FIRST KC-390 DELIVERED TO BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE
SP’s Aviation|November 2019
The newly developed KC-390 undertook its maiden flight in February 2015, just six years after the award of development contract – a remarkable performance indeed by the Brazilian aerospace major, Embraer
Air marshal b.K. Pandey (retd)
FIRST KC-390 DELIVERED TO BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE


SEPTEMBER 4 THIS YEAR WILL INDEED GO DOWN IN HISTORY as a “red-letter day” for the Brazilian aerospace major Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica or Embraer, when it delivered the KC-390 to the Brazilian Air Force at a ceremony held at Anápolis Air Base. This is the first military transport aircraft manufactured by the company. So far the leading manufacturer of commercial jets especially in the regional segment, the launch of the KC-390 has been a major milestone both for Embraer as also for the Brazilian Air Force.

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