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The arrival on Monday of the C-130 Hercules of the Hellenic Air Force at the Elefsina Air Base has raised the number of available transport force aircraft of the 356 Tactical Transport Squadron to five.

This is one of two C-130 Hercules that joined the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NATO NSPA) support program and were transferred to Portugal to be maintained by OGMA.

Boeing's safety troubles and the Airbus scramble to ramp up production should have left a gap for smaller rivals to challenge their dominatiion of the commercial airliner market.

Minister of National Defense Nicolae Ciuca was in Portugal for a two-day official visit at the invitation of his counterpart, Joao Gomes Cravinho, to set the main steps for the strengthening of the Romanian Air Force F-16 multirole aircraft fleet by the purchase of the next five fighter jets, the Defence Ministry said in a release.

Brazil’s Embraer said on Feb. 7 it was still in talks with U.S. aerospace giant Boeing on combining their commercial air operations into a new company.

Brazil’s Embraer said on Feb. 7 it was still in talks with U.S. aerospace giant Boeing on combining their commercial air operations into a new company.

An US company will invest more than BGN 9 M in the construction of a plant for the production of airplane components for the leading aircraft manufacturers.

The plant of 2000 square metres will be located near Sofia airport and will produce parts for the control of the fuel system, as well as components for the wings and tail.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras boarded a C-130 turbo prop from Elefsina for his 3.25-hour journey to Riga, Latvia, to attend the European Council meeting on Thursday and Friday.