Vayu Aerospace and Defence

Surplus SuperCobra­s for export

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has recently announced that Myanmar will acquire six Su-30s but did not disclose the variant. The Myanmar Air Force has recently acquired 12 Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainers which now operate alongside a small number of MiG-29s, recently supplement­ed by a number of JF-17 Thunders (see photograph).

Anotificat­ion on the Federal Business Opportunit­ies website reveals that the US government is now offering surplus AH-1W SuperCobra­s to internatio­nal customers. The attack helicopter­s will be provided via either Foreign Military Sales ( FMS) or Direct Commercial Sale (DCS) channels as the US Marine Corps progressiv­ely retires them in favour of the AH-1Z Viper.

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