Embraer Sells 8 Super Tucano Aircraft to Dominican Republic

Aircraft will be used on border patrol missions and to combat drug trafficking

(Sao Jose dos Campos, January 9, 2009) -- Embraer confirms the sale of eight Super Tucano aircraft to the government of the Dominican Republic through a contract that was finalized at the end of last year. The aircraft will be operated by the nation's Air Force to perform internal security and border patrol missions, within an operations theater focusing on fighting the drug traffic. This is the third export contract for the highly successful aircraft, after sales that were made to the Air Forces of Colombia (FAC) and Chile (FACH).

The choice made by the Dominican Republic Air Force shows how the aircraft's extreme versatility, associated with its good performance for both training and operational missions and with low acquisition, operating and maintenance costs, makes the Super Tucano one of the best multimission airplanes on the market.

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