Don Chanhttp://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2009-12/22/content_12686630.htm
17 December 2009:
Fuselage of second EC175 / Z-15 medium util helo.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/mil/2009-12/23/content_12691776.htm
23 December 2009:
Short article about Chicom Volunteers AF heroes in the Korean War.
Don Chanhttp://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20100106-00000182-mailo-l36
5 January 2010:
Tokushima JMSDF AB, Tokushima Prefecture.
First training flights of year. Total six aircraft.
TC-90 of 202nd Kyouiku Koukuutai, and UH-60J of Tokushima Koukuu Detachment.
http://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/ishikawa/20091223/CK2009122302000193.html
http://www.hab.co.jp/headline/news0000004444.html
http://mytown.asahi.com/ishikawa/news.php?k_id=18000000912230005
22 December 2009:
6th Koukuudan, JASDF, based at Komatsu AB, Ishikawa Prefecture.
13:50, after four F-15 landed, all training flights completed in 2009.
5 January 2010, training flights resume.
Don Chanhttp://www.gifu-np.co.jp/news/kennai/20091222/200912220849_9586.shtml
21 December 2009:
Fourth KC-767.
JASDF.
Arrives at Gifu AB, Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture.
After final maintenance at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Gifu factory, will assign to Komaki AB, Aichi Prefecture.
Don Chanhttp://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm?storyid=ACCA85F5-5056-A318-A874F70BAEF27CA1
“FIRST FEMALE TORNADO CREW IN AFGHANISTAN”
First Female Crew in Afghanistan – Sunday 20 December 2009
Don Chanhttp://mili.cn.yahoo.com/newspic/mili_newspic_article.html?id=420
“F-CK-1C IDF cockpit”.
http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/fresh-news/article?mid=7999&prev=-2&next=-2&page=1&sc=1#yartcmt
2009/12/14 02:05
Seems the ROCAF or ROC MND will spend NT$ 16 bil in four years to upgrade 71 IDFs.
Don Chan(Correct me if I’m wrong!)
http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview.htm?articleid=2009121122422184007&linkid=4&newssetid=1352
http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview.htm?articleid=2009121117365430502&linkid=4&newssetid=1352
http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview.htm?articleid=2009121109382038901&linkid=4&newssetid=1352
11 December 2009:
Seems this year’s ROKAF Top Gun is a Major (40) of 122nd FS, 11th FW, who flies the F-15K, and flew the F-4, F-5, and F-16.
Seems in June 2001, he bailed out of a F-16.
Don Chanhttp://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091218-00000197-mailo-l31
17 December 2009:
Yonago AP, Tottori Prefecture.
Re-opening ceremony.
Runway extended 500 m to 2,500 m.
B-777, up to 490 crew and passengers, can land and take off; bigger than current ANA B-737, up to 167 crew and passengers.
Capability for direct extended range flights to Australia and North America west coast.
19 December, B-767 memorial charter flight, up to 214 crew and passengers, to Hawaii.
[JASDF and JCG, as Miho AB, share the runway.]
Don Chanhttp://www.eads.net/1024/en/pressdb/pressdb/20091217_ec_maiden_flight_ec175.html
“Eurocopter celebrates the maiden flight of its new EC175 [Chicom AVIC Z-15] helicopter”
Marignane, 17 December 2009
The development and industrialization work has been equally split between Eurocopter and AVIC according to the specialties of each company. Two different helicopters will result from the common platform: The EC175 manufactured, sold and maintained by Eurocopter in Marignane and the Z15, manufactured, sold and maintained by the AVIC Group.
h ttp://tw.news.yahoo.com/article/url/d/a/091217/60/1x4s4.html
17 December 2009:
General LIU Gui Li, who was the 16th ROCAF CIC, from May 2004 to February 2006, passed away on 17 December 2009, at 15:00, at a hospital in Taipei. He was 67.
<(T_T)
Don ChanReminder: NORAD Tracks Santa 2009 has been on-line for a short while.
http://www.noradsanta.org/en/index.html
Hmm. Its Chinese version is in simplified fonts, not traditional fonts.
http://www.gazette.com/articles/nation-90993-charge-norad.html
“NORAD gears up for Santa mission”
December 17, 2009 8:34 PM
LANCE BENZEL
THE GAZETTE
This year, about 20 children of military personnel were invited to join commanders from the North American Aerospace Defense Command at Peterson Air Force Base as they briefed Santa on airspace preparations for his global Christmas Eve flight.
The kids squirmed with mouths agape while Air Force Maj. Jim Collins — by day, an F-16 fighter pilot — mulled the details of Santa’s “gift-to-child ratio” and concerns about “chimney facilities.”
Don ChanFor comparison:
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091215-00000051-mai-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091215-00000016-maip-soci
15 December 2009:
As the JMOD probably will order a new sub in ’10, Kawasaki and Mitsubishi may compete for it. Based on the defense plan conceived in ’76, the JMSDF would have 16 subs.
From ’77 to ’08, each year the JMOD retired the oldest boat, ordered one new boat, and alternated between the two companies. In ’09, no old boat retired, and no new boat ordered.
From contract to delivery, takes about four years. A dock takes at least one year to complete a new boat.
The JMOD ’10 budget requests 54.4 bil Yen for a new boat.
Don Chan>Monday, 28 September 2009:
>YS-11M-A. #44, 61-9044.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091209-00000209-jij-soci
2009.12.09:
JMSDF announced accident report.
Student co-pilot landed 10 knots faster than normal, touched down 400 m beyond normal touch down area, and touched down 50 m beyond middle point of runway.
Instructor pilot did not appropriately instruct co-pilot, did not appropriately judge whether aircraft could stop when landing beyond middle point of runway, and did not abort or correct the landing.
Don Chan31 July 2009:
Komaki Minami factory, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Ceremony of 10,000th new built or repaired aircraft for JMOD, since factory began in 1952.
10,000th aircraft was F-2 93-8553 [#553].
Source:
Koukuu Fan, No. 684, 2009 December, page 130
Don ChanTuesday, 8 December 2009:
SH-60J. 8297, #97.
22nd Koukuutai, 22nd Koukuugun, JMSDF, based at Oomura AB, Oomura City, Nagasaki Prefecture.
19:40, during training, crashed into sea, 25 km west-southwest of Ioujima Island or Mie Cape, Nagasaki Prefecture.
Another helicopter of same base saw the accident.
Local weather was good visibility, no rain.
Two of three crew missing.
Pilot Commander Kitajima Kunihiko (39) was floating and rescued. Conscious. Right hand fractured.
Helicopter sank while he was rescued.
Co-pilot Petty Officer First Class Senba Hiroyuki (24) was missing.
Airman Petty Officer Second Class Asai Chiaki (41) was missing.
17:35, one of flight of three, took off, at Oomura AB. Co-pilot training.
20:00, scheduled to return to base.
18:30, final radio contact with base.
19:40, base received ELT emergency signal. Automatic signal when helicopter crash-lands, or has strong impact.
Other two helicopters, and two more helicopters from base, immediately began SAR.
19:45, discovered Kitajima.
After 20:00, discovered accident helicopter.
20:35, rescued Kitajima.
22:25, JCG ship recovered rotor part of fuselage.
From 1991, SH-60J assigned to units. JMSDF has 62 aircraft.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091208-00001177-yom-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091208-00000190-jij-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091208-00000129-mai-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091208-00000029-maip-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091209-00000001-jij-soci
“Crashed MSDF chopper located on seabed; 1 body found”
Wednesday 09th December, 04:00 PM JST
TOKYO – A Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel Wednesday located an MSDF patrol helicopter that crash-landed the previous day in waters off the city of Nagasaki, leaving two of its three crew members missing.
(The comments under this article are serious, while some Japanese Netters still blame (North Korean) operatives for all their very recent accidents and sabotages, such as the 20-odd JGSDF soldiers who were taken to hospital for poisoning after their instructor told them to taste explosive; or that the unfortunate crew of this unfortunate helo are operatives, so operatives are everywhere.)
Don Chan1st impression: IMO, might be a 3D model to study the F-22 RCS in a radiation lab, to develop/improve AAMs and air-defense radars.
After all, even the Jap TRDI made a 1:1 mock-up of a domestic ATF, and IIRC shipped it to France for RCS experiments.
Don Chan>Friday, 4 December 2009:
>F-15J MSIP. 22-8930, #930.
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/1207/TKY200912070370.html
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091207-00000116-mai-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20091207-00000030-maip-soci
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/videonews/jnn/20091207/20091207-00000039-jnn-soci.html
2009.12.07:
JASDF announced cause was probably human error. F-15 did not extend landing gear when landing.
Pilot probably forgot to extend landing gear, and extended landing gear after F-15 touched down. He thought he extended landing gear.
JASDF analysed digital flight data recorder. Warning alarm and lamp when landing gear not extended, activated normally for above 30 seconds before landing, but pilot probably did not pay attention to them.
F-15 landed and spinned on almost empty centre drop tank.
Pilot’s total flight time was 3,600 hours. 2,700 hours in F-15.
On ground, another pilot had duty to confirm landing gear extended. He saw landing gear not extended, but did not timely warn pilot by radio.
JASDF ATC also did not remember any warning.
Sign In
