August 2, 1993

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COVER STORY

SWEEPING CHANGES UNDERWAY AT CANADIAN FIGHTER GROUP

NORTH BAY, ONTARIO Canada's Fighter Group is transforming its CF-18 force from a specialized one focused on the needs of NATO and NORAD to one that is ready to meet a variety of contingencies anywhere in the world. Because the Canadian military is smaller than its U. S. counterpart, the effects of downsizing have hit much more quickly.

HEADLINE NEWS

RUSSIA TO EXPAND ROLE IN MANNED SPACE FLIGHT

WASHINTON Russia is poised to take a dominant role in international manned space flight activities through the next decade with its planned deployment of the Mir-2 station and the expected significant Russian participation in the U. S.-led international station facility.

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ6 min

HEADLINE NEWS

HOUSE, SENATE PANELS VOTE TO KILL A/F-X

Senate committee proposes developing a carriercapable version of the F-22 for the Navy and adopting the F/A-18E/F to replace Air Force F-16s

By JOHN D. MORROCCO5 min

HEADLINE NEWS

DEFENSE BILLS CORRAL C-l7

WASHINGTON The C-l7 received tentative approval from the House and Senate Armed Services committees pending completion of a Pentagon review. But the troubled transport would still have to compete with other strategic lift alternatives for funding.

HEADLINE NEWS

STATION JOB SHUFFLE BEGINS; INTERNATIONALS STILL WARY

WASHINGTON NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin shuffled top space station officials as legislation advanced in Congress to help the agency cut the program's workforce. But already there are signs that not all will go peacefully as Goldin and the Clinton Administration set about to build a redesigned space station and to "reinvent" the U. S. space agency.

By JAMES R. ASKER4 min

HEADLINE NEWS

RENEWED BACKING FOR JAPAN'S HOPE

TOKYO Japanese space planners have reaffirmed their commitment to the space shuttle concept in a report calling for development funding for the Hope unmanned space shuttle in the fiscal 1994 budget. No funding target has been set by Japan's Science and Technology Agency for the budget for the initial winged Hope vehicle, but the agency expects a demonstrator program and accompanying experiments to cost about 15 billion yen (about $1.41 billion), including launch costs.

By EIICHIRO SEKIGAWA3 min

HEADLINE NEWS

RUSSIAN MIG-29s COLLIDE AT BRITISH AIR SHOW

RAF FAIRFORD, ENGLAND Two Russian pilots ejected safely after their Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters collided while flying formation aerobatics during the International Air Tattoo 93 at RAF Fairford. The civilian pilots, Sergey Tresvyatsky and Alexander Beschastnov, suffered only minor injuries, and none of the tens of thousands of spectators was hurt.

By CAROLE A. SHIFRIN3 min

HEADLINE NEWS

ENERGOMASH DEVELOPS NEW RD-170 VERSIONS

WASHINGTON Russia's Energomash is developing an uprated version of its RD-170 engine for use on improved Ukrainian Zenit launchers, and also has defined a reduced-thrust derivative that eliminates two of the engine's four injector/thrust chambers.

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ3 min

HEADLINE NEWS

U. S. FREES FUNDS FOR UKRAINE

WASHINGTON The U. S. is releasing $175 million in funds authorized by Congress to assist Ukraine in disarming its nuclear weapon stockpiles following Kiev's move to start dismantling SS-19 ballistic missiles. The decision followed a July 27 meeting between Defense Secretary Les Aspin and Ukrainian Defense Minister Konstantin Morozov here.

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CF-18s, NORAD SHIFT TO DRUG INTERDICTION

By DAVID HUGHES10 min

SWEEPING CHANGES UNDERWAY AT CANADIAN FIGHTER GROUP