Philippines Moving Toward Embraer Super Tucano Order

Super Tucano
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KUALA LUMPUR—The Philippines is making progress in a program to acquire six Embraer Super Tucanos to fill a light-attack requirement. The Super Tucanos, if ordered, will replace eight OV-10 Broncos for which the air force has been seeking successors since 2012, bolstering the country’s ability to...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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