Indonesia: Los T-50i salen temporalmente de servicio

La Fuerza Aérea de Indonesia detiene temporalmente la operación del T-50i Golden Eagle

Los aviones T50i de la Fuerza Aérea de Indonesia han sido suspendidos temporalmente (fotos: Escuadrón 15)



YAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - El Comandante de las Fuerzas Armadas Nacionales de Indonesia, General Andika Perkasa, reveló que la Fuerza Aérea de Indonesia ha suspendido temporalmente las operaciones de todos los aviones de combate de entrenamiento T-50i Golden Eagle.

Esta suspensión temporal de las operaciones se llevó a cabo hasta la finalización de la investigación sobre el caso del accidente del Golden Eagle en Blora, Java Central, hace algún tiempo.

"La Fuerza Aérea ha puesto en tierra temporalmente todos los aviones T-50 primero, hasta que la investigación se haya completado por completo", dijo Andika en el Cuartel General del Comando Militar de la Cruz Marítima (Kolinlamil), en el norte de Yakarta, el viernes (22/7/2022).

Andika dijo que su grupo se había comunicado hasta ahora con el Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Fuerza Aérea (KSAU), el mariscal Fadjar Prasetyo y su personal después del incidente del Golden Eagle.

En la comunicación, Andika solicitó que la Fuerza Aérea de Indonesia tenga cuidado al investigar la causa de la caída del Golden Eagle.

Además, Andika también sospechaba que hubo varios factores que provocaron la caída del Águila Real en Blora.




"Entonces, la causa de esto probablemente sea un error humano, luego también está la aeronave, también está la administración, y también están los medios, o el clima o el clima, esto es lo que estamos investigando", explicó Andika.

Sin embargo, Andika dijo que el incidente esta vez no fue como el accidente del Golden Eagle en Yogyakarta en 2015.

En esa ocasión, el Águila Real cayó mientras realizaba una exhibición aeroespacial. El avión con número de cola TT-5007 se estrelló en un área de campo de arroz.

El piloto, el teniente coronel Marda Sarjono y su asiento trasero, el capitán Dwi Cahyadi, murieron en el incidente.

Según Andika, la caída del Golden Eagle en 2015 se debió a maniobras difíciles.

"Pero ayer, en realidad no hubo nada en términos de maniobras de aeronaves", dijo.

Anteriormente se informó que el avión T-50i pilotado por el primer teniente Pnb Allan Syafitra Indra Wahyudi había perdido el contacto antes de estrellarse finalmente en la aldea de Nginggil, distrito de Kradenan, Blora, Java Central, el lunes (18/7/2022) por la noche.



El avión con el número de cola TT-5009 despegó de la Base Aérea Iswahjudi, Magetan, Java Oriental, alrededor de las 18:24 WIB. El avión despegó para el entrenamiento nocturno.

La última vez que el avión hizo contacto por radio fue a las 19:07 WIB. Después de eso, finalmente se informó que el avión se había estrellado.

Allan murió en este incidente. El cuerpo de Allan ahora ha sido enterrado en Happy Park, Jatisari, Bekasi, West Java, el martes por la tarde. El funeral se llevó a cabo en una ceremonia militar.

Luego, el Cuartel General de la Fuerza Aérea de Indonesia elevó el rango de Allan un nivel más que su rango original, es decir, de primer teniente Pnb a capitán póstumo de Pnb.

Allan es un oficial de vuelo que se graduó de la Academia de la Fuerza Aérea (AAU) en 2015 y de la Escuela de Aviación de la Fuerza Aérea de Indonesia en 2017.

La Fuerza Aérea de Indonesia también formó un Equipo del Comité de Investigación de Accidentes de Aeronaves (PPKPU) para investigar las causas del accidente aéreo.


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Nueva Zelanda se queda sin fragatas por el 2021

New Zealand Navy will be Without Frigates the End of 2021

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HMNZS Te Kaha after upgrade (photo : Lockheed Martin)


Navy will be without war-making frigates the end of 2021


The navy will not have war-making frigates until at least the end of 2021, as a troubled upgrade of the two combat vessels continues.

Defence chief Air Marshal Kevin Short told a parliamentary select committee on Thursday that he was uncertain whether HMNZS Te Kaha would be fully operational by the end of 2021, having returned from being upgraded in Canada in December 2020.

The two-decades-old Te Kaha and HMNZS Te Mana, the Navy’s chief combat vessels, have been undergoing weapons and communications upgrades first approved by the government in 2014. The project was first budgeted at $446m, before an additional $148m was approved in 2017 to cover increasing costs.

Victoria University strategic studies professor Robert Ayson said the unavailability of the frigates had limited New Zealand's ability to run anti-piracy operations, monitor sea lanes, and participate in exercises with military partners.

Short on Thursday said that specialists including contractors from Lockheed Martin – which won the contract to upgrade the vessels – were on board Te Kaha readying tests of its new systems.

“I'm not sure at this stage, because it is early days, if they'll have full operational readiness by the end of the year. But there will be, as you can imagine, a number of tasks that can be undertaken before the end of this year,” he said.

Te Kaha was involved in the search for a yacht in distress last week.

The industrial refit of Te Mana had finished in Canada, and it would now be tested at sea before returning to New Zealand early in 2022.


Short said the lack of frigates meant there was a limitation to the “high-end risk areas” or high-level conflict the navy could operate in.


“What we've done in recent times is look at where we can contribute and for instance if there's a maritime issue we would put up a P3K [Orion aircraft] to do some of the surface surveillance tasks.


“And that's been accepted by our friends and allies as contributing. And so we've looked at alternatives, while we have frigates out of service.” Ayson said that fortunately there had not been a high number of military operations happening in the past couple of years.

Indonesia no retira por ahora sus fragatas holandesas

Indonesia Delays Decommissioning of Ahmad Yani-Class Frigates Amid South China Sea Obligations

The Indonesian Navy has delayed the planned retirement of its ex-Royal Netherlands Navy frigates. Move to ensure that the service can fulfil operational requirements and deployment obligations, especially in the South China Sea 

The Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut) has decided to postpone the retirement of its Ahmad Yani-class frigates amid operational requirements that necessitate continued service of the platforms for about one more year, the service has confirmed with Jane’s .

Citing a TNI-AL source from the service’s Western Fleet (KOARMABAR), Jane’s reported in February 2016 that the country will start to retire the first of its six Ahmad Yani-class frigates in 2017. This decision was made at the 2016 iteration of an annual naval technical and logistics work plan meeting, and the intention then was to retire the class at a rate of one ship a year from 2017 to 2022.

However, given current progress of the Martadinata (SIGMA 10514)-class’ induction, and ongoing service obligations, this schedule has since been delayed by about one more year to ensure that there are no operational gaps in the fleet’s deployment capacity especially in the Natuna Sea where there is now an increasing number of unregulated fishing cases, said the TNI-AL.

Indonesia commissioned its first Martadinata-class frigate, KRI Raden Eddy Martadinata (331), in April 2017. The second-of-class, which will be known as KRI IGusti Ngurah Rai with pennant number 332 once it is in service, was launched by state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL in September 2016. The country is expected to acquire follow-on ships in this class, but a formal procurement process for this has yet to begin.

The TNI-AL’s Ahmad Yani-class ships were formerly in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) as the Van Speijk class. After being in service for about 20 years, the ships were transferred to Indonesia between 1986 and 1989.

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Australia retira sus Seahawk S-70

RAN Retires Seahawk Workhorse

RAN Seahawk S-70B-2, serial N24-011 “Skeletor”

AFTER more than 6200 airframe hours and more than 28 years of service the Royal Australian Navy, Seahawk S-70B-2, serial N24-011 “Skeletor”, has flown its last operation.

Navy took the opportunity to retire the anti-submarine helicopter from 816 Squadron at HMAS Albatross, during HMAS Arunta’s recent inter maintenance activity undertaken in Bahrain while deployed on Operation Manitou.

The helicopter’s last flight was into Australia’s main operating base in the Middle East region where it was dismantled and prepared for transporting back to Australia.

A Seahawk MH-60R helicopter, often referred to as the Romeo model, will soon arrive in the area allowing Arunta to maintain its extended surveillance and interception capability as it patrols with the multinational Combined Maritime Forces in the Middle East.

Operation Manitou is the current name for the Australian Government's contribution to support international efforts to promote maritime security, stability and prosperity in the Middle East Region.

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Bulgaria retira sus últimos deltas MiG-21s

Bulgaria retires last MiG-21 fighters

BY: ALEXANDER MLADENOV


The Bulgarian air force on 18 December held a ceremony to mark the retirement of its last Mikoyan MiG-21 fighters.

Involving the nation's last three serviceable examples – two single-seat MiG-21bis's and a two-seat MiG-21UM1 trainer – the event marked the end of regular flight operations, although the former pair will remain available to conduct quick reaction alert sorties until 31 December. The fighters will then be kept in storage at Graf Ignatievo air base, ready to be returned to airworthy status should the need arise.



Alexander Mladenov

Bulgaria's MiG-21 fleet had originally been slated for retirement in 2012, but the type's availability was continued through two life-extension efforts. This was deemed necessary due to airworthiness problems experienced by the air force's Mikoyan MiG-29 fleet.

A potential further extension of the remaining MiG-21s has been rejected due to the cost of overhauling the aircraft, which were manufactured in 1981 and 1982. Instead, the air force has opted to direct its efforts and available funds towards maintaining its struggling MiG-29 fleet.

Meanwhile, the service is awaiting the formal go-ahead for a new fighter procurement. Sofia has been looking at an affordable Western type as a replacement for its fighters and its Sukhoi Su-25 ground-attack aircraft.

Bulgarian operations with the MiG-21 spanned 52 years, with 226 examples in 10 variants fielded between 1963 and 1990, including 86 secondhand jets. Attrition totalled 42 aircraft and 25 pilots lost in training accidents or ground fires between 1966 and 2003.

Following the Bulgarian retirement, Flightglobal's Fleets Analyzer database records 18 nations as still operating a combined total of around 550 MiG-21s.

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