Minggu, 29 Agustus 2010

Iran again showed his ability in making the main tool weaponry system



Iran again showed his ability in making the main tool weaponry system. After successfully making an unmanned aircraft that can carry bombs, Iran has also successfully tested a short-range surface missile Iranian Defense Minister, Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, explaining the missile is the third generation of the Fateh-110 missile. Fateh has the meaning 'conqueror'. The missile guidance control systems equipped with high accuracy. He says, solid-fueled missile developed by Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization.

As written in Arab News, a new version of the short-range missiles it has advantages compared to its predecessor. However, Vahidi not elaborate further advantages. The previous version of the Fateh-110 has a range up to 193 kilometers. ''This missile has an accuracy and control systems that enable them to reach the target accurately,''said Vahidi.

Tehran often make announcements about new advances in military technology that could not be independently verified. Iranian television showed the missile that was sliding and then hit targets on land. Iran's Press TV said the missile has a length of 9 feet and weigh 3500 kilogram. According to Vahidi, the latest version of the Fateh-110 will be submitted to the Iranian armed forces late September.

U.S. missile attacks launched using unmanned aircraft, has killed at least nine people and wounded dozens in the North Waziristan tribal region in northwestern Pakistan, local officials said.

According to Pakistani security officials, an unmanned aircraft (UAV) has fired three missiles at 50 kilometers west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan on Friday. They say that a house in the village of Bahadar Khel become targets of attack.

Previously reported that the attack UAV has killed three people on Thursday (10 / 6) night at a house in the village Khaddi, 15 kilometers east of Miranshah.

Over 1000 people have been killed in Pakistan attack unmanned U.S. aircraft since 2008.

civilian casualties from U.S. attacks has stretched relations between Islamabad and Washington.

Washington target of the attack was claimed the militants, but the majority of U.S. missile strikes have killed civilians.

Islamabad has repeatedly called for an end to the attacks, saying that the U.S. had violated Pakistan's sovereignty.
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In addition Iran has also made his own missiles



"And make ready against them whatever force you could withstand, and of horses tethered to the war (which is the preparation that) you deter the enemy of Allah and your enemies and those persons other than those which you do not know nothing about being God knows. Whatever ye shall spend in the way of Allah will undoubtedly be rewarded with sufficient unto you, and ye shall not be treated (injured). "[Al Anfaal: 60]

Allah ordered Muslims to always be ready with all the strength we are able to deter the enemy of God and Muslims so the enemy does not dare attack.

Muslims do not deserve to buy weapons to the infidels who were hostile to Islam because of the weapons sold must have a lower quality than that used by the infidel nations. In addition, if a war, then these infidel countries embargo spare parts easily combat equipment so that the existing weapons such as aircraft, tanks, warships could be a useless scrap metal.

Zulfiqar tanks weighing 40 tons. The tank is equipped with a computer firing system, laser guides so accurate as sniper shot up to 4000 meters distance, and sight equipment at night.

In addition Iran has also made his own missiles (missiles) Shahab 3 is capable of reaching more than 2,000 km that can reach Israel and 32 U.S. military bases spread across the Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Rudah Shahab 3 can lift a ton of cluster bombs so many bombs can be spread over a large area with just one missile. This missile can be controlled from the navigation space so that if falls could be restored to the target. If you strayed too far could be destroyed.

"If the U.S. or Israel fired one bullet into Iran, the Iranian Armed Forces will not hesitate to take a counter-attack into the heart of Israel and 32 U.S. military bases in the Gulf region," said Zolnoor, who became deputy to Ayatollah Khamenei in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps ( IRGC).

Other Islamic countries like Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and so should try to make their own weapons so they can defend the country not only from direct physical assault, but also colonialism disguised as economic colonization that deplete the wealth of Islamic countries so that poor people, while harbi infidel countries are rich.
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Jumat, 27 Agustus 2010

The project target is to build a static diving scale true Akula submarine based on the Dumas Akula kit





"Typhoon" is the largest and most expensive submarine ever built. American superpower should at sea with the Pacific Fleet, but beneath the surface of the sharks Russia always haunt them go their potentials.
SSBN carrying code, this submarine is nuclear-powered submarines carrying intercontinental ballistic missiles can bring the continent in the stomach. Akula built by Sverodvinks Shipyards in the White Sea near Archangel. While the headquarters of the Akula class submarines in the Russian Navy Base East Fleet at Litsa Guba.

Akula system is designed with Multi-hulled, five layers are placed inside the inner hull hull superstructure of two main parallel. Her skin is equipped with a tile that is coated with sound absorbing materials County. Inside there are 19 compartments including a strengthened with the module which is home of the main control room and the electronics compartment located behind the missile launcher tubes. The submarine is also designed to be able to break the ice and move under the ice. Advanced stern fin with horizontal hydroplane placed behind the propeller. Horizontal Nose hydroplane placed in the bow with retractable system.
Akula capable of carrying 20 RSM-52 InterContinental, three stage solid propellant balistic missiles. Two lines of the launcher tube is placed in the main hull. Each missile consists of 10 MIRV's (multiple re-entry vehicles), with each carrying a nuclear warhead 100 kilotons. Each MIRV hit can be set for different targets. Distance is 8.300 km cruise missile with an accuracy of 500 meters. Weight 84.000 kg in one missile, designed by Makayev Design Bureau. RSM-52 is also known by the NATO code SS-N-20 Sturgeon.

Akula is also equipped with four 630 mm torpedo launchers abung and two 533 mm torpedo tube launcher. Total submarine can carry 22 missiles / torpedoes and conventional Skhval surface of various types. Torpedo tube launcher can also be used to remove mines.
Akula powered by two nuclear reactors that supply two gas turbines and turbogear assemblies to move the ship. Each reactor produces 190 megawatts of power, the engine produces power turbin is at 50.000 and 3.200 kW hp turbogear. Two 800 kW diesel generator was also prepared as a backup.



The project target is to build a static diving scale true Akula submarine based on the Dumas Akula kit (which is shown on the picture above).

The kit is scale 1:130 which is app. 85 cm long (33") and has a beam of 10 cm (4"). (The real sub is app. 110 meters long and has a beam of 13.5 meters).

I am only going to use very little from the kit, as all the fins are just metal plates and the diving system is dynamic. I am therefore only using the top and bottom hull, the sail and the radar dome. The project is divided into several different building areas, and therefore the tracking of the project will be in separate articles. These activities are pretty much independent, and will be done in parallel to speed up the waiting on parts to arrive.

The sub will consist of:
The Dumas Akula kit
New rudder and planes
WTC (Water Tight Cylinder)
Piston dive system
Retractable diving planes
Working periscope
CPU control system

The Russian name for the submarine is Giepard. See the link section for useful Akula links.

The project will be described in the sub categories as shown in the menu at the left.
In order to avoid that the motor, battery and electronics get wet it must be in a water tight place in the sub. There are several ways to do this, and the way that I have chosen it is to use a water tight cylinder (WTC) which is a water tight tube which is placed in the sub. It is then only the inside of the WTC that is water safe, while the rest of the sub is "free flooding". This WTC will be placed below the water line to make it easier to dive the sub.
When the sub wants to dive, it must add weight equal to the volume of the sub above the water! This means, that in order to make it easier to dive (require less weight) the volume of the sub above the water must be minimized. This is why the WTC is placed below the water line. When the sub dives, water will flow into the free flooding area above the WTC so it is only the volume of the hull that must be equalized. This is also why that there should not be any air trapped above the water line (e.g. the radar pod should be free flooding).

The sub is diving by adding weight by sucking in water - in my case by using a piston. In this way the air volume below the waterline is getting smaller and by that the buoyancy smaller. This will force the sub under water. When the sub is completely under water the diving dept is controlled by the dive planes and not by the diving tank. When the sub wants to surface again the process is reversed.
The radio waves must be in the MHz area to be able to penetrate the water, so 2.4 GHz will not work. In Denmark that leaves us with either 27MHz or 40MHz as 35MHz are reserved for airplanes.

The radio waves can go to a dept of app. 3.5m, so diving below that dept will be without radio control!

The pressure at 10m is 1 bar, so to make a safe sub, the WTC should be able to handle at least 1 bar.

The boat will not work in saltwater as the radio waves can't penetrate that.
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Armoured Personnel Carriers or 40 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles


TOBRUK gives the Australian Defence Force an amphibious heavy lift capability. The ship is a multi -purpose troop and roll-on/roll-off, heavy vehicle carrier built by Carrington Slipways Pty Ltd at Tomago, near Newcastle , NSW. The design includes facilities for bow and stern loading, beaching, a drive-through capacity and inter-deck transfers via ramps.

TOBRUK can transport 18 Leopard tanks, 40 Armoured Personnel Carriers or 40 Australian Light Armoured Vehicles. The Vehicle Deck has been reinforced to enable the transportation of two Landing Craft Mechanical-8 (LCM-8) on specially designed cradles. In addition, two Landing Craft Vehicular Personnel units (LCVP) are secured by davits on either side of the superstructure. The ship's roll-on/roll-off function is supplemented by 2 x 8.5 tonne capacity Favco cranes and a Velle derrick capable of lifting up to 70 tonnes. The amphibious role is enhanced by forward and aft helicopter decks, which can be operated simultaneously. Helicopters can also be refuelled on both decks.
TOBRUK can accommodate up to 300 troops for extended duration. In an overloaded state, the ship can provide accommodation for up to 520 troops for short periods of time.

Laid Down: 7 February 1979
Launched: 1 March 1980
Commissioned: 23 April 1981
Displacement: 5800 tonnes
Length: 127 metres
Beam: 18 metres
Armament: 6 x 12.7mm Machine Guns and 2 x Mini Typhoon Guns
Main Machinery: 2 x Diesels
Speed: 16 knots = (30 km/hr)
Ships Company: Approximately 150
Troops: Up to 520
Landing Craft: Two LCVP on davits, two LCM-8s as deck cargo
Aircraft: In support of Amphibious Operations (ranging from the Squirrel AS350-B to Chinook CH47)
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Iran yesterday launched a naval destroyer


Iran yesterday launched a naval destroyer
Tehran - Iran's navy destroyers yesterday launched its first domestically produced in a ceremony attended by the supreme leader and commander in chief as well as Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamanei.

The ship weighs about 14,000 tons are equipped with modern radar and electronic warfare capabilities. "Jamaran, destroyer for many missions, personnel can carry 120-140 on it and armed with various anti-ship missiles and surface to air with the highest speed reached 30 knots and has a helipad," said a local television media.

"The ship was also equipped with torpedoes and modern naval cannon."

State television also showed pictures and ceremony of the ship where the ship was launched by Khamanei flanked by a number of important Iranian military commander.

Many of Iran's naval equipment comes from before the 1979 Islamic revolution and U.S. made. Since the revolution, Tehran had purchased Russian-made submarines.

In the last year Iran's navy has conducted several missions in the Gulf of Aden and off Somalia to escort duty Unfortunately where merchant ships and oil tankers Iran.

Tehran is now enriching uranium, which many Western nations and Israel fear is a step toward making an atomic bomb. Tehran rejected the accusation, saying its nuclear program is entirely peaceful.

On Thursday, the world's atomic watchdog express concern that Iran may have sought to develop nuclear warheads. On Friday, Iran put aside his concerns as "unfounded."

UN sanctions because Iran had failed to meet a Security Council resolution asked that it stop the enrichment. Neither the U.S. nor Israel has not ruled out military action if Iran does not meet the resolution in the end it
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KRI Pasopati - Submarine Hunter Without MCK






KRI Pasopati - Submarine Hunter Without MCK

From 12 Whiskey class submarine owned by the TNI-AL, KRI 410 Pasopati could be called the most famous is mentioned. Because, Pasopati was the last submarine to operate. Post Gestapu, Russia conduct military embargo on spare parts to Indonesia, as a result the fleet Navy submarine slowly began to die due to lack of spare parts. Step cannibalization of spare parts continue to be done, and the last is KRI Pasopati operate. Pasopati new registered disabled from the ranks of the TNI-AL on January 25, 1990.

Whisky class went into production in 1952 in Russia Vladi. And began to enter the Navy ranks (Satselarmatim) dated January 29, 1962 with the principal task of destroying the enemy cross the line (anti-shipping), conducting reconnaissance and perform "silent raids." KRI Pasopati currently placed as a monument to submarines in the city of Surabaya since 1998.
Ship Whisky
Ability proved to be thrilling Whisky class fleet of Dutch ships, but as the Russian habit of output products in general. Element of comfort to the crew less attention. Although armed anti-missile and air attacks on the aft torpedo launcher and bow. Whisky class public toilet facilities are not equipped (shower, sink, toilet). This makes pain submariners. During the voyage the crews very rarely take a bath, shower over rely on rain water when the ship rose to the surface.

KRI specifications Pasopati

Length: 76.6 meters
Width: 6, 3 meters
Speed: 18.3 knots on the water
13.5 knots under water
Weight management: 1300 tons
Empty weight: 1050 tons
Cruising distance: 8500 nautical miles
Fuel: Diesel
Battery: 224 pieces
Armament: Torpedo steam 12 pieces
Long torpedo: 7 meters
Torpedo Launcher: 6 pieces
Crew: 63 men and officers
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Minggu, 13 Juni 2010

RUSSIA Sukhoi T-50


MOSCOW, RUSSIA  Sukhoi T-50, on Friday made a successful maiden test flight attempt over the sky of Komsomolsk-on-Amur for a time-frame of 47 minutes. Sergei Bogdan, who was the pilot of this test flight shared his experience of flying and said, "it is easy and comfortable to pilot." The success of the test flight attempt of this fifth-generation fighter plane has been a significant achievement for Russia, which has made great efforts for modernizing their fighter planes and weapons and stop using the planes of Soviet era.

Prior to the successful maiden test flight of Sukhoi T-50, Russians had failed in several projects of introducing high-profile weapons. The success of this fifth-generation fighter plane, which is reportedly built in collaboration with Indian experts must have given some relief to the Russian camp. According to the reports, the Russian officials have devoted almost twenty years for building the fifth-generation fighter plane. It has been reported that the success of the test has given them the hope that they would be able to put the plane in service from 2015. They also expect that this plane will be capable to challenge the fighter plane, F-22 of the United States.

Though the Sukhoi T-50 maiden test flight attempt has been successful, Russian officials have not shared any specification of the new fighter plane. They have also maintained confidentiality on the designs of the fifth-generation fighter plane that has made the headlines today. Though the officials declined to make any comment on the details of the plane, a source reported that it has a range of 5,500 kilometer.


Dimensions (m):
- wing 14,2; S=78,8 m2
- length 22
- height 6,05
Weight (kg):
- max 37000
- normal 26000
- empty 18500
Fuel (kg): 10300
Combat load (kg):
- max 7500
- AA max 2260 conformal
Speed (km/h):
- max 2100; M2,0;
- rate of climb 350 m/s
- min 0 OVT
- cruise 1300
Alt (m): 20000
Flight range (km): 4000/5500 (2x2000kg)
- supersonic 2500
Runway (m): 350 (w/o OVT)
G-force (g): 10-11
RSC: 0,05 m2
Wing overload (kg/m2):
- max 470
- normal 330
Thrust-to-weight ratio:
- max 0,84
- normal 1,19
Fuel rate: 2,55 kg/km
Flight time: 3,3 h

Engine: AL-41F (117C on first prototypes)
- thrust 2x15500(18000?)/2x9800
- compressor: diameter 932mm, 3 steps
- weight 1350 kg
- pressure increase 4,2-4,5
- life time 4000 hours
- overhaul life 1500 hours
- nozzle:
weight: 380 kg
deviation angle +-16 deg in any direction, +-20 deg flat
deviation speed: 60 deg/sec

Development of Russia's LFI (logkiy frontovoi istrebitel) lightweight tactical fighter has been dramatically accelerated after the Russian Air Force decided its priorities for the next 10 years. Revealed here exclusively as the I-2000 (Istrebitel {fighter} 2000) project, the aircraft is due to become operational in 2005 as Russia's basic front-line fighter. It is also likely to become the leading export product of the Russian aircraft industry. Available information on the I-2000 indicates that it will be closely comparable to the US Joint Strike Fighter, operating in both the air-to-air and air-to-surface roles.

The aircraft comes from a long line of Mikoyan lightweight fighters, such as the MiG-15 and MiG-21. It is about the same size as the MiG-21 (shorter by 1.3m but wider by 4.5m), but noticeably smaller than its immediate predecessor, the MiG-29. Take-off weight is estimated at around 12 tonnes; maximum take-off weight at about 16 tonnes.
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In early 2002 Sukhoi was chosen as prime contractor for the planned Russian fifth-generation fighter is called the PAK FA [ Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsyi - Future Air Complex for Tactical Air Forces]. This intermediate class twin-engined fighter will be larger than a MiG-29 and smaller than a Su-27.

The aircraft will feature a long combat radius, supersonic cruise speed, low radar cross section, supermaneuverability, and the ability to make short takeoffs and landings. In accordance with the technical requirements, the PAK FA will have a normal takeoff weight of 20 tons, which is close to the average normal takeoff weight of the two American airplanes, the F-35 JSF (17.2 tons) and the F-22 (24 tons). The new fighter (a medium version) will have a traditional wing form, though the experience gathered as a result of Berkut's test flights will be taken in consideration when designing the fighter. It is supposed that it will be created using the Stealth technology, and equipped with two AL-41F engines by the Saturn scientific and industrial enterprise, a radar system with an active phased array (to all appearances, it will be produced by the Fazatron-NIIR corporation), and high-precision weapons.

The government commission decided on 26 April 2002 to choose the Sukhoi holding company as the head company to develop and produce the fighter of the fifth generation. The prototype of the PAK FA would take-off in 2006 and that in 2010 the aircraft would be ready for series production. The first deliveries, both for Russian armed forces and for export, would be possible in 2011-12.

The new airplane is being proposed to be brought from the concept design to a prototype series in less than 9 years. Historically, fourth and fifth generation fighters have not been created in less than 15 years. The Russian government has promised to allocate 1.5 billion dollars for the PAK FA through 2010. But the Russian Air Force is receiving less than 200 million dollars a year during this period, and will spend it primarily on other needs.

The prices and sources of funding will determine the destiny of the whole program. To date officials agree that the program will cost $1.5 billion. However, $1.5 billion is the sum needed for creating a new generation of avionics for the fighter (considering the fact that pre-production models of the phased array have already been produced, and will soon be tested). Completion of the AL-41F engine (present readiness is 30 percent) will require, in the opinion of the boss of Rosaviakosmos, 600 - 800 million dollars. Saturn said that launching of production of the AL-41F engine would take $150 million. An improved version of the AL-31F will be used on the aircraft originally (though it is not clear how these heavy motors are reconciled with the concept of a 20-ton fighter). The upgrade of these engines will require expenditures of 1.2-1.5 billion dollars. And finally, designers will have to spend several hundred millions of dollars on creating a new airframe.
According to some reports, India and Russia have agreed to jointly develop this fifth-generation fighter, under a scheduled with entery into service in 2009. This would be the first such joint development venture between the two countries.
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Rabu, 03 Februari 2010

The CV-22 offers unprecedented speed in the ingress and extraction of special forces into any terrain.


The United States Special Forces have been the best equipped in the world for a long time, though the gap widened considerably on Thursday with the first delivery of the CV-22 Osprey to the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The CV-22 is the Air Force version of the V-22 Osprey, a tiltrotor aircraft that combines the speed and range of fixed wing aircraft with the vertical flight performance of a helicopter. With its engine nacelles and rotors in vertical position, it can take off, land and hover like a helicopter, but once airborne its engine nacelles can be rotated to convert the aircraft to a turboprop airplane capable of high-speed, high-altitude flight. The CV-22 offers unprecedented speed in the ingress and extraction of special forces into any terrain.


Bell-Boeing will provide performance-based support for the first nine production CV-22s for aircraft maintenance, reliability, supply and repairs, technical data and interactive electronic technical manuals, engineering, information technology, field service and logistics support. Five of the nine aircraft will be assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field, and the remaining four already are assigned to the 71st Special Operations Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M.

The CV-22 was jointly designed, produced and supported by Bell Helicopter Textron and Boeing Integrated Defense Systems.

Just in case the advantages of the CV-22 and its almost identical brethren the V-22 aren’t entirely obvious, the following recently published briefing by Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute highlights why the Osprey is one system the military needs more of right now:

The Bush Administration is projecting that defense spending will fall from four percent of the economy today to three percent at the beginning of the next decade. In the past, such declines have hit procurement accounts harder than other types of spending, because it is easier to delay new weapons than it is to cut military pay, healthcare benefits and operational outlays. The services have already begun trimming their weapons programs. For example, the Air Force wants to end production of the C-17, its only modern jet airlifter, while the Navy and Marine Corps have proposed deleting 169 planes from their 2008-2013 spending plans.

Against this backdrop, critics are complaining that some of the weapons being developed by the services don't seem to have much to do with winning the global war on terrorism. Programs like the Joint Strike Fighter and the Navy's next-generation destroyer may be needed to counter future conventional threats, the critics say, but right now all the threats seem to be unconventional -- terrorists, insurgents, weapons traffickers and so on. The critics have a point, especially given how poorly the fight seems to be going in Iraq and Afghanistan.

However, there is at least one new military system about to enter the force that is relevant right now, and badly needed in places like Iraq. That is the Marine Corps' V-22 Osprey, the world's first operational tilt-rotor aircraft. A tilt-rotor combines the vertical agility of helicopters with the speed and range of fixed-wing planes, providing unique versatility. It not only can land anywhere -- on mountains, in jungles, on storm-tossed ships -- but it can get to such places even when they are far, far away, because the Osprey has a range of over a thousand miles. In other words, you can fly a V-22 from Washington to New Orleans without stopping for fuel, not a mission you'd want to attempt with a regular helicopter. A fixed-wing airplane can make that trip also, but if the runways in the Big Easy are flooded, it can't land. A V-22 can make the trip and land, wherever there is a dry spot of ground.

It doesn't require a degree from Professor Rumsfeld's School for the Truly Transformational to figure out that this a special capability, one well-suited to a world of irregular warfare, unconventional threats, and homeland disasters. In fact, the Marine Corps figured it out a generation ago, and has stuck with the Osprey through a rocky development effort reminiscent of the trials faced a generation earlier by the helicopters it will replace. But the Osprey was vindicated last year in a very successful operational evaluation, and it will be deployed to Iraq next year. The Marine Corps plans to produce 21 V-22's in 2008 and 30 per year in each of the following five years. A gee-whiz special-operations version for the Air Force will be fielded in 2009.

As the Osprey enters the force in the years ahead, planners in the Army and other services are going to be kicking themselves that they didn't invest more in tilt-rotors. Why buy conventional twin-engine turboprops to carry cargo to remote bases when you can carry three tons of supplies 500 miles, and not even need a runway once you arrive? Why struggle to trade off the advantages of a helicopter versus an airplane in conducting difficult combat missions when a single airframe combines the best qualities of both? In the fight for relevance the V-22 is a clear winner, and the only question is why it took so long for some experts to figure that out.

The 58th Special Operations Wing’s mission is to train mission-ready special operations, combat search and rescue, missile site support, and UH-1 Distinguished Visitor airlift crews directly supporting Air Expeditionary Forces for the United States Air Force.

The wing operates eight different weapon systems: UH-1H, UH-1N, HH-60G, MH-53J, HC-130P/N, MC-130P, MC-130H, and CV-22 totaling more than 60 assigned aircraft. The wing teaches more than 100 courses in 18 different crew positions including pilot, navigator, electronic warfare officer, flight engineer, communications system operator, loadmaster and aerial gunner. Additionally, the wing responds to worldwide contingencies and provides search and rescue support to the local community.

The unit also provides people and airlift needed in response to crises around the world and assists civilian authorities in regional rescues. Supporting the 58th SOW training mission are approximately 1,250 military and civilian personnel administering over 90 training systems courses in 18 different crew positions. Assigned units are:

* 58th Operations Group (58 OG)

The 58th SOW's Operations Group is composed of three flying and two support squadrons, as well as two geographically separated pilot training units, one at Fort Rucker, Alabama, and the other at MCAS New River, North Carolina.

58th Operations Support Squadron (58 OSS)
58th Training Squadron (58 TRS)
550th Special Operations Squadron (550 SOS) (MC-130H, HC-130P & MC-130P)
512th Rescue Squadron (512 RQS) (UH-1N & HH-60G)
23d Flying Training Squadron (23 FTS) (Fort Rucker, AL)
71st Special Operations Squadron (71 SOS) (CV-22)

* 58th Maintenance Group (58 MXG)

58th Maintenance Squadron (58 MXS)
58th Maintenance Operations Squadron (58 MOS)
58th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (58 AMX)
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