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Article: Company Watch - Alenia Aermacchi.
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- AirGuide Business
- Article date:
- September 28, 2009
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New York (AirGuideBusiness - Company Watch) Sep 27, 2009
Alenia North America has submitted a proposal to sell surplus Italian Air Force AMX ground-attack fighters to the Afghanistan National Army Air Corps for close air support. A senior Alenia official confirms the company submitted an unsolicited bid for at least 20 surplus Alenia/Embraer AMX fighters last April to the US Air Force. The USAF buys combat aircraft on behalf of the Afghan military, which has previously included a deal for surplus G222 transports retired by Italian forces and supplied by Alenia. So far, USAF officials have not formally responded to the AMX proposal, but they have raised concerns ...