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Obama Admin informs Beechcraft of aircraft loss in favor of Brazilian firm with ties to Iran
Washington Examiner ^ | Nov 21, 2011 | Jeff Head

Posted on 11/21/2011 1:38:46 PM PST by Jeff Head

The Obama Administration has notified Hawker Beechcraft Corp. that its Beechcraft AT-6 has been excluded from competition to build a light attack aircraft, a contract worth nearly $1 billion, the company said.

The company had hoped to its AT-6, an armed version of its T-6 trainer, would be chosen for the Light Air Support Counter Insurgency aircraft for the Afghanistan National Army Corps. The chosen aircraft also would be used as a light attack armed reconnaissance aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.

The piston planes are designed for counterinsurgency, close air support, armed overwatch and homeland security, The Wichita Eagle reported (http://bit.ly/ud7FDM).

Hawker Beechcraft officials said in a news release that they were "confounded and troubled" by the Air Force's decision. The company said it is asking the Air Force for an explanation and will explore all options.

The decision appears to favor the Super Tucano built by Brazil's Embraer for the initial contract to supply 35 with the potential for 55 aircraft worth up to $950?million, which does not include foreign sales, the Eagle reported.

Brazil's Embraer aircraft company build's milit ary aircraft for Iran.

The Beechcraft T-6 production line employs a total of 1400 people in 20 states.


Hawker Beechcraft's AT-6


Brazil Embraer's Super Tucano


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KEYWORDS: afghanmilitary; beechcraft; enablingenemies; enemywithin; iran; islam; jobkiller; nobama; obamafraud; treason
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More of Obama killing US jobs and gutting our defense contractors.
1 posted on 11/21/2011 1:38:52 PM PST by Jeff Head
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just one more thing that confirms whose side he’s on..


2 posted on 11/21/2011 1:41:45 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: Jeff Head

Obama, the undocument tyrant from the 57 States,
is doing this also to make the US military vulnerable
to Iranian computer software that can decimate the
US with the push of Obama’s, or other Mullah’s, switch.


3 posted on 11/21/2011 1:42:01 PM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Jeff Head
I would bet dollars to doughnut holes that George Soros is heavily-invested in Embraer.
4 posted on 11/21/2011 1:42:51 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("The very idea of a community organizer is to stir up a mob for some political purpose." Ann Coulter)
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To: Jeff Head
Obama will not rest until everyone has a job, doncha know.

He wouldn't lie would he?

5 posted on 11/21/2011 1:44:04 PM PST by skeeter
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To: Jeff Head

But remember: He’s not a Muslim!!


6 posted on 11/21/2011 1:44:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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To: Jeff Head

BTW the Tucano looks damn near looks like the same aircraft as the AT-6.


7 posted on 11/21/2011 1:46:26 PM PST by skeeter
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Petrobas fuel for Embraer jets.. he owns a piece of a few airlines including Hainan Air that coincidentally also fly embraers..and JetBlue,


8 posted on 11/21/2011 1:48:17 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: skeeter

Which looks a lot like a P-51 Mustang.


9 posted on 11/21/2011 1:49:09 PM PST by Venturer
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To: Jeff Head

Why, oh why, don’t we have a law stating that our military and government contracts MUST be awarded to American manufacturers?


10 posted on 11/21/2011 1:50:37 PM PST by arderkrag (Georgia is God's Country. LOOKING FOR ROLEPLAYERS. Check Profile.)
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To: Jeff Head

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/mh?s=ERJ+Major+Holders


11 posted on 11/21/2011 1:52:56 PM PST by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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It is very obvious, he does not have an alliance to America and wants to (as Soros says) knock her off her pedestal. Where is Congress?


12 posted on 11/21/2011 1:55:47 PM PST by opentalk
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To: Jeff Head
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government
13 posted on 11/21/2011 1:56:50 PM PST by Drill Thrawl (The patient is too far gone to save.)
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To: wac3rd

He doesn’t even try to hide his anti-Americanism.


14 posted on 11/21/2011 1:57:04 PM PST by Ax
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To: Jeff Head
From the article “The piston planes are designed..”.. just because it has a propeller doesn't mean its a “piston driven airplane”.
It's a PT-6 Turboprop.. that's a turbine engine... stupid a$$ed journalist
15 posted on 11/21/2011 1:57:45 PM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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I hope the unions at Hawker Beechcraft and elsewhere put 2 + 2 together about their boy wonder.


16 posted on 11/21/2011 1:58:19 PM PST by crosshairs (Liberalism is to truth, what east is to west.)
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To: skeeter

Both look a lot like my old Navion


17 posted on 11/21/2011 1:59:44 PM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 ..... Crucifixion is coming)
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To: Jeff Head

The Super T has a more suitable airframe but the Beech has better weapons systems integration.

The Super T can be bought off the shelf and the AT -6 is a development project several years out .

The Air Force may want to buy the airframes while they have the funds.

It may be a question of of buying the Super T now or waiting for the AT-6 and never having any delivered


18 posted on 11/21/2011 2:00:10 PM PST by rdcbn
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To: bert
Both look a lot like my old Navion

Hah! Navion, except they were a "side by side" configuration.

On a side note, one of the most miserable birds I have had to work on.

They sure played their part well however when they were used by the military.

19 posted on 11/21/2011 2:03:42 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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Brazil's Embraer aircraft company build's milit ary aircraft for Iran.

15 Trainers in 1989. Were the Iranians the good guys or bad guys then? I forget.

20 posted on 11/21/2011 2:05:54 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (New gets old. Steampunk is always cool)
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