Embraer Defense & Security to convert A-29 Super Tucano aircraft for Smoke Squadron

RIO DE JANEIRO, 12 April 2013.Embraer Defense & Security and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) won a $16 million contract, including an aeronautics service package totaling $10.1 million, to provide aeronautical services (engineering, design, painting, modification, and reconfiguration, among others) to adapt and put into operation 12 Aeronautics Command A-29 Super Tucano aircraft for use by the Aerial Demonstration Squadron, also known as the Smoke Squadron (Esquadrilha da Fumaca).

"The addition of a modern aircraft, like the A-29 Super Tucano, to the operations of the Smoke Squadron, will contribute significantly to the FAB being able to continue fulfilling its mission of demonstrating its professionalism and of awakening a calling for aviation in Brazilian young people,” says Eduardo Bonini Santos Pinto, senior vice president, operations and COO of Embraer Defense & Security.

"The A-29 Super Tucano flying in the livery of the Smoke Squadron is a source of great pride for the FAB, because it represents a unique opportunity for demonstrating, worldwide, a product that was conceived in conjunction with the Brazilian aeronautics industry, as well as its striking technology," adds Air Force Lieutenant-Brigadier Helio Paes de Barros Junior, FAB Commander-General of Support. "The Super Tucano will bring power and robust action to the Squadron's demonstrations."

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