Uruguayan Air Force to Add A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft to Fleet
(27/08/24)
The Uruguayan Air Force (Força Aérea Uruguaia /
FAU) has ordered one A-29 Super Tucano aircraft, with options on
five additional units, as part of a fleet renewal program.
The deal includes mission equipment, integrated
logistics services and a flight simulator.
Delivery of the first aircraft is scheduled for
2025.
“It should be noted that since 1981 our country
has not acquired new combat aircraft,” said General Luis H. De
León, Commander in Chief of the Uruguayan Air Force. “It is
precisely for this reason that the aforementioned purchase of
aircraft will generate great motivation and professional
satisfaction within the Air Force.”
Força Aérea Uruguaia (FAU) Embraer A-29 Super Tucano
With this order, Uruguay becomes the sixth nation
to operate the A-29 Super Tucano in South America along with
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Paraguay.
Due to its
operational flexibility in the South American region, the aircraft
is used for several missions, mainly for control of illegal
activities, border monitoring, reconnaissance and advanced
training.
A regional fleet of more than 160 Super Tucanos operate
in the most austere and demanding environments in South America,
from the humid and warm Amazon rainforest, the cold regions of
southern Chile to the heat of the desert further north, from
mountainous regions of Colombia and Ecuador to the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts.
“We are honored by the decision of the Uruguayan
Air Force, another South American nation to choose the A-29 Super
Tucano, an aircraft that is a reference in its segment in the
international market,” said Bosco da Costa Junior, President and CEO of
Embraer Defense & Security. “With this acquisition, Uruguay
will have differentiated capabilities that will greatly contribute
to the surveillance of its borders and increase FAU’s operational
readiness.”
The A-29
Super Tucano is suitable for a wide range of missions such as close air
support, air patrol, special operations, air interdiction, JTAC,
forward air controller (FAC), air and tactical coordinator (TAC),
Armed ISR, border surveillance, reconnaissance, air escort, basic,
operational and advanced training, transition to air superiority
fighters, JTAC/LIFT and FAC training.
The aircraft has received over 260 orders and surpassed
570,000 flight hours, with 60,000 of those in combat.
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