A-29 Super Tucano (Wallpaper 3)
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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A-29 Super Tucano (Wallpaper 3)
A-29 Super Tucano aircraft photo wallpaper gallery 3. A-29 Super Tucano airplane pictures and images collection 3.
A total of 25 Super Tucanos (variant AT-29B) were purchased by the Colombian Air Force in a 234 million USD deal, purchased directly from the Brazilian company Embraer. The first three aircraft arrived in the morning of 14 December 2006 to the military airfield of CATAM in Bogotá. Two more planes were delivered on the week of December 16, 2006, ten more in the first semester of 2007 and the rest in June 2008. In 2008, the Colombian Air Force used a Super Tucano armed with Griffin missiles inside Ecuadorian airspace during "Operation Phoenix", destroying a guerrilla cell and killing the second-in-command chief of FARC, Raúl Reyes. This event led to a diplomatic break between the two countries. In 2006, Embraer had a potential sale of 24 units to Venezuela fall through. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez claimed the U.S. was responsible for pressuring Brazil not to sign the contract. A-29 Super Tucano (Wallpaper 3). A-29 Super Tucano aircraft photo wallpaper gallery 3. A-29 Super Tucano airplane pictures and images collection 3. One Super Tucano has also been purchased by a subsidiary of Blackwater Worldwide, an American private military contracting firm. The aircraft did not include the machine guns normally attached to the wings. Embraer has announced it is teaming with Sierra Nevada to build the Super Tucano in Jacksonville, Florida, if the partners can win a US Air Force contract that is scheduled to be awarded in June. Sierra Nevada's role as the US-based prime contractor in Embraer's bid was revealed after both competitors - also including the Lockheed Martin/Hawker Beechcraft AT-6 - completed flight trials in the evaluation process for the light air support (LAS) contract. The programme will supply up to 20 aircraft to serve as counter-insurgency trainers and fighters for Afghan pilots. The USAF also plans to buy 15 aircraft to serve as trainers for its own pilots, who could then be assigned to foreign "partners" fighting insurgents or terrorists. Both competitors think the contract may ultimately be worth more than 35 aircraft, however. A-29 Super Tucano (Wallpaper 3). A-29 Super Tucano aircraft photo wallpaper gallery 3. A-29 Super Tucano airplane pictures and images collection 3.
A-29 Super Tucano aircraft photo wallpaper gallery 3. A-29 Super Tucano airplane pictures and images collection 3.
A total of 25 Super Tucanos (variant AT-29B) were purchased by the Colombian Air Force in a 234 million USD deal, purchased directly from the Brazilian company Embraer. The first three aircraft arrived in the morning of 14 December 2006 to the military airfield of CATAM in Bogotá. Two more planes were delivered on the week of December 16, 2006, ten more in the first semester of 2007 and the rest in June 2008. In 2008, the Colombian Air Force used a Super Tucano armed with Griffin missiles inside Ecuadorian airspace during "Operation Phoenix", destroying a guerrilla cell and killing the second-in-command chief of FARC, Raúl Reyes. This event led to a diplomatic break between the two countries. In 2006, Embraer had a potential sale of 24 units to Venezuela fall through. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez claimed the U.S. was responsible for pressuring Brazil not to sign the contract. A-29 Super Tucano (Wallpaper 3). A-29 Super Tucano aircraft photo wallpaper gallery 3. A-29 Super Tucano airplane pictures and images collection 3. One Super Tucano has also been purchased by a subsidiary of Blackwater Worldwide, an American private military contracting firm. The aircraft did not include the machine guns normally attached to the wings. Embraer has announced it is teaming with Sierra Nevada to build the Super Tucano in Jacksonville, Florida, if the partners can win a US Air Force contract that is scheduled to be awarded in June. Sierra Nevada's role as the US-based prime contractor in Embraer's bid was revealed after both competitors - also including the Lockheed Martin/Hawker Beechcraft AT-6 - completed flight trials in the evaluation process for the light air support (LAS) contract. The programme will supply up to 20 aircraft to serve as counter-insurgency trainers and fighters for Afghan pilots. The USAF also plans to buy 15 aircraft to serve as trainers for its own pilots, who could then be assigned to foreign "partners" fighting insurgents or terrorists. Both competitors think the contract may ultimately be worth more than 35 aircraft, however. A-29 Super Tucano (Wallpaper 3). A-29 Super Tucano aircraft photo wallpaper gallery 3. A-29 Super Tucano airplane pictures and images collection 3.
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