Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and Embraer Defense & Security have handed over the first A-29 Super Tucano light air support aircraft to the US Air Force (USAF) at the team’s facility in Jacksonville, Florida, US. Around 20 A-29 Super Tucanos were ordered by the USAF along with ground training devices, pilot and maintenance training and…
Last week, when I was being shown around Embraer’s new U.S.-assembled A-29 Super Tucano with a group of journalists, the first thing that caught my eye was a big covered something sticking out of each wing. In an age of remote control drones and smart bombs, that couldn’t possibly be a machine gun, could it? It sure enough was said our Embraer guide. The A29, in a throwback to the days of mano a mano air combat, has a single .50 caliber gun in each wing, although not the same Browning model used in just about every U.S.-made aircraft that carried such weapons, but an FN Herstal.
MOODY AFB – Moody Air Force Base welcomed its first A-29 Super Tucano Friday morning.
The first A-29 Super Tucano to be assigned to Moody AFB, Ga., was delivered to the Air Force during a roll out ceremony in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sept. 25, 2014.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Sept. 25, 2014) – Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and Embraer Defense & Security today presented the first United States-built A-29 Super Tucano light air support aircraft in a rollout ceremony with the U.S. Air Force and government officials, industry and community representatives, and news media. The aircraft, which also performs as an outstanding…
La compañía brasileña Embraer informó que entregó este jueves el primero de los veinte aviones A-29 Super Tucano que le compró la Fuerza Aérea estadounidense, para usarlos en Afganistán tras el retiro de las tropas de la OTAN.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — More than 100 contractors and engineers are working at a facility on the city’s Northside to build 20 A-29 Super Tucano fighter planes.
Jacksonville, Fl. — What started out as an empty hanger on the Northside less than two years ago is now the place where military airplanes are assembled.
The first A29 Super Tucano manufactured in the United States made its debut today in a ceremony at the Embraer facility at Jacksonville International Airport.
Embraer and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) on September 25 rolled out the first American-assembled A-29 Super Tucano for the U.S. Air Force’s Light Air Support (LAS) program. The single-engine turboprop will be used to provide light air support, reconnaissance and training capabilities to the Afghanistan military.