Brazil's Embraer Sells Ecuador 24 Super Tucanos

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Brazil's Embraer Sells Ecuador 24 Super Tucanos

By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Published: 23 Mar 18:30 EDT (22:30 GMT)
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SAO PAULO - Embraer has sold 24 Super Tucano turbo-prop aircraft to the Ecuadoran air force to patrol its border and train pilots, the Brazilian aeronautics giant said Monday.

The company did not disclose the value of the sale. Deliveries of the aircraft were to begin at the end of the year, it said.
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With the latest deal, Embraer has sold 169 Super Tucanos in the international market. The model is an upgraded version of the Tucano, of which 650 currently are in service in 15 air forces around the world, the company said.

Embraer orders totaled 20.7 billion dollars in the first half of 2008. It is the third largest manufacturer of commercial aircraft in the world after Airbus and Boeing.

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http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4002820&c=AIR&s=TOP

[SAS73]

Well thats not new, after the Colombian attack on a Farc terrorist camp inside Ecuador, this last one country was very interested to buy the Super Tucano planes from Brazil. Why? becuase Colombian Air Force used that type of aircraft on the attack at the Farc Camp. Also the Super Tucano full fills all the needs and budget for the ecuadorian air force. More when a one FAE Strikemaster MK-89 crashed in the Ecuadorian jungle an then one if its pilots and a rescueman got killed
when during that intervention the lieutenant Rafael Durango died, because the cord in they maintained which it broke. The pilot fand his rescueman fell to the emptiness