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Ecuador Orders Super Tucano Aircraft For Training And Border Missions

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Monday, April 6th, 2009

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Brazil's Embraer last week confirmed signing the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE) for the sale of 24 Super Tucano turboprop aircraft that will be used on border patrol missions and for pilot training. "We are honored to expand our relationship with the Ecuadorian government, which already operates many Embraer aircraft models," Orlando Jose Ferreira Neto, executive vice president, defense and government market, said in a statement. "The Super Tucano is the ideal aircraft for surveillance and training missions and we are…

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