Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: ccsupeh@prism.gatech.edu (Eric Hoffman) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Alpha Jet Message-ID: <1991Jan14.010345.4875@cbnews.att.com> Date: 14 Jan 91 01:03:45 GMT References: <1991Jan8.004955.19924@cbnews.att.com> <1991Jan9.041138.19583@cbnews.att.com> <1991Jan12.010306.22058@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 34 Approved: military@att.att.com From: ccsupeh@prism.gatech.edu (Eric Hoffman) In article <1991Jan12.010306.22058@cbnews.att.com> news@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de writes: > >From: >No, it was build by Dornier (german) and Aerospatiale (french). ^^^^^^^^^^^^ Nope, the Alpha Jet is a co-production from Dornier and Dassault. It is used purely as a trainer by the French Air Force for jet conversion, and 'ecole de chasse'(fighting school) since initial training is done now on Aerospatiale Epsilon (there are still a number of Fouga Magister for initial training at Salon de Provence (French Air Force Academy), but there is not much potential left on these airframes. They are also rated as being too forgiving for students mistakes). The French Navy is using a modified version of the Fouga, named Zephir, for training purposes, but these aircrafts are also reaching their limits, and a naval version of the Alpha Jet might replace them soon. Germany is using its Alpha Jet for ground attack, as do a number of african countries. A couple of years ago Dornier and Dassault were marketing a reengined Alpha Jet with new avionics (Mirage 50 head up display or something like that) under the name of "Lancier". I don't recall that they were very successful. Eric -- Eric Hoffman, Office of Information Technology, High Performance Computing Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332-0710 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!ccsupeh Internet: ccsupeh@prism.gatech.edu Phone: (404) 894-6147