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After reducing KC-390 Freighter orders from 28 to 16, Brazilian Air Force talks about acquiring up to 70 Gripen fighters
F-39 Gripen NG da FAB
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Rafael Ramos
6/6/2021
Brazilian Air Force Commander, Lieutenant Brigadier Carlos de Almeida Baptista Jr., spoke about the recent revision of the KC-390 acquisition contract and the Gripen program.
F-39 and F-5
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The acquisition of the KC 390 has been revised downwards. The lieutenant was asked if the same would happen with the fighter. The answer was: “We bought the first batch, but our expectation is that it will be somewhere around 60 or 70 aircraft. This contract contemplates 36. Soon, it will be time to start talking about a second batch. With a country the size of Brazil, you can't talk about just 36 fighter aircraft.”
The expectation would be 60 to 70 units of the plane in total. As for the KC-390, between 13 and 16 aircraft should be acquired from Embraer. Budget restrictions do not allow the acquisition of the 28 units.
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Rafael Ramos
Aviation enthusiast from an early age, he had his first contacts with the area developing that good old habit of spending dozens of hours in front of the screens of Micrsoft Flight Simulator and other simulators. With a solid background in various technological areas, including engineering and chemistry, Rafael has rejoined aviation as editor and author of articles and materials on our portal, providing invaluable help to the dynamics and expansion of the website and the aeronautical community, bringing us the news and updates so indispensable for us to remain current in our area of operation.
   
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