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the most numerous types in the
Royal Air Force’s inventory.
AFM’s
Jerry Gunner
went to RAF Syerston
to � nd out why.
looming (see page 36).
Northrop F-5 Tiger replacement
programme and its choice of
Saab's Gripen NG, which made
its � rst visit to the country in
October.
NEWS
5
Headlines
6 - 9
UK
10 - 13
Europe
16 - 19
North America
20 - 21
Latin America
23
Russia and CIS
24 - 25
Middle East
28
Africa
29 - 30
Asia Pacifi c
31
60
Time for T-X
Now that the US Air Force has
released key performance
parameters for its required advanced
jet trainer,
Ben Montgomery
looks at
the force’s T-X project.
42
RAPTOR – Bringing
home the goods
Peter R Foster
and
AFM
look at the
history and future of the RAF’s
main reconnaissance tool, the
RAPTOR pod.
80
Leader’s legacy
Georg Mader
spoke to the retiring
Swiss Air Force commander, Lt
Gen Markus Gygax.
66
Hips
in a hurry
Dr Jakub Fojtik
describes a
project for training Afghan and
US helicopter crews on Mi-17
helicopters at Pardubice in the
Czech Republic.
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Australasia
COVER FEATURE
36
US Sequestration:
“Shooting Ourselves in
the Head”
Blair Watson
considers
the impact of impending
sequestration of US Government
finances on the defence budget,
especially that of the air force.
48
F-22A Raptor
In
AFM’s
latest aircraft pro� le,
Tom Kaminski
examines the US
Air Force’s � rst stealth � ghter.
68
Armoured Workhorse
Alexander Mladenov
assesses the
latest developments in the Sukhoi
Su-25
Frogfoot
programme.
56
Lightning II: No Shocks
Now?
Andrew Brookes
reviews the
F-35 programme as a crucial year
approaches with US defence cuts
76
Switzerland Meets the
Gripen
AFM
reviews Switzerland’s
38
Being Vigilant in Notts
Gliders and sailplanes are among
REGULARS
4
Editorial
biggest and most important
field training exercise in Polish
military aviation.
to the Swiss Alps to report on
the action from the annual
AXALP exercise.
airshows in months to come in
the UK and around the World.
Feel free to contact the editor
if you know of one we haven't
listed!
32
Attrition
Military aviation accidents.
91
Exercise Report:
Exercise VOLCANEX 2012
VOLCANEX was held at the
disused airfield of Vouziers-
Séchault in France.
Joris van
Boven
was there for
AFM
.
94
Postcard from…
Japan
A selection of stunning images
from the autumn airshow
season in Japan.
35
Deployments and
Contracts
98
And Finally…
Down at the Nook
Alyson M Elwood
profiles RAF
Donna Nook on England’s east
coast, where seals bask on the
sand as Typhoon and Tornado
jets practise their craft.
84
Force Report:
Croatian Air Force and
Air Defence
Alan Warnes
visited the Medi-
terranean nation and tells how the
Croatian Air Force and Air Defence
is facing up to the 21st Century.
95
Gallery
AFM
readers' topical images
from around the globe.
92
Exercise Report:
Noble Mariner 12
Jim Winchester
went to sea
with the French Navy.
96
Ops Board
In response to readers’
demands, we present the first of
a new regular monthly feature
–
AFM’s
guide to exercises and
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90
Exercise Report:
ZLOT 2012
Krzysztof Kuska
visited the
93
Postcard from…
Switzerland
AFM’s
editor Gary Parsons
went
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Season’s greetings to all our readers
around the world. Don’t forget to
follow Santa on-line at
www.noradsanta.org.
US Air Force/TSgt Brian Davidson
AFM
is moving!
Don’t worry, we’re not going
far – just two weeks into the
future, that’s all. As we go into
2013, your favourite magazine
will be on sale in the UK on the
third Thursday of the month,
instead of the first. There are
a number of factors behind the
change, but primarily it will
separate us from our sister mag-
azine,
Combat Aircraft Monthly
,
which will continue to be on
sale on the first Thursday – this
way you’ll only get two weeks
between a fix of the best mod-
ern military news and features!
As well as moving to a new
slot, we’ll continue evolving
the magazine – tell us what you
like and what you really want to
read about as we venture into
our 26th year. Yes,
AFM
is 25
years old with the April issue,
and we’re planning to mark the
occasion with a special bum-
per issue. I can still recall the
excitement of seeing the very
first
AFM
that hit the shelves in
early 1988 – as well as remind-
ing me I’m getting old, it’s
remarkable to see how much
both military aviation and the
magazine has changed since
then.
In those days you got just 64
pages for £1.40, the equivalent
of £3.20 in today’s money or 5p a
page - proof that at today’s price
AFM
is even better value for
money! We’ll be back on January
17 with the February issue, but
in the meantime have a great
Christmas and New Year.
Above:
Lockheed Martin's F-22A
Raptor - now out of production, we
profi le the US Air Force's premier
fi ghter on pages 48 - 55.
Key - Gary Parsons
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NEWS
HEADLINES
Investigators probe EADS bribery claims
Austria
may
cancel
EADS/Eurofighter-deal,
if
fresh
corruption
allegations
are
substantiated
P
OLICE IN Bavaria raided
European Aeronautic
Defence and Space Company
NV
(EADS) of ces on November
7, 2012, as part of an investigation
into whether bribes have been
made during the Euro ghter jet
sales process in Austria.
The HQ of Cassidian and
the Eurofighter GmbH office
together with other premises in
Switzerland and Austria were
also raided
Prosecutors in Vienna and
Munich suspect that around the
time a contract was signed with
Austria for 18 Tranche 2 Block-8
Eurofighter Typhoons, in July
2003, €128m had been made
available by EADS Deutschland
GmbH to an Italian individual.
He is alleged to have distributed
the money to Austrian lobbyists
and arms dealers. Investigation
documents allege that a complex
network of shell-companies
had been set up by EADS to
bribe businesses as well as civil
servants and officials. A total of
18 named individuals are being
investigated.
An investigation order from the
Munich attorney, seen by
AFM
,
reads: “In fact these [amounts]
were bribes agreed upon to
influence civil servants in the
allocation of a contract to deliver
combat aircraft to the Republic
[of Austria] … in favour of
Eurofighter GmbH at a later date.”
Vienna district attorney Michael
Radasztics, who launched fresh
investigations into the case in
mid-2011, maintains the €128m –
ostensibly intended to kick-start
investments in Austria, agreed by
EADS as part of the Eurofighter
deal – may have been used to
bribe Austrian decision-makers.
The money was included in
EADS/Eurofighter’s calculations
when they established the price
for the Austrian deal.
Investigations into Italian
financier, Gianfranco Lande, led to
the corruption allegations – that
had been circulating for some years
– resurfacing. Lande was jailed
for nine years by a Rome court, in
July 2012, for his involvement in a
€170m fraud involving hundreds
of investors. He told investigators
that EADS assigned at least €84m to
Above:
If it is proved that corrupt practices were involved in Austria's acquisition of 15 Eurofi ghter Typhoons, one of the conse-
quences could be that the jets would be returned to the manufacturer leaving the country without a fi ghter force.
Eurofighter
"naturally informed Molterer on
the negotiations over the course
of many discussions."
Prof Andreas Kletec´ ka of the
University of Salzburg is one of
two experts on compensation
rights consulted by the Austrian
parliament in 2007 when the deal
was being set up. He told
AFM
that the ‘code of conduct’ only
covered actions of Eurofighter
GmbH and its subsidiaries, not
actions of shareholders like EADS
or those of third parties hired by
EADS: “Neither the Eurofighter
shareholders, such as EADS, nor
others, such as contractors, are
covered by that definition of ‘bid-
der’,” according to the professor.
That definition will be critical in
deciding who, if anybody, to pros-
ecute for corruption. Of particular
interest to investigators are the
200%-offset-agreements (meaning
Austria will get two Euros back
in business for every one it
spends) connected to the contract.
Reinhold Mitterlehner, Austrian
m
inister in charge of economic
affairs, has been
responsible
for the agreements since 2008
and is on record saying in an
interview with the Upper Austrian
News that in the light of the
investigations he was “sure the
deal was not clean”. His ministry
has engaged an external auditor
to check all the EADS-offset deals
signed from 2006.
AFM
has seen an audit-paper
covering 2003-2008. It shows that
€2.3bn was linked to off-set agree-
now-dissolved London-based shell-
company ‘Vector Aerospace LLP’,
[not to be confused with Vector
Aerospace, an industry-leading
provider of maintenance, repair
and overhaul services for fixed- and
rotary-wing aircraft] for it to dis-
tribute bribes in Austria related to
the Typhoon deal. He also named
particular individuals at EADS and
Eurofighter-GmbH, as well as two
Austrian arms dealers who Lande
claimed had used Vector Aerospace
LLP to bribe officials.
Two days after the police
searches, an MoD spokesman
announced that the Eurofighter
contract included a ‘get-out
clause’ or ‘code of conduct’ in
case of bribery. Austria’s Minister
of Defence (MoD), Norbert
Darabos, has since written to
state prosecutors asking what
the legal implications would
be if the bribery allegations are
proved. An Austrian Government
report released in October alleges
that Darabos did not adequately
include the finance and economy
ministries in negotiations when
he renegotiated the contract
from 18 to 15 basic Tranche 1
airframes; six of which were
second-hand German Air Force
Block-2s. Finance Minister
Wilhem Molterer has said that
he was only informed after the
negotiations had been concluded,
saying that the Finance Ministry
was not involved; this would
be contrary to Austrian law. In
response, Darabos stated that he,
ments affecting 1,065 contracts
and involving 251 companies; 81
agreements were rejected by the
auditors of the ministry.
The potential scandal could
have far-reaching consequences
for Austria’s defence. The coun-
try’s constitution requires an air
defence component of its armed
forces. Zeltweg air base is home
to the Eurofighter fleet; €160m
has been spent updating its
infrastructure to accommodate
Typhoon. In a November 16, 2012,
press release the MoD said: “If
the contract is really cancelled,
the 15 jets would have to be
returned to Bavaria and new or
interim platforms for the legally-
required air-surveillance would
have to be acquired.”
EADS Deutschland has hired
‘ETHIC Intelligence’, a certifica-
tion agency specialising in
‘anti-corruption compliance
programmes’, to conduct a review
of its anti-corruption rules; the
results will be published in the
spring. A bigger problem for
EADS would be the effect of a
corruption conviction in Austria
or Germany. That would bring
into play the US Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act, which concerns
companies seeking to do business
in and with the USA. If there is
bribery by companies, officials or
individuals representing those
companies, even outside the US,
then the company or its subsidiar-
ies in the US may be subject to the
legislation.
GEORG MADER
www.airforcesdaily.com
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