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Air Force picks Wolverine and Super Tucano as finalists for light attack aircraft

By Travis J. Tritten

Published February 2, 2018 6:00pm ET

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Air Force picks Wolverine and Super Tucano as finalists for light attack aircraft — The service is looking to purchase a light and inexpensive aircraft capable of fighting insurgencies and carrying out close-air support. Pictured is the A-29 Super Tucano, one of the two finalists being considered by the Air Force. (Air Force)

Air Force said Friday it has whittled down candidates for its new light attack aircraft to Textron’s AT-6 Wolverine and the A-29 Super Tucano by Sierra Nevada and Embraer.

The two aircraft finalists from the service’s Light Attack Experiment in August will now undergo a battery of testing, though no combat demonstration, this summer at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona.

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