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Airbus Defence and Space completes P-3 Orion aircraft modernisation program for Brazilian Air Force

Madrid, Spain - The industry has delivered the last of nine ASW models to FAB

Airbus Defence and Space has delivered the last of nine P-3 Orion anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft modernised with new systems and avionics for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). The aircraft has been ferried from Seville, Spain to Salvador de Bahía, Brazil, where it will be based. The nine aircraft were acquired by the FAB from the US Navy in 2006, along with three more to be dismantled for spares,...

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Rome, Italy, 07/28/2014 16:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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