Guatemala Looks to Super Tucanos for its Air Force

Super Tucano

Embraer’s EMB 314/ A-29 Super Tucano has become the world’s leading counter-insurgency aircraft, securing customers across Latin America and into Africa and Asia. Now Guatemala looks set to join Embraer’s customer roster with an order for 6 aircraft, a command center for surveillance data, and a trio of 3D Argentinian air control radars. The country’s fleet of A-37 Dragonfly jets retains just a couple of serviceable aircraft, and the EMB-314 has been the default replacement for most Latin American air forces.

That’s certainly the case for Guatemala, which has special reasons to need that switch…

Rapid Fire April 11, 2013: OCO to Remain High Because of Post-Afghanistan Logistics

• Hearings on the FY14 US defense budget at the US House Armed Services Committee (HASC) begin, starting with the Secretary of Defense with the service chiefs coming in days ahead.