US Changes Course on Light Attack?

摘要

Issuing a final request for proposal (RFP) follows more than a decade of delays, programme changes and criticism in the USAF's quest for a new light attack aircraft. Last year, in an October 24 statement, Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett outlined the service's aim to procure a total of six Embraer Defense/Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) A-29 Super Tucanos and Textron Aviation AT-6B Wolverines. The order consists of three of each aircraft respectively and will support the National Defense Strategy's focus on "building allies and partner capacity, capability and interoperability via training and experimentation." The two platforms are to be operated by two different commands to provide this.