Embraer Delivers First Modernised AF-1B to Brazilian Navy: On 26 May, Embraer Defense & Security (DS) held a delivery ceremony of the first modernised AF-1 (AF-1B) fighter jet to the Brazilian Navy at Embraer's industrial plant in Gaviao Peixoto, in upstate Sao Paulo. The ceremony was attended by the Navy Commander, Fleet Adm. Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira, and officers of the High Command of the Brazilian Navy (BN). The AF-1 programme (BN's name for the McDonnell Douglas A-4 SKYHAWK) provides for the revitalisation and modernisation of 12 subsonic jets - nine AF-1 single-seaters and three AF-1A two-seaters. "For the Brazilian Navy, the modernisation of the AF-1 aircraft at Embraer is another important step in capacitating base of Brazil's defence industry, and the results achieved will allow Naval Aviation to operate an aircraft with state-of-the-art sensors and equipment, representing a large forward leap in the Navy's capacity," said Fleet Adm. Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira, BN Commander.
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