Military aircraft engine missing

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Kanasai, last time said guns had been stolen from a camp, ok, forgivable due to small item. This time is a freaking aircraft engine missing from a military base. Don't know what to say :banghead::banghead::banghead: I think the gov has the responsibility to make a full report to the public as soon as this case closed. I also would like to know the company which bought the engine, so that I can launch a campaign to boycott kaw anything related to the company. Top military officer(s) should at least make a public apology or better, resign. If not, there will be another next time :banghead:


Engine general characteristics:

* Type: Turbojet engine (with or without afterburner)
* Length: 45.4 – 51.1 inches (depending on accessory equipment installed)
* Diameter: 17.7 inches
* Dry weight: 396 – 421 pounds (depending on accessory equipment installed)

Components

* Compressor: 8 stages (9 in J85-21)
* Combustors: annular
* Turbine: 2 stages

Performance

* Maximum Thrust: 2850 – 3100 lbf thrust (dry)
* Specific fuel consumption: 0.96 – 0.97
* Thrust-to-weight ratio: 7.5 (-21), 6.6 (-5), 6.8 (-13), 7 (-15)
* Airflow: 44-53 lbs/sec 20-24 kg/sec

The General Electric J85 turbine jet engine is used on the F-5 military fighter jet and the T-38 military trainer aircraft. The F-5 is a low-wing monoplane equipped with an all-moving horizontal tall mounted in the low position; the fuselage is carefully contoured in accordance with the transonic area rule. Small side-mounted inlets supply air for the two General Electric J85 afterburning turbojet engines.

The Northrop T-38 is a small low-wing two-seat trainer airplane, with a maximum weight of 12,000 lb. It is powered by two General Electric J85 afterburning turbojet engines located close together in the aft fuselage, each with 3850 lb of thrust. The first T-38 built flew in 1959. More than 1,100 were delivered to the Air Force between 1961 and 1972 when production ended. Approximately 562 remain in service throughout the Air Force and other facilities. The T-38 needs as little as 2,300 feet of runway to take off and can climb from sea level to nearly 30,000 feet in one minute. The engine problems in the T-38 aircraft were being addressed with almost $289M in the FY2001-05 FYDP for J85 engine modernization and other propulsion upgrades. The T-38 Propulsion Modernization Program (PMP) is comprised of four contractual efforts: a J85-5 engine modification and ejector nozzle will be sole source additions to a current contract with General Electric, b) the inlet/former/bulkhead kits will be a competitive award; c) a task order will be established on the existing Contractor Field Team (CFT) contract for kit installation; and d) the T-38 software changes required by the PMP will be added to the existing Boeing contract for the AUP.

General Electric J85 turbojets engines were used in the prototype for the F-117 Stealth fighter.

The X-14 accomplished its first flight on 19 February 1957 as a vertical takeoff, hover, and vertical landing. The first successful transition from hover to forward flight on occurred on 24 May 1958. In 1959, the Viper engines were replaced by General Electric J85 engines and the aircraft was delivered to the NASA Ames Research Center as the X-14A where it was used as a test aircraft until early 1963.

The C-123 featured high-mounted wings and tail surfaces on a pod-type fuselage which made for easy rear end, unobstructed on and off loading. Because of its powerful engines, it showed superior ability to operate in short field landings and take offs. It could carry 61 fully equipped troops for assault or evacuate 50 patients on litters plus six attendants. In 1966, some models were fitted with auxiliary powerplants in a pylon-mounted 2,850 lbs. thrust GE J-85 turbojet outboard of each engine. These were for emergency use.

Vietnam era gunships included the Spectre (AC-130), Shadow (AC-119G) and Stinger (AC-119K) with increases in airspeed, armor, altitudes, and computer aided guns. The AC-119G was a gunship conversion of the C-119G with four 7.62mm miniguns installed. The AC-119K's were modified "Shadow" gunships with two J85 auxiliary jet engines installed and two 20mm cannons.

Using a combination of radar reflectors, chaff, electronic repeaters, and infrared simulators to mimic the large B-52 bomber, the diminutive ADM-20 Quail decoy could be programmed to execute at least one change in cruising speed and two turns after being released from its B-52 carrier. Powered by a single General Electric J85-GE-7 turbojet engine, the Quail could achieve a maximum speed of Mach 0.85 at 50,000 feet.

The BQM-34S Aerial Target is a recoverable, remote-controlled subsonic target capable of speeds up to 0.9 MACH and altitudes from 10-50,000 feet. It is propelled during flight by a single J69-T41 or J85-GE-100 turbojet engine which produces 1,920 or 2,800 pounds static thrust (respectively) at sea level.

In all, Bell Aerosystems, Buffalo, NY built five LM trainers of this type for NASA. Two were an early version called the Lunar Landing Research Vehicle ( LLRV ). Neil Armstrong was flying LLRV-1 on May 6, 1968 when it went out of control. He ejected safely and the vehicle crashed. A later version was called the Lunar Landing Training Vehicle or LLTV and three were built. Two of these were lost in crashes on December 8, 1968 (LLTV-1 piloted by Algranti) and January 29, 1971 (piloted by Stuart M. Present). Both pilots ejected safely. The LLTV was a more accurate LM simulator. The LLTV was for training in the critical final phases of the descent, from 500 to 700 feet on down. It had a J85 jet engine which, basically, maintained a constant thrust - based upon the weight of the vehicle - and took away 5/6th of the weight. That put you in a simulated lunar one-sixth gravity environment. There were sets of RCS thrusters, just like the lunar module, to control attitude. In addition, there were two other, vertically-mounted, hydrogen-peroxide-fueled 'lift' rockets that were capable of handling the extra one-sixth of the weight above the five-sixth that the J85 removed.

Given the cost of experimental flight aircraft and the evolution of increasingly sophisticated electronic and simulator systems, it was perhaps inevitable that NASA eventually turned to smaller, pilotless radio-controlled aircraft. In the 1980s, this idea was embodied in the HiMAT, a contraction of Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology. The HiMAT, powered by a General Electric J85 turbojet engine, had a length of 23 feet and a wing span of 16 feet.

The J85 engine was originally designed for a maximum flight speed of Mach 2. Engine performance drops off past Mach 2, and increased compressor temperatures approach material limits. In early 1998 NASA Lewis researchers completed a series of tests inside the Center's Propulsion Systems Laboratory to evaluate the operability of a General Electric J85-21 turbojet engine that they retrofitted to run at Mach 3, 1-1/2 times faster than its maximum flight speed of Mach 2. The tests were part of an overall program, supported by NASA's Hypersonics Office, to develop a turbine-based combined-cycle propulsion concept that may one day propel aircraft and spacecraft from take-off to hypersonic speeds of more than 5 times the speed of sound. The NASA Lewis concept could revolutionize high-performance aircraft and ultimately make space exploration more affordable by using air-breathing propulsion.

*sorry, can't find the info on the management system which was missing together with the engine. Newspaper said Management system only. Didn't specify if it was a part like APU, Utilities Control System, Fuel Computer, or, the whole system was actually gone.





轉賣歐洲軍官被捕
5000萬戰鬥機引擎被偷
失竊的千萬令吉引擎,是裝配在F-5E老虎二戰鬥機內。
(吉隆坡19日訊)大馬皇家空軍基地保安大紕漏,價值5000萬令吉的F-5E戰鬥機引擎,竟在瞞天過海情況下,遭人盜竊!

扣4人助查

被竊走的戰鬥機引擎是屬于J85-21A通用電子系統,它適合裝配在RF-5E虎眼偵察機(TIGEREYE)和 F-5E老虎二戰鬥機(TIGER 11)。

警方介入調查后,目前已扣留4人,包括空軍軍官和買家助查。

這宗失竊醜聞,是于2007年12月尾,在首都新街場空軍基地內被揭發。

當局相信,遭人竊走的F-5E戰鬥機引擎,已由某歐洲國家的黑市買主購買,動機不明。

不過,警方是在去年初接獲竊案投報后,展開調查工作,事后才扣捕4人助查。

武吉阿曼商業罪案調查局副總監拿督諾雅和武裝部隊總司令丹斯里阿茲占空軍上將,昨日受詢時證實此案。

諾雅說,警方于今年初接獲大馬武裝部隊投報,指新街場路大馬皇家空軍基地發生竊案后,即刻展開調查,分別向18名涉及人士錄取口供。被扣留助查的4人包括軍官和公眾,不過她以仍在調查為由,拒絕透露該4人的身份詳情。

諾雅說,初步調查發現,失竊的戰鬥機引擎已被販賣至歐洲國家,不過真正地點還在調查中。

她說,警方列此案為失信案處理,並會將調查報告呈交給總檢察署,以採取下一步行動。

據悉,價值5000萬令吉的戰鬥機引擎被拆除后,被置放在新街場空軍物質庫內,較后才遭人揭發下落不明。

幹案者除了竊走整大幅引擎,連管理和服務器系統也一併劫走。

公賬會若接投報將調查

報導:謝玉珊

國會公共賬目委員會副主席陳勝堯說,若有接獲投報,該會將對大馬空軍部隊5000萬令吉的戰鬥機引擎失竊一事,展開調查。

他接受《中國報》訪問時說,無論如何,公賬會是否介入調查此事,須等公賬會在下一次會議進行討論后,才作出決定。

國會公共賬目委員會一般上是扮演協助國家總審計司的角色,但若是有人提出投訴,該委員會會針對各別案件,展開調查。

“我們會關注商業罪案調查局,針對這事件展開調查的進展,若是有人提出投訴,公賬會會討論是否展開調查。”

他說,由于現在已進入年底假期,公賬會最快也要在明年1月中后,才會召開下一次會議。

國際公司購失竊引擎
阿末扎希:援引國際法起訴

(峇眼拿督19日訊)國防部長拿督斯里阿末扎希說,2007年失竊的大馬空軍FE5型戰機引擎,已經從一家總部設于南美洲的公司,售出給一家國際公司。

他說,相信這家國際公司聘用特定的代理人,把該部價值5000萬令吉的引擎偷運出國。

“國防部將援引國際法律,採取必要的行動,起訴聘用代理偷運引擎出國的相關公司。”

“涉及者是大馬武裝部隊的下層人員,他們等于是一群賣國賊,必須得到法律嚴懲。”

阿末扎希今天主持環保之友活動后,向記者這么指出。

警掌握重要文件

他證實,所有相關售賣引擎的文件,已經完全掌握在警方手裡。

“這家國際公司有興趣售賣該引擎,是因為它價格很便宜,因為它已被列入待修的損壞引擎清單之中。”

今天有幾家報章報導,警方已就FE5型戰機引擎失竊事件,扣留了4人,其中包括大馬武裝部隊成員在內。

較早前,阿末扎希在檳城浮羅文丁體育館主辦的檳州與吉打南部后備部隊推介禮后,于記者會上說,一旦發生任何意外事故,部門會徹查及檢討相關系統。自偷竊案發生后,國防部已整頓國防部的系統,包括稽查、檢查國防備件、存庫及採購系統。

“首相拿督斯里納吉在擔任國防部長期間,已知道此案,國防部將不時向首相匯報案件進展。”

他指出,軍方是在該軍機引擎在2007年需進行翻新與維修時,才發現引擎沒有如期送到目的地,才揭露失竊案。

處分後勤組軍官

消息說,大馬皇家空軍基地發生千萬令吉戰鬥機引擎失竊事件后,猶如拋下一枚小炸彈,震驚各界人士!

尤其是新街場的空軍內部,數名后勤組軍官和軍員,已在事件后受到處分,被部隊革除職位。

另一方面,武裝部隊總司令丹斯里阿茲占空軍上將說,當局已加強各方面的管理和保安,避免類似事件再度發生。

他說,這起竊案是在2年前發生,並且是通過週詳策劃,導致當局事后很難追查。

“此事件已為政府帶來損失,武部部隊嚴陣看待此事,況且已嚴重損害部隊形象。”

維修中被竊走

被竊走的F-5E戰鬥機引擎尚好,是從北海空軍中隊被運來新街場空軍基地進行維修,不料卻發生竊案。

消息說,大馬皇家空軍部隊于1974年開始,便採用美國製造的雙引擎戰鬥機,目前大馬僅剩6架此戰鬥機,型號分別是RF-5E(虎眼偵察機(TIGEREYE)和 F-5EC老虎二戰鬥機(TIGER 11)。

6架戰鬥機一直都是被當局部署在北海空軍基地服役,較后其中數架引擎因要進行維修,于是轉送入隆市空軍基地,並將引擎拆除下來,由政府委派的承包商負責檢驗時,卻傳出被人偷走事件。

據悉,有關當局曾在數年前,已建議停止使用F-5E戰鬥機,以便讓新的戰機取代。

後備部隊給民眾機會
參與訓練促進聯繫

阿末扎希指出,后備部隊給民眾機會,參與大馬軍隊的一部分活動、訓練與職務,以便和軍隊建立更好的聯繫。

他指出,首相拿督斯里納吉提倡的“一個馬來西亞”可以在民防部隊下實現,各族的交流、互相了解及互相認與真誠交流,在后備部隊中是很重要的。

檳州與吉打南部的后備部隊是由6個國會選區組成,在浮羅山背體育館舉行這項推介禮,有600名新加入的后備部隊成員。

他呼籲所有的后備部隊成員一起進行這項改革,他相信后備部隊也可成為軍隊與人民的橋梁。

“后備部隊是在防衛國家方面為第二線防衛,需時常準備面對任何挑戰。”

他指出,歷史已證明在1861年已有檳州自願軍的成立,這項努力直到1958年易名為后備部隊。

他指出,全國目前有220個國會選區有后備部隊。

保安森嚴.警疑有內鬼

警方相信,戰鬥機引擎竊案有“內鬼”涉及,通過裡應外合和週詳策劃下,才成功將整大副引擎竊走!

警方對保安森嚴的空軍基地,竟發生如此劫案大感震驚,並相信“內鬼”操縱和策劃的可能性。

諾雅說,龐然大物且完整的戰鬥機引擎,可避開保安檢舉和成功運出,並非是一件易事。

她說,幹案者不只狡猾,也熟悉戰鬥機的操作和知識,包括竊賊連管理和服務器必須一起竊走的知識,否則引擎將變成無價之物。

消息說,被竊走的戰鬥機引擎是屬于J-85通用電子系統,可完整或個別折散售買,以取代舊的飛機零件。

上述型號的引擎目前仍在新加坡、印尼、西亞,甚至歐洲等國家通用。

多項裝備陸續失竊

戰斗機引擎失竊可能只是冰山一角!

武裝部隊總司令丹斯里阿茲占空軍上將指出,根據軍方初步調查,軍隊自2007年開始,有其他裝備開始陸續失竊,軍方還在徹查中。

改善程序漏洞

他說,軍方目前正努力改善程序漏洞,尤其是后勤部門,軍方將實行新的保安措施。

另一方面,空軍司令拿督羅查里上將週六受《中國報》詢問時證實,戰鬥機引擎竊案是于2007年12月尾發生,空軍內部自行內部調查后才向警方報案。

他說,空軍和警方聯合追查,希望可尋回失竊引擎。
 

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yeah...i was suprised too...a friggin jet engine weh...not a pistol or a parachute...an engine...lots of ppl sure involve from transporting the engine ard airbase to clearance to sales and exports...it was sold to other country iinm
 

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waaaa fred...u think im a provost izit?

its an F5e Tiger engine....and seriously head wiil roll because of this
 

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The latest update : There were actually 2 engines and more accessories missing :)
 

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I was shocked when I read the news...I was like WTF!! missing 2 jet engine....that engine is not small and how can it gone missing...the best part is the military only know about it until now? =.='
 

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