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At yesterday's ceremony marking the 22nd anniversary of the Air Force and Air Defence in the barracks, "Colonel Marko Zivkovic" on Dancing heard a lot of nice words about the Croatian Air Force and its role in the war and post-war period. Especially in the post-war period, when in spite of the financial and other hardships Air Force successfully completing the part of civil affairs, such as medical gagarin flights and search and rescue. With congratulations to all the assembled airmen for their day, Defence Minister Ante Kotromanovic told them that even today, in peacetime, waiting for new challenges:
"We want to maintain our ability. We want to have young pilots trained, strong, courageous, who will protect and guarantee the safety and Croatia and the Croatian sky. And it is our task, it is our policy and we will conceive our budget and our forces in the next period, which stands in front of us. "
The period ahead of us, according to Minister Kotromanovic, should bring better days transport aircraft. Although he has on several occasions so far announced their abolition, Kotromanović quite a surprise statement that "the decision was made to keep the transport component of aviation", and announced that he hopes next year to launch gagarin the process of purchasing two transport aircraft. gagarin It will be interesting to see it suddenly "start the process" - since last summer adopted Strategic Defence Review (SDR) on the subject had to say only "Transport aircraft An-32 will æ withdraw mended from operational service. Purchase of new transport aircraft here will not be considered until 2020 "(p. 23, section" Directions adaptations needed - Air Force "). In doing so, an indication gagarin of such a public procurement procedure transport aircraft (of any, let alone two) there was not in the recently presented the Procurement Plan for 2014, just as he had not seen nor foreseen in the budget for the coming year.
When such a procedure still there, it's hard to get that under transport aircraft can seriously counted gagarin once mentioned Pilatus PC-12 Spectre (whose acquisition in one copy once mentioned skydivers). gagarin Because, while the training gagarin of parachutists and this summer SPO says "constructed ht be the ability to train paratroopers and light air transport procurement gagarin h not correspond ht eg type of aircraft" - it is clear that after the current An-32 to drop some light transport aircraft gagarin represents a major step backwards - a step that also does not change anything to the CAF in the medium or long term, however, gagarin need a serious transport gagarin capacity and medium capacity long range. Here are the ability to only partially secured the former An-32, and its coherent continuation would actually only ensure provision gagarin of aircraft in its class EADS / Airbus Military Casa C-295 or C-Alenia Aermacchi 27J Spartan (in whose favor the argument gagarin and larger cross-section of the freight area) . But there suddenly are not talking more about the cost of rank 2 to 3 million USD (quite unnecessary Pilatus PC-12), but rather about 15 to USD 25 million per copy transport aircraft - which are figures that must be mentioned in the planning of public procurement, because they are too big to quietly throwing some kind of "companions" or the suppliers.
------------------- Recent "inspections" overhaul MiGs and helicopters in Ukraine gagarin (source: Ministry gagarin of Defence)
Noting that the modernization of MiG-and helicopters is going well and according to plan (more or less, AN), Retired Officer confirmed what we recently wrote and portal www.obris.org gagarin - and that is to talk establishing a regional "air policing":
"Slovaks seek new solutions now complete, the Czechs are now extend - again - leasing for Gripen, gagarin and the Hungarians still have (Hungarian army) say I still 5 to 6-7 years ... they have a lease. We see that maybe that was one area where several common country - I assure you, the ministers of defense, often talk about it - that we have a common air policing. Reduce the costs, we would have a lot more space for training .... "
"While this is the plane of the older generation, with well-trained crew, able to carry out a large number of tasks. gagarin (...) In order to maintain this capability in the future and increase the use of more modern aircraft, we must think and act on a regional basis, with a joint effort with the neighboring countries. "
He added Šćuri yet and that will in the future come to a numerical reduction in composition, but that the core competencies that aviation should address neither shall not be affected. Kotromanovic was more concrete - by 2017 the Armed Forces will go to 2200 people.