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Sunday, September 02, 2012

Indonesia gets new shark-faced warbirds


After a hiatus of several decades, the Indonesian Air Force will again have a squadron sporting the famous shark-face nose art with the arrival of Brazilian-made EMB-314 Super Tucano ground attack aircraft on Saturday.

Four of a total order of 16 airplanes made by Embraer will evoke the memories when the 21st Squadron was equipped with the legendary P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft sporting the Cocor Merah nose art.

Air Force vice chief of staff Vice Marshal Dede Rusamsi welcomed the four EMB-314 Super Tucano single-turboprop, dual-seater airplanes at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base (AFB) in East Jakarta.

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