8 super Tukanosa za Dominikansku Republiku

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Brazilski EMB-314/AT-27 Super Tucano nastavlja da biva omiljeni avion u Latino-Američkim RV-ima koje vode akcije protiv narko kartela i protivpobunjeničke misije....U sledećem tekstu možete više saznati o tome...


15/01/2009
8 Super Tucanos to Dominican Republic

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EMB-314/AT-27 Super Tucano

Brazil’s EMB-314/AT-27 Super Tucano continues to be the aircraft of choice for Latin American air forces who want to conduct drug interdiction and counterinsurgency missions. Their modern trainer/ counterinsurgency concept is slowly replacing the brilliant but under-appreciated OA-37 Dragonfly in the region. The Vietnam-era Dragonflys are not cost-effective to modernize, and are simply running out of parts and safe flying hours.

The large, ruggedly-built Super Tucano trainers can operate from unimproved airfields. They come with a pair of M3P .50 caliber machine guns in the wings, the ability to mount surveillance and targeting pods like RAFAEL and Northrop-Grumman’s popular LITENING, and the ability to carry both Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and precision ground attack weapons in place of standard COIN loads like conventional bombs, rocket pods, and gun pods. To date, 63 Super Tucanos have been delivered to Brazil (of 99 ordered) and all 25 to Colombia. Chile recently ordered 12, and Venezuela wanted 36 but the USA intervened to bock the sale.

Now Embraer confirms the sale of 8 Super Tucano aircraft to the Dominican Republic, which shares an island with Haiti in the Caribbean. Embraer adds that the aircraft will be used for “internal security and border patrol missions, within an operations theater focusing on fighting the drug traffic.” According to Scramble, the Fuerza Aerea Dominicana no longer flies its A-37s, and the Super Tucanos will restock its combat squadron at San Isidro. The contract was finalized at the end of 2008, but precise amounts were not mentioned. As a yardstick of comparison, Colombia’s 25 aircraft cost $235 million.

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