 

www.innovative-ss.com Contact: Dennis Fedison 












FAX: 818-598-2089 



FAX: 610-582-0851 




53051 262-437-7500 









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FAX: 631-585-4200 






FAX: 626-813-1235 626-813-1234 




FAX: 425-743-8371 425-743-1313 





FAX: 610-208-1630 



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BEARINGS & BEARING REPAIRS 

AirGroup America Inc. 

103 Kings Court, P.O. Box 1353 Wexford PA 15090 

airgroup@zbzoom.net 724-779-9500 

FAX: 724-779-9510 

www.airgroupamerica.com sgrieme@zbzoom.net 


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Amjet Aerospace, Inc. 

37 W 39th St. New York NY 10018 212-398-0400 

Contact: Paul Varkell FAX: 212-398-0190 

Dixie Aerospace 

Suite 100, 560 Atlanta S. Pkwy. Atlanta GA 30349 

Telex: 542141 SITA: ATLDBXD 404-348-8100 

Toll Free: 800-241-8471 FAX: 404-763-2577 

www.dixieaerospace.com sales@dixieaerospace.com 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 




FAX: 212-228-6621 




FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 






Toll Free: 800-533-5667 FAX: 860-928-6167 




FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 


FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 


FAX: 909-597-0881 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 



19409 610-631-1800 


CABLE & WIRE 


CABLE & WIRE 




FAX: 631-585-4200 




IMP AEROSPACE 



B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 





Toll Free: 800-533-5667 FAX: 860-928-6167 




FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 


FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 


FAX: 909-597-0881 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 




FAX: 818-598-2089 







IMP AEROSPACE 



B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 




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CHEMICALS 




FAX: 631-585-4200 




Heatcon Composite Systems 

600 Andover Park E. Seattle WA 98188 206-575-1333 

FAX: 206-575-0856 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 



www.revereproducts.com Toll Free: 800-966-0502 

CONNECTORS 

CHEMICALS 

CONNECTORS 



FAX: 818-407-5460 818-407-5400 

www.airelectro.com steve@airelectro.com 


American Connector Corporation 

5601 NW 159th Street Miami Lakes FL 33014 

FAX: 305-591-2441 305-591-7530 



30067-7753 770-799-4900 





Toll Free: 800-896-7153 FAX: 954-746-9448 






FAX: 631-585-4200 






FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 






Toll Free: 800-421-5840 FAX: 310-632-5413 





FAX: 805-987-3344 





Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 




FAX: 818-598-2089 




CONSULTANTS 

CONSULTANTS 




FAX: 516-576-3221 




FAX: 818-598-2089 



COMPONENTS 

ELECTRONICS 

90 Remington Blvd. • Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 


631-585-4100 • AOG 631-648-1059 • Fax 631-585-4200 




FAX: 516-357-2709 





FAX: 818-407-5460 818-407-5400 

www.airelectro.com 

steve@airelectro.com 


American Connector Corporation 

5601 NW 159th Street Miami Lakes FL 33014 

FAX: 305-591-2441 305-591-7530 



FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 

www.aamsi.com 

Contact: Richard Simcox 



FAX: 414-447-8231 414-449-4000 



30067-7753 770-799-4900 



T 

O 

O 

L 

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FAX: 631-585-4200 






FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 






FAX: 805-987-3344 





Toll Free: 888-679-6170 262-679-6170 

FAX: 262-679-6175 


IMP AEROSPACE 



B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 




Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 








FAX: 818-598-2089 




FAX: 661-273-4240 

Spacecraft Components Corp. 

3040 N Clayton St N Las Vegas NV USA 89032 

www.spacecraft.com 702-851-7600 

FAX: 702-851-7620 







FAX: 321-308-0796 

Contact: Randy Koller 

rkoller@symetrics.com 






FAX: 516-357-2709 



Alturdyne 


FAX: 619-442-0481 


American Jet Engine Co., Inc. 

37 West 39th St. New York NY 10018 212-398-0400 

FAX: 212-398-0190 

AVIALL 



Contact: Ty Genteman tgenteman@aviall.com 

David Aviation, Inc. 

107 Industrial Blvd. Pensacola FL USA 32505 

www.davidav.com 850-456-6163 

FAX: 850-456-4647 


INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 



DIMO CORP. 



FAX: 302-324-8277 





FAX: 772-219-0600 772-219-4600 ext. 17 

Contact: Edwared B. Ajuelo www.ebairfoils.com 




FAX: 514-633-6308 




Toll Free: 800-544-0050 FAX: 310-322-1875 






FAX: 818 885 5091 




FAX: 818-765-2436 





FAX: 203-576-6804 







FAX: 414-351-1543 


SIMTECH 



FAX: 860-653-3857 

Standard Aero 

33 Allen Dyne Rd,Winnepeg Int’l Airport Winnipeg, 

Manitoba Canada R3H 1A1 204-788-5466 

www.standardaero.com FAX: 204-788-0038 

Contact: Richard Price team@standardaero.ca 

Standard Aero (Alliance) Inc. 

1029 Ross Drive Maryville TN 37801 865-983-2992 

FAX: 865-983-2092 

Alliance@standardaero.ca 

FAA# AE0R215N 

Business Aviation & Helicopters 

Suite1 29034 216th Ave SE Black Diamond WA 98010 

Pt6@standardaero.com 360-886-1906 

FAX: 360-886-1928 

Large Fleet and Airlines - Sales & Service 

525 Commerce St Southlake TX 76092 817-251-3579 

FAX: 817-251-4837 





8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 







FAX: 212-228-6621 




Williams Detroit Diesel Allison Midwest 

1395 Triplett Blvd. Akron OH 44306 

Toll Free: 800-229-6110 


Alturdyne 


FAX: 619-442-0481 




FAX: 772-219-0600 772-219-4600 ext. 17 

Contact: Edwared B. Ajuelo www.ebairfoils.com 




FAX: 514-633-6308 








FAX: 818-765-2436 



FASTENERS 


FASTENERS 




FAX: 516-334-4109 









FAX: 631-585-4200 






Telex: 371-7938 FAX: 818-504-2979 


General Aircraft Co. 

321 Kinetic Drive Oxnard CA 93030 888-923-7196 

www.generalairgraft.com FAX: 888-317-7103 

Contact: Will Hutchins 

will@generalaircraft.com 

HC Pacific 



www.hcpacific.com 

hcpac@ix.netcom.com 




FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 


FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 


FAX: 909-597-0881 


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Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 



FAX: 323-721-1851 323-722-4760 

Nylok Aerospace 

313 Euclid Way Anaheim CA 92801 714-635-3993 

FAX: 714-635-9553 

Ontic Engineering & Manufacturing Inc. 

20360 Plummer St. Chatsworth CA 91311 

FAX: 818-678-6618 818-678-6555 

P.O.Box 7044 N Hollywood CA 91609 

Piedmont Aviation Services 

3821 N. Liberty St. Winston Salem NC 27105 

FAX: 336-776-6091 336-776-6060 

Standard Aero Parts 

5100 Maureen Lane Moorpark CA USA 93021 

standardaero@earthlink.net 805-531-5410 

FAX: 805-531-5419 


8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 



FITTINGS 

FITTINGS 




Contact: David Bill FAX: 818-841-2342 





FAX: 631-585-4200 






Telex: 371-7938 FAX: 818-504-2979 


Multinational Offspring 




678-438-7271 

www.tfs2.com FAX: 770-794-3222 


FUEL CELLS 



Toll Free: 800-635-9535 FAX: 214-358-3835 






Toll Free: 800-647-6148 FAX: 901-842-7135 








Toll Free: 800-635-9535 FAX: 214-358-3835 






Toll Free: 800-647-6148 FAX: 901-842-7135 





Even in the world of UAVs and UCAVs, multicompany and multinational 

efforts are becoming the norm. Smartfish, a group based in Switzerland, 

may be small, but its concepts and products coordinate contributions of 

nine geographically scattered organizations. 

The HyFish, a small fuel-cell-powered UAV, was designed through a 

cooperative effort led by scientists at the DLR Institute for Technical 

Thermodynamics in Stuttgart, Germany. That effort is dwarfed by the 

nEUROn project led by France's Dassault. In this case, the offspring is not 

so small; the nEUROn is nearly the size of a Mirage jet fighter. 

This more complex undertaking meshes the joint and 

independent work of Alenia Dassault Aviation, 

EADS, and Thales of France; EAB of 

Greece; Aeronautica of Italy; EADS 

CASA of Spain; Saab of Sweden; 

and RUAG of Switzerland. 

Sources: Signal Online, www.afcea.org; SmartFish, 

www.smartfish.ch; Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org. 


FUEL CELLS 







FAX: 516-357-2709 





FAX: 425-743-8371 425-743-1313 






FAX: 514-633-6308 






Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 









8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 








FAX: 631-585-4200 






FAX: 215-860-1043 



Telex: 371-7938 FAX: 818-504-2979 


JGILS, LLC 

144 Kingspoint Blvd. Slidell LA 70461 985-645-0739 

FAX: 504-649-2069 


8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 



GROUND SUPPORT 



Ace Aviation Service, Inc. 

3239 Roymar Rd. A Oceanside CA 92054 

FAX: 520-485-2555 760-721-2804 



FAX: 210-566-9764 210-566-9755 

Alturdyne 


FAX: 619-442-0481 



BESTEK Industries, Inc. 

1343 SW 35th St. San Antonio TX 78237 

FAX: 210-434-1074 210-434-1071 

Dixie Air Parts Supply Inc. 

2202 W Malone St. San Antonio TX 78224 

FAX: 210-924-4901 210-924-5561 

PO Box 3583 San Antonio TX 78211 




FAX: 714-662-1052 714-662-2440 



FAX: 704-283-1206 704-289-6565 







FAX: 516-576-3221 

G-H Distributors Inc. 

2793 Bristol Pike Bensalem PA USA 19020 

ghdist.sh@verizon.net 215-245-0101 

FAX: 215-245-4243 

Mercury GSE 

15915 Piuma Ave Cerritos CA USA 90703 

www.mercurygse.com 562 653 0654 

FAX: 562 653 0665 



19409 610-631-1800 





FAX: 215-464-9300 





FAX: 818-841-2342 





FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 





FAX: 425-743-8371 425-743-1313 






Toll Free: 800-544-0050 FAX: 310-322-1875 





FAX: 801-489-2034 801-489-2019 




FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 


FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 


FAX: 909-597-0881 



562-776-4039 



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FAX: 516-357-2709 




SIKORSKY REPLACEMENT PARTS 

H60(S70) - H3(S61) - H53(S65) 

sPECIALIZING IN BLACKHAWK COMPONENTS 

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ALL MODELS 

MILITARY SPECIALIST 

964 Crescent Avenue 

Bridgeport, Connecticut 06607 

(203) 576-6545 

Fax: (203) 576-6804 

Email: sales@rotair.com 

Web: www.rotair.com 




FAX: 818-841-2342 





Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 






FAX: 801-489-2034 801-489-2019 

Contact: Ron McClean 

www.kitcodefense.com 




FAX: 818 885 5091 








Technolube Products 


FAX: 562-776-4004 562-776-4039 



53051 262-437-7500 









FAX: 305-235-8185 



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FAX: 817-624-4282 817-740-4700 




8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 



infoRMATION SERVICES 


ABDONLINE.COM 



FAX: 914-242-5422 



Memphis TN USA 38018 901-794-5000 


NSN-NOW.COM 

8200 Republic Airport;Hangar 43, Suite 6 Farmingdale 

NY 11735 631-847-3504 

www.nsn-now.com FAX: 631-847-0264 

INSPECTIONS 

INSPECTIONS 



Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 






OVERHAUL OVERHAUL 



FAX: 414-447-8231 414-449-4000 


INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 





FAX: 310-513-7298 310-513-7200 



FAX: 818-904-6799 

IMP AEROSPACE 



B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 


Innovative Solutions & Support 

720 Pennsylvania Drive Exton PA 19341 

FAX: 610-646-0146 610-646-9800 

www.innovative-ss.com Contact: Dennis Fedison 












FAX: 818-598-2089 




FAX: 818-765-2436 





53051 262-437-7500 







FAX: 215-464-9300 




INTERIORS & INTERIORS 

OVERHAUL OVERHAUL 




FAX: 818-904-6799 

INVERTERS 



FAX: 425-743-8371 425-743-1313 



LANDING GEAR 

INVERTERS 



AEREX Manufacturing, Inc. 

34 S. Satellite Rd South Windsor CT 06074 

860-643-7627 



FAX: 661-295-5886 









FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 




FAX: 850-456-8231 



FAX: 425-743-8371 425-743-1313 




INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 





Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 






FAX: 801-489-2034 801-489-2019 





FAX: 818 885 5091 








FAX: 818-765-2436 





FAX: 203-576-6804 







FAX: 414-351-1543 





LIGHTING 




FAX: 631-585-4200 






FAX: 818-904-6799 


PO Box 231 Bohemia NY USA 11716 631-589-33089 


Toll Free: 1-800-331-2852 

Contact: Edie Muldoon 

info@bulbspecialists.com 

LUBRICANTS 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 

MACHINISTS 

LIGHTING 

LUBRICANTS 

MACHINISTS 




FAX: 516-334-4109 






FAX: 516-334-4109 


Ferguson Metals 

3475 Symmes Road Hamilton OH USA 45015 

www.fergusonmetals.com 513-860-6500 

FAX: 513-874-6857 




FAX: 1310 532 6188 

RJ Enterprise Inc 

84 Common Rd Willington CT USA 06279 

www.titanium-metals.com 877-803-0503 

FAX: 877-519-4961 




FAX: 310 217 0066 

METAL FABRICATION & 

ASSEMBLY& 

ASSEMBLY 



FAX: 661-295-5886 





FAX: 714-662-1052 714-662-2440 



FAX: 818-904-6799 



FAX: 203-576-6804 




METALS 


METALS 




FAX: 516-334-4109 

ALLOY METALS, INC. 

2920 Technology Drive Rochester Hills MI 48309 

Toll Free: 800-223-3989 248-218-5200 

FAX: 248-853-0240 

24B Barnes Industrial Road Wallingford CT 06492 

Ferguson Metals 

3475 Symmes Road Hamilton OH USA 45015 

www.fergusonmetals.com 513-860-6500 

FAX: 513-874-6857 




FAX: 1310 532 6188 

METALS - NICKEL ALLOY 

METALS - NICKEL ALLOY 

ALLOY METALS, INC. 

2920 Technology Drive Rochester Hills MI 48309 

Toll Free: 800-223-3989 248-218-5200 

FAX: 248-853-0240 

24B Barnes Industrial Road Wallingford CT 06492 

METALS - TITANIUM 

METALS - TITANIUM 

SUPRA Alloys, Inc 

351 Cortez Circle Camarillo CA 93012 805-388-2138 

www.suraalloys.com FAX: 805-914-1368 

Toll Free: 800-647-8772 

MODIFICATIONS 




FAX: 516-334-4109 



FAX: 818-904-6799 




FAX: 514-633-6308 

IMP AEROSPACE 



B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 


MOUNTS 

Electro Mavin 

2985 E. Harcourt St. Rancho Dominguez CA 90221 

www.mavin.com 310-632-9867 

FAX: 310-632-3557 





FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 





FAX: 321-308-0796 


OXYGEN SYSTEMS & OXYGEN 

EQUIPMENT OVERHAUL 

Mass Systems 

4601 Littlejohn Stree Baldwin Park CA 91706 

www.ameronglobal.com 626-337-1640 

FAX: 626-337-1641 

Scott Aviation 

225 Erie Street Lancaster NY 14086 716-686-1661 

FAX: 716-681-1089 


DEFT, INC. 



Toll Free: 1-800-544-3338 FAX: 949-474-7269 




FAX: 818-904-6799 

PAINTING 

MODIFICATIONS 

MOUNTS 

NAV-COM SYSTEMS 

OXYGEN EQUIPMENT & OXYGEN 


PAINTING 

DEFT, INC. 



Toll Free: 1-800-544-3338 FAX: 949-474-7269 



IMP AEROSPACE 



B2T 1K3 902-873-2250 



COMPONENTS 




FAX: 516-357-2709 












53051 262-437-7500 




PROPELLERS/PARTS PROPELLERS/PARTS & & 

PROPELLERS/PARTS OVERHAUL 



FAX: 850-456-8231 








FAX: 818-765-2436 






FAX: 414-351-1543 





FAX: 215-464-9300 

RADOMES 




FAX: 818-598-2089 

SEALS 


COMPONENTS 

RADOMES 

SEALS 


PO Box 40270 Cleveland OH USA 44140440-835-9723 


Contact: Jim Potter pottercorp@aol.com 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 


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8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 



SEATING - SEAT MATERIALS 

SEATING - SEAT MATERIALS 

Jet Repair Center 

7501 N. W. 52nd Street Miami FL USA 33166 

www.jetgroup.net 786-845-3053 

FAX: 786-845-3057 

SEATS & TRACKS 

SEATING, SEAT BELTS , TRACKS 




FAX: 1310 532 6188 


COMPONENTS COMPONENTS 




FAX: 818-904-6799 



FAX: 610-582-0851 




HYDRO USA CO 



FAX: 253-876-2110 






INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 



Life Support International 

200 Rittenhouse Circle Bristol PA 19007 

greg@lifesupportintl.com 215-785-2870 

www.lifesupportintl.com FAX: 215-785-2880 




FAX: 818-765-2436 



SURVIVAL PRODUCTS INC. 

5614 SW 25th St. Hollywood FL 33023 954-966-7329 

Contact: Donna Rogers/V.P. FAX: 954-966-3584 

www.survivalproductsinc.com 

sales@survivalproductsinc.com 

SWITCHES 

SWITCHES 



30067-7753 770-799-4900 


Electro Mavin 

2985 E. Harcourt St. Rancho Dominguez CA 90221 

www.mavin.com 310-632-9867 

FAX: 310-632-3557 




Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 




FAX: 818-598-2089 









FAX: 516-357-2709 






FAX: 954-772-1633 954-772-6606 










www.ckt.com 805-987-4801 

FAX: 805-987-4811 

Eastern NDT, Inc. 

1404 City Point Road Hopewell VA USA 23860 

Support@easterndt.com 804 458 1780 

FAX: 804 458 1780 




FAX: 818-598-2089 




FAX: 661-273-4240 



678-438-7271 

www.tfs2.com FAX: 770-794-3222 





FAX: 310 217 0066 

TIRES 

TIRES 




Contact: Andres Posse andres@aviationbrake.com 



Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 




Michelin Aircraft Tire Corp. 

One Parkway South P.O. Box 19001 Greenville SC 

29615 864-458-5000 

FAX: 864-422-7071 

TOOLS - AIR POWER 

TOOLS - AIR POWER 

HYDRO USA CO 



FAX: 253-876-2110 



PO Box 40270 Cleveland OH USA 44140440-835-9723 


Contact: Jim Potter pottercorp@aol.com 



FAX: 323-721-1851 323-722-4760 



Toll Free: 800-645-8180 631-471-3300 

FAX: 631-471-3308 

1219 W. Mahalo Place Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220- 

5446 

310-632-5400 

FAX: 310-632-3900 

VALVES 





8530 N. 220th Rd. Beggs OK 74421 918-756-6969 






FAX: 714-662-1052 714-662-2440 

WHEELS/BRAKES & W 







Toll Free: 800-443-8302 818-765-6201 

FAX: 818-765-2065 





FAX: 818-765-2436 






INC. 


FAX: 703-766-1701 703-766-1700 



WIRE HARNESS TESTING 



www.ckt.com 805-987-4801 

FAX: 805-987-4811 


VALVES ADVERTISERS’ INDEX 




WIRE HARNESS TESTING 





Toll Free: 800-533-5667 FAX: 860-928-6167 




FAX: 305-507-7191 305-925-2600 


FAX: 310-901-1915 310-901-1910 


FAX: 909-597-0881 



Telex: 794083 FAX: 817-640-1956 

Metro: 817-640-4949 


ABDonline.com 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 

Airborne Technologies, Inc. . . .44 

AOG Tank Tigers . . . . . . . . . . . .18 

Av-Tech Industries, Inc. . . . . . . .55 

Canfield Electronics, Inc. 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54, 65, 74 

Consolidated Aircraft Suply Co., Inc. 

. . . . . . . . . . . . .Inside Front Cover 

Cunico, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 

DAC International . . . . . . . . . . .20 

Defense Technology 

Equipment, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . .50 

Deft, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69 

Dynamic Fabrication, Inc. . . . . .58 

Excel Aerospace Supply, Inc. . .55 

Floats & Fuel Cells . . . . . . . . . . .45 


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 

Frazier Aviation, Inc. . . . .13, 17, 43 

Higher Source Aviation .14, 16, 20 

Inventory Locator Service . . . . .57 

Kellstrom Industries . . . . . . . . . .21 

Kitco Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65 

Loos & Co., Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . .47 

Northrop Grumman Corp. . . . . . . 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Special Insert 

Ogden Eccles Conference Center 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 

Pacific Sky Supply, Inc. . . . . . . . .51 

Rockwell Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 

Rolls-Royce Corp. Defense 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Back Cover 

Rotair Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 

S3 International . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 

Simtech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 

Symetrics Industries, Inc. . . . . . .22 

Tactical Flight Services . . . . . . .59 

Technolube Products . . . . . . . . .67 

USATCO/U.S. Airtool Co. . . . . .80 

WRITE TO US! 

We welcome your comments, criticisms, 

praise and suggestions. Please contact us at: 

Aviation Aftermarket Defense 

116 Radio Circle Dr., Ste. 302, 

Mt Kisco, NY 10549 

production@abdonline.com 

Fax: 914-242-5422 


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