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According to unofficial information, a committee of the Air Force is evaluating Peru, under the modernization program, the technical-operational training aircraft UTVA LAST-95. The LAST-95 is a primary training aircraft designed and manufactured by UTVA Aircraft Industry (Serbia), with ability to perform combat support missions and light attack aircraft, which has a length of 7.96 m, a wingspan of 9.70 m. and a height of 2.99 m, and its wing area of 12.9 m. It is powered by a Lycoming AEIO-580-B1A of 315 shp that give a cruising speed of 430 km / h, a ceiling of 7.000 m. operation and a range of 700 km. Its maximum takeoff weight is 1,200 kg. providing points for underwing pods machine gun 7.62 and 12.7 mm, 100 kg bombs. and 57 mm rocket launchers. According to UTVA Aircraft Industry, to date, the LAST-95 in service in Serbia (16) and Iraq (20), and being acquired by Afghanistan and is expected to be offered in the coming months the Army of Spanish Air Force, as well as several Central American countries.
The Air Force of Peru has to be renewed, at least in part, on its fleet of instructions found on evaluation to determine the most suitable aircraft for its operational requirements, the KAI KT-1C Ungbi, the Pilatus PC- 21 and Fuji T-7. The acquisition - through negotiations between governments and applying the directive on compensation industry (OFFSET) - would be between 18 and 24 aircraft, which would become part of the Air Group N º 51 based Air Base Capitán FAP Renan Elias Olivera ( Pisco). (Alejo Marchessini EDEF Correspondent Group in Lima)
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