TITLE

Expanded Reach

AUTHOR(S)
Ben-David, Alon
PUB. DATE
January 2010
SOURCE
Aviation Week & Space Technology;1/11/2010, Vol. 172 Issue 2, p22
SOURCE TYPE
Trade Publication
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article focuses on the upgrade of the Israeli Air Force's (IAF) fleet of KC-707 to address nuclear threat from Iran. The government awarded the 23-million-U.S.-dollar contract to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in 2008 to improve the long-range strike capacity of the aircraft. The modifications includes replacement of the analog cockpit with six-multifunction displays and installation of communications equipment and refueling boom similar to the one used by the U.S. Air Force (USAF). The first upgraded KC-707 was delivered to IAF in November 2009.
ACCESSION #
48026777

Tags: MILITARY airplanes;  ISRAEL. Hel ha-avir;  NUCLEAR weapons -- Iran;  ISRAEL Aerospace Industries Ltd.;  AIR power

 

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