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USAF issues new Light Air Support tender in Afghanistan

Washington, USA - Embraer and Hawker Beechcraft will compete again

As forecasted by AVIONEWS the degeneration of the Afghan situation has forced the US Air Force to issue a new LAS (Light Air Support) tender. The LAS involves the delivery of at least 20 close support turboprop aircraft. Main candidates were (and are) the two turboprop aircraft with best performance: the Embraer/Sierra Nevada Super Tucano (NATO name A-29) and the Hawker Beechcraft AT-6 Texan II. The...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1139781
Rome, Italy, 04/19/2012 19:21
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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