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Archives by date > 2011 > December > 18th

17 E-8C Planes x 30 Months = $540M Support Costs

Dec 18, 2011 17:44 UTC

E-8C

E-8C JSTARS

In mid-December 2011, Northrop Grumman Corporation announced a 30-month, $540 million contract extension, covering Total System Support Responsibility (TSSR) for the 17-plane operational fleet of E-8C JSTARS ground surveillance and battle management planes, or about $1.06 million per plane per month. This contract runs from May 1/11 to Oct 31/13 (TSSR periods 11.5 to 13). To date, Joint STARS planes have accumulated over 72,650 combat hours in 6,750 missions, most recently over Libya.

Under TSSR, Northrop Grumman is partnered with the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (ALC) for all facets of base and depot level maintenance. While the planes are built on the Boeing 707’s C-135 military relative, Northrop Grumman manufactures the radar and systems, and is responsible for overall support. They’ve been providing comprehensive performance-based logistics support to the USAF/ Georgia ANG 116th Air Control Wing for over a decade, in the United States and at its forward operating locations. In late October, the E-8 J-STARS fleet’s mission availability and falling operating costs resulted in the 2011 Performance-Based Logistics Award from the US Secretary of Defense.

Hueys for Hungary, from the USMC

Dec 18, 2011 16:45 UTC

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MHRCS Mi-8

Hungary’s air force (Magyar Honvedseg Repulo Csapatai; MHRCS) shrank quickly after the Soviet Union fell, and its helicopter force was not spared. Its transport fleet reportedly consists of just 8 remaining Mi-8s and 7 related Mi-17s, including 2 helicopters that Finland discarded in favor of its new NH90s. The country remains active abroad, including a team training Afghanistan’s military to use Mi-17s, but their lift capacity is limited. That’s a potential issue at home as well, given vivid recent memories of the 2010 central European floods.

Like most European countries, Hungary is facing tight budgets and difficult decisions as 2011 ends. To address this situation, Hungary had been planning to buy about 30 used twin engine UH-1 Huey helicopters from the US military. The USAF is looking to replace its UH-1Ns with a new CVLSP buy, and the USMC is already replacing its aging UH-1Ns with much-improved new UH-1Y Venoms. In December 2011, the process of restoring Hungary’s helicopter fleet took its 1st official steps…

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