'저는 그들의 땅을 지키기 위하여 싸웠던 인디안들의 이야기를 기억합니다. 백인들이 그들의 신성한 숲에 도로를 만들기 위하여 나무들을 잘랐습니다. 매일밤 인디안들이 나가서 백인들이 만든 그 길을 해체하면 그 다음 날 백인들이 와서 도로를 다시 짓곤 했습니다. 한동안 그 것이 반복되었습니다. 그러던 어느날, 숲에서 가장 큰 나무가 백인들이 일할 동안 그들 머리 위로 떨어져 말과 마차들을 파괴하고 그들 중 몇몇을 죽였습니다. 그러자 백인들은 떠났고 결코 다시 오지 않았습니다….' (브루스 개그논)





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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Text Fwd: Korea to Develop F-16 Simulators

Korea Times
08-07-2009 21:00
Korea to Develop F-16 Simulators
By Jung Sung-ki
Staff Reporter

South Korea will develop a dozen of its own F-16/KF-16 fighter flight simulators by 2014 as part of efforts to help pilots keep up with fighter upgrades and conduct sustainable flight training amid high oil prices, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) Friday.

The agency awarded Korea Aerospace Industries, the country's only aircraft maker, a 130-billion won ($106 million) contract to develop up-to-date flight simulators and unit training devices for F-16/KF-16 pilots, as well as upgrade existing simulation systems, DAPA officials said.

Previously, airmen used flight simulators developed by Raytheon.

The new systems will help pilots train skills in tactical flight, landings and take-offs, and emergency landings, the officials said.

Production will begin after the development of the new simulators is completed by November 2014, they said.

``Once entering service, the new simulators are expected to not only help resolve the shortage of flight trainings for pilots, resulting from high oil prices, but also improve pilots' aircraft operational capabilities to an extent,'' a DAPA official said.

The Air Force operates an older fleet of 34 Block 32 F-16s purchased in the 1980s and a newer fleet of 135 KF-16s manufactured locally to the Block 52 standard from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s.

Earlier this year, the Air Force unveiled plans to upgrade its KF-16 fighters. The upgrades will include arming the aircrafts with precision-guided JoJoint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) and other guided weapons.

Another key upgrade will be a replacement for the fighter's radar systems.

jsungki@defensenews.com

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