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Air Force debuts Pave Hawk replacement helicopter
by Geoff Ziezulewicz
Washington (UPI) Jun 29, 2016


BAE delivers Royal Air Force software upgrade
London (UPI) Jun 29, 2016 - The U.K. Royal Air Force has received a synthetic simulator software upgrade, BAE Systems announced Wednesday.

The software upgrades provide pilots with the chance to simulate sorties over current operational areas, giving them the lay of the land before they deploy, the company said in a statement.

Engineers in BAE's aircrew training and synthetic services team delivered an urgent operational requirement to the Typhoon simulator's emulated deployable cockpit trainers at RAFs Coningsby and Lossiemouth.

The simulators allow pilots to recreate environments in Iraq and Syria, the company said.

The new capability, along with a de-briefing facility that was recently delivered to the RAF, was presented to Air Commodore Ian Dugid, the Typhoon Force Commander, during a visit to the Typhoon training facility in Lossiemouth.

Most recently, Typhoon FGR4s, flew close air support missions over Fallujah, Iraq, on June 22, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said.

The jets successfully attacked three ISIS strong points with Paveway IV guided bombs after allied ground forces identified the threats.

The U.S. Air Force introduced its first fully built HH-60G Pave Hawk Operational Replacement helicopter during a ceremony Tuesday in Hunstville, Ala.

The Pave Hawks are refurbished Army Black Hawk helicopters. The program aims to restore a Pave Hawk fleet lost in the nearly 15 years of combat operations since Sept. 11, 2001, the service said.

Pave Hawks are used to conduct combat search and rescue operations.

The Air Force acquired 21 Army Black Hawks and added a comprehensive modification kit and additional equipment.

The Black Hawks were well-maintained, structurally sound aircraft with no systemic maintenance problems, the Air Force said.

The Air Force worked with the Army's Aviation and Missile Command to modify the Black Hawks as part of an effort that began in 2012.

It required folding 30 years of Pave Hawk modifications into a single technical data package.

Air National Guard units are slated to begin receiving the repurposed helicopters in Fiscal 2018.


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