Super Tucano Colombia

[Tarja Rabito]

Theselection of the Super Tucano resulted from its technological innovation, operating excellence and affordability, which are fundamental characteristics of this aircraft. The Colombian Air Force (FAC) currently operates 14 Tucano basic training aircraft produced by Embraer. These were purchased in the 1990s.

For the basic training role (and even light weapons traing and COIN), the T-6A Texan would have been superior? Why? FMS financing, not to mention the possibility that United States would have given a fleet of T-6 trainers to Columbia.

The Super Tucano is actually a considerably more complex aircraft than a T-6 and is primarily used for light strike. It has NVG capability, a HUD, HOTAS, laser interial nav and weapons systems that are integrated on a Mil 1553 standard data bus. It's weapons include two wing mounted 0.50 Cal machine guns and can carry 1500 kg of munitions, including Air-to-air missiles. It is in effect a turboprop light fighter aircraft.

The T-6 is a pure trainer. It does have advanced sysstems for training but is not a dedicated attack aircraft. The T-6B does offer expanded weapons delivery capabilities but I don't think it has been ordered by anyone yet (could be wrong though).

The EMB-314 ALX is like a modern day A-1 Skyraider IMO,good to have in South America.Its somewhat cheap,survivable and can carry a pretty advanced warload.I'd rather have a fleet of these then Predators anyday.Look how many Predators have been lost or shot down over Yugoslavia,Iraq and Afghanistan.The ALX has better performance and a larger payload compared to the Predator.

Mexico is very interested in aquiring 30 super tucanos since the T-33 fleet is no longer safe to fly.Some MEXICAN AIR FORCE pilots has been in Brazil testing the SUPER TUCANO, also it would be a great deal for both countryes since MEXICO allready has 3 Embraer 145 wich are compatible with the tucano sistem since brazil has a sucsesfull program in the amazon region with both aircraft.

Has the Super Tucano been cleared to fire Hellfire missiles? I haven't heard about it. Come to think about it, can the Super Tucano carry anything other than unguided bombs and rockets? Can the ALX even designate for LGBs? No?

When the Pilatus PC-7 order was placed, the Swiss made a big deal about the trainers being unarmed - to no avail. Needless to say, only the intervention of the Clinton administration halted the use PC-7s against civilians in Chiapas.

B.) I doubt that even with Uncle Sam's help. the FAC can afford to use expensive anti-tank missiles on Walmart tents and shacks made from corrugated iron and other assorted junk. Again Hellfire is overkill.

I think it should be known the the Papua NEw Guinea Air Force is looking at buying these planes for internal matters (something tells me that Port Morsbey doesn't trust the peace deal on Bouganville). That said, Port Morsbey is looking at buying one squadron of these (8-12 planes) with some of the financial aid Australia gives it.

Should the deal go ahead, this will mark the first combat type in the PNGDF and is looking at the RAAF supplying basic flying training as well as weapons delivery. This will be done on the RAAF's PC-9A/AM planes with the weapons part coming out of FACDU (Forward Air Controllers Development Unit) based at RAAF Williamstown.

I said modern equilivant of the A-1,not clone.How many prop driven attack planes are there on the market today? The A-1 itself suffered large losses in Vietnam from both gunfire and SAMs,as did F-4s,B-52s and just about any other aircraft or helicopter deployed over there,so saying that the T-28 was driven from the skies really means nothing in the larger picture.Although,going with that theroy,the F-105 would have been ineffective too,as large numbers,over a third of total production,was lost over Vietnam.

The T-28 was driven from the skies of South Vietnam - even before shoulder fired SAMs came into use. The T-28 did continue in use in the more permissive skies of Laos and in downright peaceful Thailand.

s d'advertir, que aquesta hiptesi, igual que altres propostes per Greenberg per al continent americ, ha estat mpliament qestionada per diversos especialistes en aquestes llenges, per basar-se en una metodologia amb un marge d'error massa alt (Landaburu 1999) i sobre una evidncia lingstica feble.

Greenberg proposa que la macrofamlia macro-tukano com una divisi de l'Amerindi meridional incloent diverses famlies. Aquesta classificaci ha variat des de la primera proposta (1956), fins a l'ltima (1987) i altres autors han proposat modificacions parcials pel que la bibliografia sobre l'assumpte resulta confusa si no es tenen en compte l'any i l'autor que recull la llista de llenges hipotticament pertanyents a la macrofamlia macro-tucano.

D'acord amb l'ltima proposta de Greenberg (1987), el tronc macro-tucano formaria part del filum Equatorial-Tucano, en el qual estarien tamb les llenges arawak, les llenges tup i les llenges tucanes juntament amb altres famlies menors i algunes llenges allades ms. La classificaci de Greenberg de 1987 difereix en bastants punts de la proposta anterior del mateix autor (Greenberg, 1956).

Per a Swadesh (1959) les llenges txibtxes i tucanes formarien un macroflum amb 100 segles de separaci. Wheeler (1992) va trobar diverses relacions "sorprenents" en les reconstruccions de proto-tukano i proto-txibtxa i algunes amb proto-arawak.[2]

La proposta de Greenberg (1987), proposa que les unitats filogentiques anomenades macro-tucano, equatorial (macro-arawak) formarien el phylum tucano-equatorial. Aquest seria un dels quatre super-talls en qu es classificarien les llenges amerndies de Sud-amrica:

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