Malta l-aktar pajji] fl-UE li ]ied l-impjiegi bi 3.7% - MaltaRightNow.com
Malta l-aktar pajji] fl-UE li ]ied l-impjiegi bi 3.7% - MaltaRightNow.com
Malta l-aktar pajji] fl-UE li ]ied l-impjiegi bi 3.7% - MaltaRightNow.com
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IN-NAZZJON L-Erbg[a, 6 ta’ April, 2011<br />
Loka<strong>li</strong> 3<br />
F’/erimonja <strong>li</strong> saret il<strong>bi</strong>era[ <strong>fl</strong>-Air Wing tal-Forzi Armati ta’<br />
<strong>Malta</strong>, <strong>fl</strong>-Ajruport Internazzjona<strong>li</strong> ta’ <strong>Malta</strong>, kien ippre]entat<br />
l-ajruplan ;did Hawker Beech King Air B200 <strong>li</strong> se jsa[[a[<br />
il-missjonijiet ta’ tiftix u salvata;; tal-armata<br />
(Ritratti, Michael ELLUL)<br />
Ajruplan ;did<br />
g[all-Forzi<br />
Armati ta’ <strong>Malta</strong><br />
Investiment ta’ kwa]i €10 miljun<br />
minn Matthew BONETT<br />
Il-Forzi Armati ta’ <strong>Malta</strong> g[andhom<br />
ajruplan ;did b[ala parti minn pro/ess<br />
<strong>li</strong> l-istess Armata g[addejja minnu <strong>bi</strong>ex<br />
timmodernizza l-operat u l-apparat<br />
kollu tag[ha. Dan l-ajruplan se jkun<br />
qed isa[[a[ ix-xog[ol <strong>li</strong> jwettqu l-Forzi<br />
Armati, dak <strong>li</strong> jg[inu persuni<br />
f’diffikultajiet u jag[tu l-ewwel<br />
g[ajnuna f’kull /irkustanza.<br />
L-ajruplan il-;did, maritime patrol<br />
aircraft, g[andu l-isem ta’ Hawker<br />
Beech King Air B200, u ;ie ppre]entat<br />
il<strong>bi</strong>era[ filg[odu waqt /erimonja <strong>fl</strong>-Air<br />
Wing tal-Forzi Armati ta’ <strong>Malta</strong>, <strong>fl</strong>-<br />
Ajruport Internazzjona<strong>li</strong> ta’ <strong>Malta</strong>, filpre]enza<br />
tal-Prim Ministru Lawrence<br />
Gonzi, u ta’ Franco Debono, l-Assistent<br />
Parlamentari <strong>fl</strong>-Uffi//ju tal-Prim<br />
Ministru.<br />
Dan l-ajruplan ifisser <strong>aktar</strong> sigurtà<br />
fost i/-/ittadini Maltin hekk kif se jkun<br />
qed jintu]a f’missjonijiet ta’ tiftix u<br />
salvata;;, kif ukoll ta’ sorveljanza.<br />
F’kummenti <strong>li</strong>l IN-NAZZJON, il-<br />
Brigadier tal-Forzi Armati ta’ <strong>Malta</strong><br />
Martin Xuereb, spjega <strong>li</strong> dan l-ajruplan<br />
ifisser pass k<strong>bi</strong>r ’il quddiem g[all-Forzi<br />
Armati. “Se j]id il-kapa/itajiet tag[na u<br />
se j]id il-kapa/itajiet <strong>bi</strong>ex inkunu <strong>aktar</strong><br />
[in <strong>fl</strong>-ajru u f’distanzi <strong>aktar</strong> ’il bog[od<br />
mill-ixtut tag[na,” qal il-Brigadier.<br />
L-ajruplan il-;did g[andu l-fa/i<strong>li</strong>tà <strong>li</strong><br />
jag[mel kuntatt ma/-?entru tal-<br />
Operazzjonijiet tal-Forzi Armati, kif<br />
ukoll g[andu sistemi u radars kapa/i<br />
jie[du ritratti minn mijiet ta’ mi<strong>li</strong> barra<br />
minn <strong>Malta</strong> u jintbag[tu fejn irid<br />
permezz tal-internet. L-Air King<br />
g[andu l-fa/i<strong>li</strong>tà wkoll <strong>li</strong> jag[mel<br />
sorveljanza tal-ib[ra min-na[a ta’ wara<br />
tal-ajruplan.<br />
G[al dan l-ajruplan, kien hemm<br />
b]onn investiment k<strong>bi</strong>r b’total ta’ €9.6<br />
miljun, <strong>li</strong> 75% minnhom ;ew mill-<strong>UE</strong>,<br />
mill-Fond Ewropew g[all-{arsien tal-<br />
Fruntieri, waqt <strong>li</strong> l-25% l-o[ra [ar;u<br />
mill-Gvern Malti.<br />
Is-sena d-die[la hu mistenni <strong>li</strong> l-Forzi<br />
Armati jakkwistaw ajruplan ie[or<br />
b’karatteristi/i b[all-ajruplan il-;did.<br />
Se jkun qed jinbena wkoll hanger <strong>bi</strong>ex<br />
jilqa’ dawn i]-]ew; ajruplani.<br />
Il-Brigadier Martin Xuereb qal <strong>li</strong><br />
b[a<strong>li</strong>ssa, it-tieni ajruplan jinsab l-<br />
Amerika minn fejn f’Mejju se jittajjar<br />
lejn il-:ermanja fejn se jsirulu l-<br />
modifikazzjonijiet <strong>li</strong> l-Forzi Armati ta’<br />
<strong>Malta</strong> talbu spe/ifikament g[al <strong>Malta</strong>.<br />
Il-Prim Ministru Lawrence Gonzi<br />
fa[[ar is-servizz <strong>li</strong> taw il-Forzi Armati<br />
<strong>fl</strong>-a[[ar ;img[at, hekk kif g[addew<br />
16,000 persuna minn <strong>Malta</strong> <strong>bi</strong>ex mil-<br />
Libja jmorru lura lejn <strong>pajji</strong>]hom.<br />
Matul l-a[[ar sena, bdew jintu]aw<br />
erba’ patrol boats ;odda mill-Forzi<br />
Armati, u saret sistema ;dida ta’<br />
komunikazzjoni, b’investiment ta’ <strong>aktar</strong><br />
minn €12-il miljun.