Completes Order From Turboprop's First Foreign Customer
Embraer delivered the 25th Super Tucano turboprop to the
Colombian Air Force (FAC) Monday, in a ceremony held at the
Company’s headquarters, in São José dos Campos,
Brazil. The event marked the conclusion of the deliveres that began
in December 2006 to the aircraft’s first foreign
customer.
Jake Reed of Westminster, Md. (Carroll County)
has been named the National Cadet of the Year by the Civil Air
Patrol. He received the award Saturday, August 9th during the
organization's annual conference in Orlando, Fla.
In addition to its duties as a transport squadron, Marine
Transport Squadron 1 has two unique missions aboard the air station
– search and rescue operations and community relations. VMR-1
flew across the Neuse River to Arapahoe, N.C., and demonstrated its
SAR capabilities for the boys and girls at Camp Sea Gull, July
28.
Air Force officials have completed their investigation of the
May 1 T-38C Talon accident at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, which
resulted in the deaths of two pilots and destroyed the
airplane.
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