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Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Second AFM Maritime Patrol Aircraft delivered to Malta

[Hawker Beech King Air B200 maritime patrol aircraft]The Armed Forces of Malta’s Air Wing this afternoon received its second Hawker Beech King Air B200 maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), as part of a project that has been co-financed by the European Union’s External Borders Fund (EBF) 2007 – 2013.

The External Borders Fund establishes a financial solidarity mechanism to support States who endure, for the benefit of the Community, a lasting and heavy financial burden arising from the implementation of common standards on control and surveillance of external borders and visa policy.

The MPA flew in from the firm Aerodata’s facility in Braunschweig near Berlin, Germany, piloted by Captain Klaus Kuehl, the German firm’s delivery pilot and Major George Abela, escorted into Maltese airspace by its ‘elder sister’, AS1126 flown by Major Mark Said and Lieutenant Pierre Carabez. The aircraft was flown a thousand nautical miles directly from Braunschweig to Luqa in under four hours.

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