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To: dvdw© who wrote (83808)	11/29/2011 2:18:30 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218117

Kansas company loses but the US wins: Hawker Beechcraft is based in Kansas and employs around 1,400 workers in 20 states. According to the company, $100 million had been invested over a two-year period in working with the Air Force in developing its AT-6 aircraft. The winner of the nearly $1 billion dollar decision to terminate Hawker appears to be the Brazilian aircraft company Embraer and its "Super Tucano" airplane. It's odd that the Air Force would prefer U.S. pilots to fly in war zones in planes constructed in Brazil by Brazilian workers. Stranger yet, the favored company, Embraer, has recently been placed under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission for corruption. wnd.com What the article forgets is: Brazil, for example, is tendering for the first 36 fighters to replace a collection of Mirages, Northrop F-5s and A-1s with either Boeing F-18s, Typhoons, possibly Saab Griffen’s and, oh yes, of course, the Rafale too. It’s not clear where Brazil sees the national threat by requiring so much expenditure, but apparently the total demand could rise to 100 aircraft potentially worth some $15 billion. agmetalminer.com Perhaps the Super Tucanos are just part of the deal for Boeing to get Brazil's F-18 order. Obama is a clever guy... .