NEWS
20 // SEPTEMBER 2017 #354 http://www.airforcesmonthly.comLatin America
Brazilian C-767 at G20 Summit
THE FORÇA Aérea
Brasileira (FAB, Brazilian
Air Force) sent its sole
C-767 VIP transport to the
Group of Twenty (G20)
Summit in Hamburg,
Germany from July
7-8. Serial FAB 2900 is
operated by Esquadrão
‘Corsário’, 2°/2° Grupo
de Transporte (GT), part
of Ala 11, and is based at
Base Aérea do Galeão, Rio
de Janeiro. The former
Martinair 767-300ER
was delivered to Brazil
on July 10 last year on
a three-year lease with
an option for a further
Rene Köhler 12-month extension.Brazilian P-
problems
JUST THREE or four out of
nine modernised P-3AM
anti-submarine warfare
aircraft are reportedly in
operational service with
the Força Aérea Brasileira
(FAB, Brazilian Air Force).
Despite undergoing a
significant upgrade, the
aircraft’s wingboxes
were not repaired,
which is alleged to limit
their serviceability.
Brazil acquired nine
P-3As from US Navy
stocks in 2006, together
with another three that
were used for spares.
Airbus upgraded the nine
aircraft with new avionics
and systems including
the Fully Integrated
Tactical System (FITS).
Any repairs are expected
to be completed as part
of a service life extension
before the Orions are
transferred to the
Brazilian Navy in 2020.
Juan Carlos CicalesiAVRO RJ70 FAB-
arrived at London
Southend Airport, Essex
from Bacău Airport,
Romania on July 15.
The aircraft was on its
delivery flight to customer
TAM (Transporte Aéreo
Militar), with which it is
expected to be operatedon joint operations
with the Fuerza Aérea
Boliviana (FAB, Bolivian
Air Force). Stored for
eight years in the open
at Bacău, the aircraft
still wears the colours of
previous operator MDLR
Airlines, with which it was
registered as VT-MDN. Itwas latterly registered as
T7-KMA, and still stored
in Romania. Although
planned to make only
a night stop in the UK,
the RJ70 was still in
the country several
days later, apparently
held up by unspecified
technical problems.Above: Avro RJ70 FAB-107 lands at Southend in the late evening of July 15. It wears the basic
MDLR colours with titles painted out, and the military serial FAB-107 taped on. Keith BurtonBolivian RJ70 in the UK
Above: Currently three Super Lynxes are undergoing upgrade to AH-11B standard with
Leonardo Helicopters. Another two are scheduled to begin modernisation in the second half of
the year. via Juan Carlos CicalesiFirst AH -11B
Super Lynx
modernised
LEONARDO HELICOPTERS
has completed mid-
life upgrade work on a
first Marinha do Brasil
(Brazilian Navy) AH-11B
Super Lynx multi-role
helicopter. The company
is modernising eight
AH-11As (Mk21As) in
service with 1° Esquadrão
de Helicópteros de
Esclarecimento e Ataque
Anti-Submarino (HA-1,
1st Reconnaissance
and Attack Helicopter
Squadron) ‘Lince’ at São
Pedro da Aldeia naval
air base as part of a
$132m contract signed in
June 2014. The updated
helicopters are due to
be returned to the navy
from November with
deliveries completed
in February 2019.
The upgrade includes
CTS800-4N engines, a digital
cockpit with three large-
area displays and Garmin
GTN-650 touchscreen,
General Dynamics UK
tactical processing system
and secure data recorder,
Leonardo SAGE electronic
support measures system
and defensive aids
controller and Thales
Vicon XF countermeasures
dispensers. Also added
are an Avionics RX-
identification friend or foe
system, Garmin GTS-
traffic collision avoidance
system and GTX-33DH
Mode S digital transponder,
Curtiss-Wright software-
configurable air data unit,
instrument landing system,
VHF omnidirectional
range system and an
electrically driven hoist.Uruguayan Air
Force trains
in the US
THE FUERZA Aérea
Uruguaya (FAU,
Uruguayan Air Force) has
sent personnel to the US
to train to operate the
recently acquired BAe
125-700A presidential
aircraft. The courses
are being taught by
CAE in Dallas, Texas.
In addition, the FAU is
preparing to acquire
a new navigation aid
system for the aircraft.
Juan Carlos Cicalesi