First Lebanese Super Tucanos delivered

摘要

LEBANON HAS taken delivery of its first two A-29Bs. The light attack aircraft were handed over during a ceremony at Hamat Air Base, Lebanon, on October 31. They had arrived wearing US military serials 15-2021 and 15-2022, using callsigns 'Panther 11' and 'Panther 12', passing through Glasgow-Prestwick Airport, Scotland, on October 5 on their delivery flight. The support aircraft was Pilatus PC-12/47 N254DF 'Panther 23'. They left on the same date for Munich, Germany for an overnight stop, before continuing to Venice, Italy. The aircraft had been scheduled to arrive in Lebanon on October 6, but were delayed while making a further stop at Souda Bay, Crete, from where they completed the final leg of their journey on October 9.