rnc air space exercise

the nypost reported today by way of "obtained memo" that the air security forces associated with the republican national convention in new york city this august 30 through september 2 will conduct a joint exercise "republican national convention air space exercise" in the area this evening beginning at 6:00 pm. norad f-15 eagles, coast guard dolphin and nypd helicopters are expected to participate. an exercise goal of integration of combined arms and projection of force seems reasonable.

F-15	the f-15 eagle is an all weather air air superiority fighter. built by McDonnell Douglas Corp, powered by two Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-100, 220 or 229 turbofan engines with afterburners

the eagle may reach speeds of 1,875 mph (Mach 2.5 plus).armament may include one internally mounted M-61A1 20mm 20-mm, six-barrel cannon with 940 rounds of ammunition; four AIM-9L/M Sidewinder and four AIM-7F/M Sparrow air-to-air missiles, or eight AIM-120 AMRAAMs, carried externally. each plane cost $29.9 million (fiscal 98 constant dollars), 396 eagles are currently active and 126 fly with the air guard.

the HH-65A dolphin is a Short Range Recovery (SRR) aircraft. built by Aerospatiale Helicopter Corporation in Grand Praire, Texas. Textron Lycoming builds the LTS-101 750B-2 turboshaft engines in Williamport, Pennsylvania,

HH-65a

Rockwell International, Collins Avionics Group manufactures the electronics system in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. maximum air speed of 175 knots. there are 96 Dolphins in the Coast Guard Fleet, it has home ports in 17 cities including our nearest home port of atlantic city.

nypd flies a number of craft including two Bell 412s, one bell 412ep, three JetRangers, one LongRanger and it's newest, one Agusta A119 Koalas the first of four, delivered last month.