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USAF reveals intentions to acquire light attack fighter fleet
6 August, 2018
After more than a year of flight demonstrations the US Air Force is formally moving the light attack aircraft experiment into the acquisitions phase, with the intention that it will award a production contract [for Super Tucano] or [AT-6 Wolverine] in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019.
The pre-solicitation notice for the other than full and open competition was announced on 3 August. It is anticipated that a formal solicitation will be released in December of 2018, according to the USAF.
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https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... gh-450940/
Creo que ya no hay marcha atrás, y que para misiones expedicionarias habrá algunas alas de aparatos COIN. Una pena que sean entrenadores convertidos, pese a las ventajas que eso supone.
Y mucho me temo que, si se emplean bien, no dejarán precisamente en buen lugar a los helos de ataque en ese tipo de misiones
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