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Saab delivered the first four F-39Es to then-commander of the Brazilian Air Force, Lt. Brig. Carlos de Almeida Baptista, Jr., in Sweden in 2021. If Brazil orders a second batch, Embraer wants more content to transfer to Brazil.
Credit: Brazilian Air Force
The 14-year-long, 5.79 billion reais ($1.18 billion) development phase for the Embraer C-390 Millennium came to an end on April 3. The Brazilian Air Force declared that the jet-powered transport-tanker and aerial firefighter had achieved full operational capability, even as a recently truncated...
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