U.S. State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Lebanon for A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft and associated equipment, p...
The proposed sale of these aircraft will provide Lebanon with a much needed Close Air Support (CAS) platform to meet present and future challenges posed by internal and border security threats.
Lebanon has requested a possible sale of six (6) A-29 Super Tucano aircraft, eight (8) PT6A-68A Turboprop engines (6 installed and 2 spares), eight (8) ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispensing Systems, two thousand (2000) Advanced Precision Kill Weapon Systems and associated equipment.
The turboprop aircraft will be mainly used to suppress the Hezbollah, which waged a war with Israel in 2006. The aircraft can carry machine guns, bombs, rocket pods and air to air missile in underwing stations.
The Brazilian Embraer designed aircraft is being assembled in U.S. by Sierra Nevada Corp, after winning a deal to supply these to Afghanistan for counter insurgency operations.
