AIRFORCES Inc. Reports: Exclusive, Miami December 29, 2007: In a Holiday well wished phone call to Col. Jose R. Viana our friend here at Latin Airforces "LA/F" and internal FAB contact, we learned today of the delivery of two Xian MA60's passenger / cargo turbo prop, Chinese made transport aircraft to the FAB.This marks the first presence of the Xian MA60 within a Latin American Air Force. Originally, delivery was expected to have taken place back on October 12th, however, problems with a lack of proper visas for the Chinese pilots delayed delivery until this past Friday December 28, 2007 when they arrived into Santa Cruz. According to our contact, the decision to purchase the MA60's was announced earlier this year within the FAB. The MA60 is similar in size and performance to the Bombardier Dash-8 and the EADS ATR-72. The newly arrived MA60's will operate in conjunction with the FAB's BAe-146-200's which where also acquired this year to support FAB personal and logistical transport services. Most likely, the MA60's will be assigned to the 1st Brigada Aerea, with Grupo Aereo de Caza 31 of the Escuadron de Ejecutivos 310, based at La Paz-El Alto (field identifier SLLP).
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