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USAF: next year the tender for the light attack aircraft?
Two-way challenge between the A-29 Super Tucano and the AT-6 Wolverine
![An Sierra Nevada Corp-Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft](https://avionews.it/resources/big/f3c6029c68d39061d2621721506a6fc8.jpg.webp)
The improvements of the ballistic capabilities, especially for the range, of air-to-ground missiles is making more and more superfluous Close Air Support aircraft as the Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. The US Air Force (USAF), the only one to use this type of aircraft in the next year, will probably present a tender for the purchase of light attack aircraft, and this will be announced as soon...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency