23.08.2004, 18:49
Zitat:JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY - AUGUST 11, 2004:daumen:
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Turkey seeks local Phantom upgrade
Lale Sariibrahimoglu JDW Correspondent
Ankara
The Turkish Air Force's (TAF's) F-4E Phantom II attack aircraft will be upgraded by local industry under a proposal put forward by Turkey's Defence Industries Undersecretariat (SSM).
The SSM has written to the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and the Ministry of National Defence (MND) as well as to the Turkish Air Force Command (TAFC) offering to modernise 48 F-4E Phantom IIs with the help of local industry. The TGS has not yet responded to the offer.
IAI upgraded 54 F-4Es to the Phantom 2020 configuration under an agreement, signed in January 1997 and financed under a $700-million Israeli state credit. These aircraft are equipped with AGM-142 Popeye medium-range air-to-ground missiles (AGMs). The first 26 F-4Es were upgraded in Israel and the remaining 28 were upgraded in Turkey at the 1st Air Supply and Maintenance Centre in Eskisehir, near Ankara.
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