Is A-29 Super Tucano good?

This opens in a new window. The A-29 Super Tucano is the most reliable and cost-effective solution for basic through advanced flight and combat training, close air support operations, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), counter-insurgency and irregular warfare scenarios.

How much does a A-29 Super Tucano cost?

The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, has said the six A-29 Super Tucano jets which recently arrived in Nigeria cost almost $500m. A statement by the United States Africa Command Public Affairs said she spoke on Tuesday at the induction of the jets the Nigerian Air Force’s fleet.

What is special about A-29 Super Tucano?

EMB-314 / A-29 Super Tucano design and features The Super Tucano aircraft is a durable and versatile aircraft equipped with a powerful turboprop arrangement. It is claimed to be the only military type-certified aircraft in the light attack class. The aircraft ensures low operational and sustainment costs.

What is special about a-29 Super Tucano?

Can you buy decommissioned military aircraft?

Yes it is possible to buy old military aircraft; they are frequently listed in the pages of aircraft sales periodicals like Controller, Trade-A-Plane, Barnstormers, etc.

Can a civilian buy a MIG 29?

And now you can buy it for the very reasonable price of $4.65 million USD. It is a beautiful, late model United Aircraft Corporation MiG-29UB (NATO codename “Fulcrum”) two-seat tactical aircraft. “We’ve had a few serious calls,” Albert Heidinger of Raptor Aviation in Port St. Lucie, Florida told The Aviationist.

What kind of weapons does the A-29 Super Tucano carry?

The A-29 Super Tucano carries a wide variety of weapons, including precision-guided munitions, and was designed to be a low-cost system operated in low-threat environments.

How many hours has the Super Tucano A-29B flown?

On 13 October 2010, the Super Tucano A-29B had passed the mark of 48,000 hours since 21 July 2005 on full-scale wing-fuselage structural fatigue tests, conducted by the Aeronautical Systems Division, part of the Aeronautics and Space Institute at the Structural Testing Laboratory.

What type of aircraft is the A-29?

A-29 Super Tucano. The Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano, also named the A-29, is a turboprop, light-attack aircraft designed for counter-insurgency, close air support, and aerial reconnaissance missions in low-threat environments, as well as providing pilot training.

Did the Super Tucano beat the AT-6 for Afghan light air support?

^ “Super Tucano beats out AT-6 for Afghan Light Air Support tender”, Flight Global, archived from the original on 1 October 2015, retrieved 28 February 2013. ^ “Afghan air force awaits arrival of first fixed-wing attack aircraft”. Military Times. 21 December 2015.