
Cougar bulgăresc
Sursa: Airforce-Bg
În urmă cu câţiva ani priveam cu jind în grădina cu castraveţi de peste Dunăre, la vecinul Bulgar care comandase elicoptere noi. Ce capre grase şi frumoase urma să aibă vecinul! Optisprezece bucăţi noi şi lucitoare, dintre care doisprezece Cougar (evident… cu motoare Makila!!) şi şase Panther.
Am regăsit pe net comunicatul oficial:
12 Cougars and 6 Panthers for the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense
MARIGNANE, France – On January 28, 2005, Mr. Svinarov, the Bulgarian Defense Minister and Mr. Luc Barrière, the Eurocopter Senior Vice-President for Sales & Marketing, signed a contract in Sofia for the supply of twelve AS 532 AL Cougar helicopters and six AS 565 MB Panther helicopters.
The deliveries of the 18 helicopters are scheduled on a 3 years period. The 3 first aircraft of the Cougar type will be delivered by end 2006.
This contract specifies the delivery of 12 Cougars to the Bulgarian Air Force . Eight of these aircraft will perform tactical transport missions and the four others will fly Combat SAR missions.
The six Panthers for the Bulgarian Navy will perform sea surveillance and search and rescue missions; along with anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface operations.
The acquisition of the Cougar helicopters is part of the restructuring initiated following Bulgaria’s entry into NATO in March 2004. If necessary, the aircraft, which will be operated by the Air Force, may be sent to external theater of operations to assist NATO and UN missions.
Sursa: Eurocopter, Jan. 28, 2005
Dar, le-am deochiat caprele!!! 🙂
Bulgaria wants to terminate a contract with Eurocopter for six Panther-type helicopters in a bid to save money, Defence Minister Anyu Angelov said Tuesday.
„In our next negotiations with Eurocopter, we want to find a mutually acceptable solution, without paying more,” Angelov told the daily Trud.
Eurocopter already delivered 11 out of 12 Cougar helicopters to Bulgaria as part of a contract for a total 18 choppers signed in 2005 and worth 358 million euros (482.5 million dollars).
The six Panther helicopters were meant for the navy, while the Cougars were purchased for Bulgaria’s air force.
Angelov suggested that advance payments for the Panthers could be used to settle the bill for the already delivered Cougars.
„We want to make this money count towards the payment of the already delivered aircraft as well as spare parts before we terminate the contract,” Angelov added.
Sursa: Expatica
Au visat frumos şi ei, nu? Na, să nu le mai ardă de râs faţă de F-16 Block Second Hand pe care le vor lua vecinii lor de la Nord. Ăia mai fraieri, cu mămăliga…
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