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U.S. Buys Six More A-29 Light-Attack Planes For Afghanistan

By Marc Selinger

Thursday, October 26th, 2017

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U.S. Buys Six More A-29 Light-Attack Planes For Afghanistan

Two Afghan Air Force A-29 Super Tucanos fly over Kabul in 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo)

The Afghan Air Force, which has 20 A-29 Super Tucano light-attack planes, will receive six more through a recently announced U.S. Air Force purchase.“The order of these six A-29s is part of the Afghan Air Force modernization plan that is a [U.S. secretary of defense]-approved initiative to grow the Afghan Air Force into a sustainable and professional force,” U.S. Air Force spokesman Ed Gulick said Oct. 26.Production of the six A-29s will start “immediately” at an Embraer plant in Jacksonville,…

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