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| 05 October 2005 MILITARY HUSH HOUSES REFURBISHED FOR KUWAIT AIR FORCE
The Hush Houses, one based at Ahmed Al Jaber and the other at Ali Al Salem both accommodate the F/A-18 fighter aircraft and the latter also accommodates the Hawk Trainer. Both facilities are utilised for installed and uninstalled testing. Phil Little, Project Manager with IAC Aviation, co-ordinated the refurbishment projects for the US government’s NAVAIR acting for the KAF. "Both test facilities had served KAF well over the years but engine testing has really moved on considerably since then and extensive upgrades were needed to bring them up to today’s spec." The refurbishment was comprehensive throughout both facilities: overhaul and repair to the thrust stands for uninstalled testing and the yoke assemblies (adaptor frames), and the engine trolleys; control rooms refit; repair and upgrade of the fuel distribution and management systems, and the augmentor and compressed air systems. IAC Aviation also upgraded the buildings’ fabric: repairing and servicing the 7m x 15m aircraft entry acoustic doors, upgrading the lighting and interior paint work; and both fire systems – water deluge and gas. The results? Two 21st-century, world-class hush houses.
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aero-engine testing specialist, IAC Aviation, has undertaken the full
refurbishment of two hush houses for the Kuwait Air Force (KAF) built
in 1993. The refurbishment was completed three months ahead of schedule.
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