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Why the A-29 Super Tucano won’t replace the A-10

The A-10 Thunderbolt II was built around a gun and a mission: survive over a modern battlefield while shredding tanks and protecting troops under fire. The A-29 Super Tucano, by contrast, grew out of ...
Embraer has launched the A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft, which will feature equipment to meet NATO's operational requirements. The initial focus on meeting ...
Embraer EMB-314B Super Tucano turboprop trainer/light attack aircraft have been integrated with new air-to-surface weapons, ...
Portugal’s first Embraer A-29N Super Tucano light attack aircraft have departed from Brazil. The aircraft took off from Embraer’s facility in Gaviao Peixoto, Brazil en route to Portugal, where MRO ...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday defended the purchase of six additional A-29 Super Tucano helicopters for ...
The Super Tucano, using laser-guided rockets and guns, would add a cheaper counter-drone capability to counter asymmetric threats. Brazil's Embraer has pitched a counter-UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) ...
A new Embraer A-29 Super Tucano arrives in Asunción, Paraguay. The four deliveries, with two more expected, will reinvigorate the FAPʼs combat fleet. (Paraguayan Air Force) The Paraguayan Air Force ...
Guatemala’s congress has approved the purchase of six Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light-attack aircraft for counter-narcotics missions, funded by a $170 million loan from banks in Argentina and Brazil.
Both commercial and battlespace developments world over, including the South American continent, are motivating the effort. August saw narcotics smugglers destroy a Colombian National Police UH-60 ...