Report: Blackwater buys Brazilian-made fighter plane [View All]

Source: USA Today

A subsidiary of U.S. military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide has purchased a fighter plane from the Brazilian aviation company Embraer, a Brazilian newspaper reported Sunday.

The 314-B1 Super Tucano propeller-driven fighter — the same used by the Brazilian military — was bought for $4.5 million and delivered to EP Aviation at the end of February, according to the Estado de S. Paulo newspaper.

The report included the plane's registration number with the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency, and the FAA website confirmed it is registered by EP Aviation.

It was not clear if it was Embraer's first sale of a military-style aircraft to a private company. EP Aviation has 33 planes and helicopters registered with the FAA, according to the agency's website, only one of which is from Embraer.



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Interesting entry in Wikipedia including U.S. vetoeing Venzuela buying any, but ok for U.S. wingnut mercenaries to buy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_314_Super_Tucano