Aircraft
Philippines Receives First Super Tucano
Embraer’s light attack turboprop is expected to join OV-10 Broncos operating in the close support/counter insurgency role.
Wearing Brazil civilian registrations, the Super Tucanos landed at Clark airbase on September 19. (Photo: Efrain Noel Morota)
Wearing Brazil civilian registrations, the Super Tucanos landed at Clark airbase on September 19. (Photo: Efrain Noel Morota)

After a multi-leg three-week delivery flight, Embraer has turned over the first batch of four A-29 Super Tucanos to the Philippines Air Force (PAF). The aircraft departed São Jose on August 29 and landed at Clark airbase near Manila on September 19 after transiting through various locations such as Cape Verde; Malta; and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.


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