THE POTENTIAL SALE of AH-1Z attack helicopters to Bahrain was recently approved by the US State Department. The Foreign Military Sale includes 12 Vipers, engines, AGM-114 Hell re missiles and Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II laser-guided rockets, and related equipment and training. It could be worth as much as $911.4 million. The Royal Bahraini Air Force is considering several new attack helicopters, including the Bell AH-1Z and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) T129, as replacements for its currenteet of single-engine AH-1 HueyCobras.
Tom Kaminski
NATO AIR POLICING HANDOVERS
FOUR ROYAL DANISH Air Force F-16AMghters conducted air policing missions over Iceland for a two-week period that began on April 14 after the detachment was certied by NATO’s Combined Air Operations Center in Uedem, Germany. The ghters arrived at Keavík International Airport on April 11. The Icelandic deployment marked the fourth time that Denmark had been tasked with the mission. While deployed, the Danish personnel worked in conjunction with the Icelandic Coast Guard, which is responsible for four radar sites that are integrated into the NATO Air Surveillance and Control System. NATO’s Icelandic mission started …
