Fórum Defesa Brasil

DATE:11/07/08
SOURCE:Flight International
UK Reapers involved in killing of 60 Taliban fighters
By Rob Coppinger

Up to 60 Taliban fighters have been killed in operations supported by the UK Royal Air Force's armed General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (Predator B) unmanned air vehicles.

A senior source from the RAF's Creech AFB, Nevada-based 39 Sqn gave figures of "40 to 60" enemy losses when speaking at the Shephard UV Europe conference in London on 9 July.

Reapers operated by 39 Sqn Reaper have now "engaged on numerous occasions", and the officer confirmed that "we have now employed both weapons".

The RAF's Reapers typically carry four Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and two Raytheon GBU-12 226kg (500lb) laser-guided bombs. The type began armed operations within a few months of beginning their primary role of providing persistent surveillance for coalition forces late last year.

The squadron source said that in Afghanistan in late May a Reaper's infrared sensors detected a 100 litre (26USgal) culvert bomb, and the UAV's operators also helped to find the trigger man hiding inside a nearby parked car.

In separate incidents involving a US Air Force Reaper and an RAF-controlled MQ-1 Predator, UK personnel stopped actions that would have caused "blue-on-blue" losses and collateral damage by identifying a coalition special forces team that had been thought to be insurgents and a house that was known to contain women and children.

11/07/2008 - 17h24
Comandante da Aeronáutica realiza visita ao Paraguai
Como parte do acordo governamental firmado entre o Brasil e o Paraguai, o Comandante da Aeronáutica, Tenente-Brigadeiro-do-Ar Juniti Saito, realizou no dia 10 de julho uma visita oficial à cidade de Assunção. O evento veio a fortalecer o relacionamento dos dois países na execução das atividades realizadas pela Missão Técnica Aeronáutica Brasileira (MTAB), da qual o Brigadeiro Saito é precursor da Assessoria Aerotática (ASAT).

A visita implica no fortalecimento das atividades envolvendo a Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) e a Força Aérea Paraguaia (FAP). No acordo, a FAB doará três aeronaves T-27 Tucano e prestará apoio logístico às aeronaves da FAP de fabricação brasileira. Em contrapartida, o Brasil receberá uma aeronave Boing 707 e cinco aeronaves AT-26 Xavante.

Durante a assinatura do Ajuste Complementar, o Comandante da Aeronáutica foi condecorado com a Ordem do Mérito Aeronáutico “Teniente Primero Silvio Petirrossi en el grado de “Gran Cruz”. Em sinal de agradecimento, o Brigadeiro Saito ressaltou: “Conhecedor dos valores e tradições que emoldurecem a trajetória de glórias da Força Aérea Paraguaia é, para mim, motivo de regozijo e rara emoção ser alvo da generosa distinção representada pela comenda Ordem do Mérito Aeronáutico Teniente Silvio Petirrossi.”

Na chegada à I Brigada Aérea, o Comandante da Aeronáutica foi recebido pelo Comandante da Força Aérea Paraguaia, General de Divisão Aeronáutica Humberto Gregor Pacher. Também estavam presentes o Adido Aeronáutico no Paraguai, Coronel-Aviador Eduardo dos Santos Raulino e o Chefe da Missão Técnica Aeronáutica Brasileira, Coronel Aviador Ramão Gavarros Bueno. Acompanhando o Brigadeiro Saito estavam o Comandante Geral de Apoio, Major-Brigadeiro-do-Ar Antônio Gomes Leite Filho, o Chefe da 4SC do Emaer, Brigadeiro-do-Ar Ricardo da Silva Servan e o Chefe da Assessoria Parlamentar da Aeronáutica, Brigadeiro-do-Ar José Magno Resende de Araújo.

Criada em 1982, a Missão Técnica Aeronáutica Brasileira (MTAB) tem a finalidade de executar as atividades estabelecidas entre as duas Repúblicas, Brasil e Paraguai. Nesses 26 anos, a Missão vem se destacando pelo ininterrupto assessoramento técnico-operacional, administrativo, logístico e de ensino à Força Aérea Paraguaia (FAP), bem como pelo especializado apoio de Proteção ao Vôo à Diretoria Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil.

bruno mt escreveu:o acordo, a FAB doará três aeronaves T-27 Tucano e prestará apoio logístico às aeronaves da FAP de fabricação brasileira. ou seja:
sustentará a FAP(Paraguaia)

Santiago escreveu:http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/de ... 34dea5c13b

Brazil Signs Up French Contractors for Mirage Support
Posted by Joris Janssen Lok at 7/11/2008 8:48 AM CDT

Dassault Aviation, Snecma and Thales, which have together provided multi-year, fixed-price MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul)services to the French air force for some time already, have won their first MRO export contract: from Brazil.

The contract with the Brazilian Ministry of Defense to maintain the country's Dassault Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft is now effective, the trio of French contractors says today.

"In close partnership with the end users, the three manufacturers will provide repair and support services from Annapolis Air Base in Brazil where the Mirage 2000 fleet is located," a joint statement says.

"These added value “door-to-door” services encompass the platform and the whole aircraft equipment maintenance," it is said.

According to the French industries, this type of contract "significantly reduces turnaround times. The Brazilian Air Force thus benefits from higher levels of service performance, leading in turn to increased availability of its Mirage 2000 fleet."

The companies say that this improvement is achieved by simplifying logistics management processes and by industry taking full responsibility for the equipment and system repairs on a door-to-door basis.

The partners have successfully operated multi-year fixed-price support contracts with the French Air Force for several years. They now plan to make this proven expertise and experience available to other Air Forces.

brisa escreveu:Cade o otimismo immortal???